No interviews, no certainty: Nepal women’s SAFF camp begins under cloud of politics

After missing the FIFA Series due to administrative conflict, the national squad prepares for the SAFF Championship while political tensions threaten participation with risks of suspension from FIFA.

The All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) opened the training session of head coach Nabin Neupane’s preliminary squad for the SAFF Women’s Championship to the media on Friday morning. But while journalists were allowed inside the ANFA Complex in Satdobato, the players themselves were kept silent.