5 most controversial sportspersons in Nepal you should know about

With Nepal’s football governing body, the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) electing the new leadership, the future of Abdullah Al Mutairi as the coach of the Nepal national team is at stake . It is not only because the new president has sour relationships with the Kuwaiti coach, but Al Mutairi’s stint in Nepal is filled with a lot of other controversies too. In less than one and a half years, he has established himself as one of the most controversial sportspersons in Nepal.

A few months ago, the former captain of Nepal’s national football team, Hari Khadka, was convicted of forging academic documents by the Special Court, dragging himself to the centre of controversy in the country’s sports sector.