“If the main issues raised by us are not addressed by CAN, we might consider withdrawing [the PIL],” he said in a press conference. [break]
“However, it is still under discussions.” He expressed dissatisfaction towards former CAN President Binay Raj Pandey as the patron.
"It is surprising why Pandey is appointed as the Patron as there is no clause in the statute of CAN, National Sports Council or Asian Cricket Council (ACC) to have chief patron," Akhtar said.
Akhtar also welcomed CAN´s decision to provide monthly allowances to the national team players.
The main issues set by Akhtar are decentralization of cricket, allowances to players and election representatives in the executive body.
Teresa, Galaxy in final
KATHMANDU: Teresa and Galaxy have fixed their spot in the final of Fourth Odyssey Inter School Basketball Tournament on Tuesday in the senior girls´ 3X3. Teresa defeated Angle´s Heart 14-7 as Sarita Thapa scored eight points. In the other match, Rasana Karki´s eight points helped Galaxy register narrow margin 9-7 win over Teresa A. In the junior boys´, Mount Glory and AIA fixed the final spot. Mount Glory beat the host Odyssey 33-28 for which dipesh Lama scored 16 points. Subash Sen´s 17 points guided AIA to the final defeating Angle´s Heart 35-24.
Reed Model, Oasis win
KATHMANDU: Reed Model, Oasis and Ganesh School registered victory in the opening day of the Third Jiten Thakuri Memorial Inter School Basketball Tournament on Tuesday in the boys´ category. Reed Model beat Bagmati 31-20 while Oasis thrashed Reliance 44-25. In the last match of the boys´ category, Ganesh routed Sky Lark 49-24.
In the girls´ section, host NIMS defeated Ganesh 22-16. In other matches played in the girls´ section, Reliance and Daffodil registered victory. Reliance overcame Deep Jyoti 13-6 and Daffodil registered victory over Siddhartha Vanasthali 16-7.
Bajracharya off to winning start
KATHMANDU: Sudip Bajracharya, Sajin Maharjan and Sanjay Maharjan started the first National Amateur Chess Tournament with a win on Tuesday. Dharam Bahadur Lama, Gyanendra Khaiju, Umesh Sainjum Prakash Nepal, Milan Rokka, Bhim Dutta Pandey, Shyam Sundar Shrestha, Upendra Karmacharyam Suman Rai, Govinda Khadka and Asha Narayan Lawart also registerd victory in the first round of the tournament organized by The Himalayan Chess Club.
Likewise, Unrated Raj Kaji Maharjan and Ashok Mohan Shrestha defeated rated players in the first round of the tournament. Altogether 48 players from 16 districts are participating in the tournament. The winner of the tournament will be selected for the Sixth National Game and will represent Nepal in the Aisan Amateur and World Amateur tournaments.
Shah snubs CAN appointment
KATHMANDU: Former President of Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) Jai Kumar Nath Shah has declined to accept his appointment as an advisor of CAN. In a letter sent to National Sports Council (NSC) member-secretary Yubaraj Lama on November 20, Shah wrote he was offered a similar position in 2006 but he declined to ensure "open field for new board so that they can work freely".
“Thank you for your kind offer but my decision is irrevocable,” he wrote to Lama. NSC had appointed him as the advisor on November 18. Shah was the president of CAN for more than 40 years before his committee was dissolved on September, 2006. He was also awarded Lifetime Achievement Award by International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2006.
Boys Union triumph
KATHMANDU: Boys Union on Tuesday registered its first victory in third match during the Martyrs Memorial Red Bull B Division League being held at the Police Academy, Maharajgunj. Boys Union registered a 1-0 win over Mahabir Club with a lone goal from Sagar Magar. Boys Union have accumulated five points while Mahabir has remained pointless until three matches played.
Sankata was held to 2-2 draw by Samaji Yuva after the latter came from two goals deficit to earn the draw. Ritesh Khadka and Rishi Rai netted one apiece for Sankata in the 28th and 51st minute respectively. But Suren Khawas and Man Bahadur netted one each for Samajik. Sankata is in third position with seven points while Samajik has added two points from three matches played.
Horizon Club into final
DHARAN: Horizon Basketball Club B on Tuesday fixed its place in the final of the ongoing Inter Club Open Basketball in Dharan. In the match played at Yalamber court, Horizon beat Hariyali basketball Club 70-58. Horizon lost the first quarter by 9-17 and bounced back in the second quarter with 26-19 score to take the game in their side.
Hariyali scored 21-14 in the third quarter and remained satisfied with 14-14 draw in the final quarter. Sudeep Rai scored 28 points for the winning team. Another semifinal match between, Horizon A and Barula Basketball Club match was postponed due to bad light.
The winner of the tournament will bag a purse of Rs 12,000 while the runner-up have to remain satisfied with Rs 6,000.
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