‘For the sheer joy of playing’

Nineteen-year-old Preeti Kulung Rai talks of her journey into the national team and ‘that’ winning goal against Lebanon in the semi-final of the WAFF Women’s Championship.

Preeti Kulung Rai, nineteen-year-old midfielder for Nepal’s national football team, caught everyone’s attention on social media during the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) Women’s Championship in February and all for good reasons.