On the occasion, NSC introduced the lifetime allowance of Rs 3000 for July-August period to all the 80 Olympians who participated since Nepal’s debut with the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games.

NSC also presented NPR 4 million– Rs 5000 per month, each to 95 South Asian Games gold medal winners during the last eight months of the previous fiscal year.

Similarly, eight Asian Games medal winners also received the allowance of Rs 5000 per month.

112 medal winners were rewarded with Rs 1.92 million for their achievements at national and international tournaments in the previous fiscal year.

Additionally, the ‘best players’ of the NSC Championship were rewarded with cash prizes. 58 players, two each from 29 sports disciplines were presented with Rs 15,000 each.

Four Taekwondo players who had been best players in Kyorugi and Poomsae respectively were rewarded with Rs 7500.

Rewarding the Inspiring

• Santosh Bista, the designer of logo and mascot of the 8th National Games, was awarded Rs 80,000
• Theme songwriter Narayan Khatiwada received Rs 25,000
• NSC also awarded NSC Member Secretary Keshab Kumar Bista for slogan of the games with Rs 5,000
• Musician Basanta Sapkota was honored with ‘Letter of Felicitation’
• Ministry of Youth and Sports Felicitates Athletes

The Nepal Youth and Sports Ministry also used this occasion to felicitate five athletes and two journalists who won international championships under its Sports Awards and Felicitation Work Procedures.

• Anisha Khadka and Rahul Thokar Lama were rewarded with Rs 100,000 each for winning gold medals at the Khun Khmer Championship in Cambodia
• Nanita Maharjan was presented with Rs 65,000 for a silver medal at the 9^th World Bodybuilding Championship held in Mongolia
• Rujesh Shahi at Mongolia and lifter Kamal Bhandari who won bronze at 51^st Asian Weightlifting Championship, South Korea were awarded Rs 35,000 each
• Sports journalists from Nepal TV and BBC, Raju Silwal and Niranjan Rajbanshi were presented Rs 50,000 and a ‘Letter of Felicitation’ each
• Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Ishwor Pokhrel, Youth and Sports Minister Jagat Bahadur Sunar, Secretary Mohan Prakash Sapkota and NSC Member Secretary Bista were also among other felicitated athletes and journalists

Congratulations to all the athletes, journalists, ministers and all the other persons who were honored during the reward program.

We hope that NSC and other sports bodies continue to motivate and encourage its senior and young sportspersons initiatives.

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Sandeep drew wide attention from the global audience for his entry into the 11^th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after the Delhi Daredevils bought him for Rs 20 lakh in an auction in January 2018.

The 17-year-old Sandeep’s name has been trending all over since then, and a new announcement took him to further heights.

In a recent update, Daredevils CEO Hemant Dua and Nepal National Sports Council Member Secretary Keshab Kumar Bista gave off the jersey No.1 to Sandeep, who was really awestruck at this response from IPL!

“I cannot take the number 25 from my seniors, as the birth date of my deceased Nephew falls on January i.e. 1, so I took the number for the jersey and we always want to be number one for which I took the number,” Sandeep said in response.

Adding flavor to his joy, Delhi Daredevils CEO Hemant Dua moved on to Twitter saying, “Great moment as @IamSandeep25 was handed his jersey No 1 by #KeshavBista head of #NationalSportsCouncil of #Nepal as the … and yes our young @DelhiDaredevils boy looks amazing in the jersey #DilDilli.”

“Somebody from Nepal would have taken him before us had we not stepped in. Sandeep Lamichhane is someone who is talented who brings something unique to the team,” Dua added.

This IPL season, to be held from April 7 to May 27, 2018, has a total of eight teams participating in it.

Sandeep will be playing along with the Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) and paceman Trent Boult (New Zealand), among others in Delhi Daredevils.

The Nepali leg-spinner has recently returned to Nepal after the World Cup Qualifiers match with Zimbabwe and will embark on the India trip for IPL very soon.

A Rocket-like Journey

Sandeep’s growth to this level has been so fast that he earned this wide recognition of becoming the IPL boy just within two years after getting selected to the Nepali national cricket team.

First identified by Nepali national cricket coach Pubudu Dassanayake, Sandeep’s talent got a due recognition when he was invited by Australian cricketer Michael Clarke to train at his cricket academy in Sydney after watching his sport at the Hong Kong Twenty20 Blitz tournament in 2016.

“Playing with a player like Michael Clarke is such as a big thing. It was amazing and sharing a dressing room with him and getting experience from him, it was something like a dream come true,” Sandeep said at that moment.

Often compared to spin-legend Shane Warne, Sandeep became centric to the world media after he got selected to IPL, and Nepali personalities were no exception. Ex-Prime Minister of Nepal Sher Bahadur Deuba tweeted to Sandeep saying, “Not just me, but the entire nation is proud of you.”

“If you get the chance to play in the IPL, lots of players will be there who are very experienced, and I think I will learn a lot,” Sandeep said earlier, which shows his love for learning through success.

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