Nepal Sports Journalists Forum (NSJF) on Monday inked one-year co-sponsorship agreement with sports apparel manufacturers Sahas Sports for the Pulsar Sports Award.

NSJF is holding the award function on September 11 at the Nepal Academy Hall where the umbrella association of Nepali sports journalists will honour the achievement of players and sports persons. The awards will be given in eight categories—best player male, female, youth, coach along with para athlete, people’s choice, special award and lifetime achievement. 

Sahas Sports Chairman and Managing Director Janak Neupane and NSJF President Mahesh Acharya signed in the Memorandum of Unders-tanding (MoU) on Monday. According to the agreement, Sahas will provide sports apparels worth Rs 300,000 to all the nominees, award winners and the organisers. 

The association with Sahas comes within the first year of company’s establishment. “Its great that we are associated with a company that has just been established. We would like to thank Sahas for joining hands with us,” said NSJF President Acharya. 

Sahas MD Neupane said: “We had been associated with the award previously in a different way and to get attached with it one more time is our privilege too. We assure that for an award that recognises the achievement of athletes and sports persons, we will continue to join hands in coming days.”

While the nominations for People’s Choice Award has already been announced, NSJF said it will announce nominees for male, female, youth and coach in due course. The para athlete, special and lifetime achievement award winners are declared directly during the ceremony.