Miscellaneous
Skipper Paras Khadka wins Player of the Year award
Captain of Nepali national cricket team, Paras Khadka, has been announced as the Player of the Year during the 12th Pulsar Sports Award ceremony held at the Academy Hall in Kathmandu.Ekantipur Report
Nepal Sports Journalist Forum (NSJF) honoured sports personalities in eight different categories during the prestigious award ceremony held today. Of the eight categories, NSJF had already announced the winners of Lifetime Achievement, Special and Para-athlete awards. The winners of five other categories — Male, Female, Youth, Coach and Popular Player of the Year were declared amid glitzy programme.
While the SMS voting and facebook likes determined the winner of the Popular PoY award winner from the five contestants, the NSJF executive committee revealed the winners of the four other categories.
The Male, Female and Popular player of the Year got Pulsar motorcycles while the other five award winners received Rs 50,000 each.
Veteran marathon runner Baikuntha Manandhar was presented with the Lifetime Achievement award, cricketer Sharad Vesawkar received the Special award and Yadav Kunwar walked away with the Para-athlete of the year honour. The Hansraj Hulaschand and Company Pvt Ltd, an authorised dealer of Bajal Pulsar morocycle, is the main sponsor of the Award.