Sabitra Bhandari has had to overcome patriarchal reservations, poor economic conditions, and limited resources to reach the French top flight with Guingamp. Now she wants change.
My piece for
@guardian
(long time reader, first time writer):
Tajikistan coach Petar Segrt goes straight to UAE players to console them, and picks up distraught Khalid Eisa before celebrating his side’s historic first ever
#AsianCup
knockout win.
What a man.
#TJKvUAE
#AsianCup2023
VIDEO: Sabitra Bhandari’s first goal for En Avant Guingamp, making her the first Nepali ever to score in a European top-flight.
Keeps breaking records and barriers.
🚨 MASSIVE: Nepal striker Sabitra Bhandari “Samba” joins French Division 1 Féminine side En Avant Guingamp, becoming the first ever Nepali player to play in the European top division 🇳🇵
#Nepal
#Football
#Transfers
🚨 Vincenzo Alberto Annese set to be announced as the new
#Nepal
NT head coach.
The
#NEUFC
head coach will join the national side after the current
#ISL
season & had won two
#ILeague
titles formerly with
#GokulamKerala
.
Two players of Nepali origins in action this weekend in England:
⭐️ Bivesh Gurung (Maidstone United) vs. Ipswich Town
⭐️ Kiban Rai (Newport County) vs. Manchester United
#Football
#Nepal
#EmiratesFACup
#NCAFC
🇮🇳 Indian players thank some 1500 supporters after the final whistle – players look dejected, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Igor Stimac had a lengthy chat about the line incident, on the touchline.
Kuwait qualify to the next round, not India.
#AsianQualifier
#QATvIND
Hong Kong fans chant “Free Hong Kong” before kick-off vs. Palestine, as chants of “Free
#Palestine
” go on at the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium.
A stage for recognition, more than just a football match for both
#HongKong
and Palestine, this.
#AsianCup2023
🚨 Tahsin Mohammed is called up for Qatar 🚨
The Al Duhail youngster became the first player of Indian descent to start a QSL match in April, and could play against 🇮🇳.
📸:
@renjuraju
for
@QFootLive
#IndianFootball
#Qatar
Nepal are 4-0 up against
#Iraq
at the end of the half-time at the WAFF Women's Championship.
Sabitra Bhandari has managed to score ONLY four goals so far.
#WAFF2024
#Nepal
#Football
I’ll never forget this very moment, never ever. Jumping like crazy, hugging random strangers, and screaming at the top of my lungs.
#FCBarcelona
#ElClasico
Girls on Insta be like: "Talk to me about the things that give you depression, I can help" and later block me instantly when I talk about recent Barça performances and their tactics.
Hassan Al Haydos becomes the second number-10-wearing captain to wear a bisht and lift a championship in Lusail. Wonder who the first was 🤔
#ASIANCUP2023
#AsianCupFinal
Just a few years ago, Ashish Chaudhary was working on fields and operating tractors struggling to make ends meet.
Today, he has scored a goal for the national team – stuffs dreams are made of.
#Nepal
#SAFFChampionship
Dipendra Singh Airee becomes only the fifth cricketer to hit six sixes in an over in international cricket. Sensational.
#ACCMensPremierCup2024
#NEPvQAT
🚨 Bikash Meraglia, having spent and played most of his football in Italy, has returned to Nepal after 13 years. Agreement with an A Division reported to be done, will be official soon.
#NepaliFootball
🚨 BREAKING: A corruption case has been filed against the All
#Nepal
Football Association today.
11 allegations, including abuse of authority, irregular appointments, dubious media rights, and multiple instances of monetary corruption. More to follow.
#Football
#Corruption
Real Madrid recover the ball ➡️ Pass to Vinicius ➡️ Vinicius loses the ball ➡️ PSG get the ball ➡️ Pass it to Mbappe ➡️ gives the ball away. 🔁
Story so far.
#RealMadridVsPSG
#ChampionsLeague
#UCL
#SAFFChampionship2021
final will be Abdullah Almutairi’s last match as the
#Nepal
NT head coach.
🗣Almutairi: "I resigned a month ago, but the resignation will come into effect after the SAFF Championship now.”
#ThankYouAbdullah
Buzzing support for
#Indonesia
at the Abdullah bin Khalifa stadium in what could be a historic day for them.
A win will see them qualify for
#Paris2024
and a place in the final on their maiden
#AFCU23
appearance. Up against a solid
#Uzbekistan
side, tho.
🚨 JUST IN: Rafinha signs for Qatari club Al Arabi SC, now official. The Brazilian will join former Barcelona center-back Marc Muniesa.
#Transfers
#QNBStarsLeague
Surreal seeing Xavi celebrate in front of you and blow kisses to the exact stand you’re in. So happy for him.
Hope we, the fans, get to live Xavi’s dream of managing
#Barcelona
.
#AmirCup2021
#AlSadd
🎓 Delighted to have graduated from
@NUQatar
with the Student Leadership Award and the Dean’s Scholastic Highest Honor.
Couldn’t have been possible without my family, friends, Professors and mentors who made these four years worthwhile. Excited for what future beholds!
📢Help, Football Twitter!
I've secured Northwestern University's Internship Grant and if anyone is looking for an 𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 football writer to cover the Euros and Copa America this summer, shoot me a DM!
[Portfolio below; RTs appreciated]
🔗:
Same bunch of people that posted 'Football naherne ma matrai ho ra?' to sound cool a few days ago are now talking like they know Hansi Flick's blood group.
This is beyond hypocrisy and shows what Nepali Twitter is all about - attention.
Ecstatic that Abdullah Almutairi, Nepal’s head coach, read my latest piece about Nepal’s 4-3-3 and the use of left half space vs. Iraq. This feels unreal!
🔗:
@ColorsofTheGame
#Nepal
#NepaliFootball
Real Madrid recover the ball ➡️ Pass to Vinicius ➡️ Vinicius loses the ball ➡️ PSG get the ball ➡️ Pass it to Mbappe ➡️ gives the ball away. 🔁
Story so far.
#RealMadridVsPSG
#ChampionsLeague
#UCL
For those of you wondering, *that* magic trick that Akram Afif did after scoring, was a dedication to his wife, whose name starts with S.
#AsianCup2023
#JORvQAT
#AsianCupFinal
🚨 All Nepal Football Association has signed an agreement with Mauritius' FA, which will see the nations organize women's fixtures and youth development projects.
#Nepal
#NepalvsMauritius
@Zehad_shfc
translated my scout report on how Ever Banega will fit at Al Shabab into Arabic, for every native Arabian to understand the report.
Never been this ecstatic in my short journey as a tactical analyst.
Thank you,
@TotalAnalysis
for the opportunity!
ماهي الأضافة التي سيقدمها ايفر بانيقا للشباب
وماهي مشاكل الشباب وكيف سيكون بانيقا قادر على حلها
وكيف سينسجم مع الشباب وفي خطة بيدرو كايشينا ؟
تقرير عظيم ومطول من
@TotalAnalysis
الذين قاموا بتحليل مباراة للشباب وتعرفوا على مشاكله ..
- راح اترجمه تحت هذي التغريدة ⤵️
🚨 Nepali National Cricket Team will leave for Oman today to play the T20 World Cup Qualifiers. The team is confident in making its second appearance in the WC, says Sharad Vesawkar.
#Nepal
#Cricket
🇯🇵Asian football's news of the day – former AC Milan and Japan NT forward Keisuke Honda will play for Bhutanese side Paro FC in their AFC Challenge Cup playoff against Nepal's league winners Church Boys United.
#AFCChallengeCup
#Transfers
#Football
@TheAsianGame
Feels like a festival at the
#AsianCup
today – Indian fans are flocking to the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in numbers and I’ve quite frankly never seen the Doha Metro this crowded except for the World Cup.
Home advantage definitely there for the Blue Tigers.
#India
#INDvAUS
🚨 Nepal has received conditional offer to host the SAFF Championship. SAFF will now await official proposal from Nepal, and a decision will be reached on the first week of August. Latest one for
@KhelNow
:
#SouthAsia
#Nepal
#Football
Ravi Lamichhane, country's most influential journalist, quoting Marca-published 'Ronaldo turned his hotels into hospitals' on National TV. That shows the state of journalism here: copy what appears in your feed, without any research.
@nepal_news24
#Nepal
#coronavirus
No matter how good of a start this is for
#Nepal
, the commentary makes it feel like an uphill struggle. Abysmal, at best, poor.
#NEPvNED
#NepaliCricket
KIT REVEAL 2022/2023 🇵🇰💥
Inspired by stories of Pakistani footballers who have had to fight against all odds to keep their dream alive. This kit pays tribute to every Shaheen who have given their all for the beautiful game ⚽️
Link to the full video:
Skipper Bikram Lama wins, and converts, a penalty in the 83rd minute to keep Three Star Club up in the A Division League in his last match for the club.
Bikram Lama leaves after 14 years at the club with an unmatched legacy and an idyllic final moment to remember for ages.
I'm told that Bimal Gharti Magar has verbally accepted Three Star Club's proposal to play in the upcoming Martyr's Memorial A-Division League. Final decision expected soon – the striker is currently in rehab following a knee surgery.
#NepaliFootball
#ANFA
#Nepal
Reminder: FIFA will “address” Palestinian Football Association’s proposal to suspend Israel when its “extraordinary” council meets in a week.
Israel has already killed more than 250+ Palestinian footballers and has wiped footballing infrastructure almost entirely.
Breaking🚨: Gaza's finest and Khan Younis Youth Club goalkeeper Shadi Abu-Alarraj has been killed, taking the death toll among athletes to around 350, including 250 footballers.
The 36-year-old veteran has kept tens of clean sheets and has scored two goals in his career.
Iraq vs. Japan at the Education City Stadium today. Iraqi fans chant “Free Palestine” before the teams head out from the tunnel. A good Friday afternoon atmosphere.
#IRQvJPN
#AsianCup2023
🚨 Nepal National Team midfielder Santosh Tamang is off to Australia, joining the list of Suman Lama and Ashish Lama to depart from the current Nepal NT. Expect more names to depart in the coming days.
#Nepal
#Football
Had so much of fun exploring the history and heroics of Luton Town FC. This story further strengthens a point I always make: football stories, no matter where they come from, can be powerful and worth listening to.
Reads, RTs and feedbacks appreciated.
@LutonTown
#LTFC
Here is
@SudeshBaniya10
with the story of Luton Town's heroic 2009 Cup win and similar triumps that have come along the rollercoaster ride from Bedfordshire.
A story that was very much pleasing but talked about very less
Definitely gonna include this in my analysis tomorrow: The commentator has already said "ra you sundar drishya Dasrath Rangashala ko" four times during the first 30 mins.
#Nepal
#NepalvsMauritius
🗣️Kiran Limbu: "This is a sad moment for us and a little bit disappointing but it has not finished yet. Thank you to all the players, coaches, kit men, medics, and of course, our fans all the way from our motherland. We still have a long way to go."
#Nepal
#SAFFChampionship2021
Emiliano Martinez: "It's a matter of luck, today it was my turn. Brazil are a great team but we have a great coach and the best player in the world. We are going to win."
#CopaAmerica
Emiliano Martinez showed up to the warmup earlier than everyone, stood and prayed for 10 minutes alone before
#ARG
v
#MEX
– the make or break clash for the Albiceleste back then. And the rest, is history.
Congratulations Dibu on the
#FIFABest
.
My first first-author paper accepted to
#ICA22
to be held in Paris in May. Congratulations to my co-authors
@teme_tewolde
and
@SudeshBaniya10
. I’ll also be presenting another paper with Dr.
@Justin_D_Martin
, who has been an incredible mentor to me over the last 3 years. Thank you
@DEBUJOSH
@timwig
“You need teams to have that skills” – as if exposing them to bigger competitions isn’t a part of developing those (some associates already have what it takes, bar experience)