Tennis champions team up to support Nepali athletes in need

The group Athletes for Athletes, the brainchild of Sunira Thapa and Mahika Rana, aims to support underprivileged athletes who have the talent to succeed but lack the resources.

While women’s tennis players Sunira Thapa and Mahika Rana were training together to represent Nepal in the South Asian Games in 2023, they talked about their common struggles as athletes in Nepal—a lack of funding, poor facilities, and little recognition of athletics as a legitimate career.