Nepal Olympic Committee registers 434 athletes for 2026 Asian Games in Japan

The athletes will compete across 32 sports, of which the approval for the addition of two—football and taekwondo—is pending.

There was uncertainty among hundreds of Nepali athletes—whether they could play in the 2026 Asian Games in Japan—until September 16, the deadline for the Olympic committees of the respective member countries to submit the number of athletes participating in the Asian main event.