Under 14s win Youth Festival
28 December 2002: The Nepal under 14 team beat India 3 - 0 to win the Asian Youth Festival held in Kathmandu.

Preliminary squad announced
27 December 2002: A preliminary squad of 26 players for the SAFF Cup was announced. The usual cast of characters made the team, but there were a few surprises including Basanta Gauchan, who returns to the National Team after a few years working in Japan. The squad: Upendra Man Singh, Chhannu Ram Chaudhary, Ritesh Thapa, Dev Narayan Chaudhary, Rakesh Shrestha, Deepak Lama, Sagar Thapa, Narayan Manandhar, Narottam Gautam, Sunil Tuladhar, Rajkumar KC, Balgopal Maharjan, Kumar Thapa, Rajan Rayamajhi, Sukra Tamang, Nabin Neupane, Ananta Thapa, Rajesh Shahi, Ramesh Budathoki, Hari Khadka, Basanta Thapa, Nirajan Rayamajhi, Rajkumar Shrestha, Basanta Gauchan, Surendra Tamang and Janak Singh.

U 21's win in Bhutan
24 December 2002: Nepal's under 21 side defeated Druk Police 2 -1 in the Jigme Wangchuk Memorial King Cup. It was originally thought that the senior national team would participate in the Bhutanese tournament.

Kids begin campaign with six
21 December 2002: Nepal defeated Maldives 6 - 1 in the first match of the Asian Youth Festival. Shishir Adhikari netted a hat-trick for the home side. In other results Bhutan thrashed Sri Lanka and India nipped Bangladesh.

Mahendra Gold Cup in January
21 December 2002: All twelve "A" division clubs and several Indian sides will be participating in the Mahendra Gold Cup scheduled for late January.

ANFA expands with old foes
21 December 2002: ANFA expanded its executive by adding several old foes from the Geeta Rana ANFA including Karma Tschering Sherpa and Kumar Thapa. They will be made vice president and acting general secretary respectfully. The door continues to be open for Lok Bhadhur Shahi to reclaim his old general secretary position. Rama Singh has been made head of the Women's Football Committee.

Police win BS Cup on penalty kicks
15 December 2002: Substitute goalkeeper Mani Chamling helped MPC defeat Friends Club 4 - 1 on penalty kicks in the finals of the Budha Subba Cup. Ananta Thapa and Narayan Manandhar scored a goal a piece and the match was tied 1 - 1 after regulation.

Nirajan hits hattrick
14 December 2002: Nirajan Rayamajhi scored a hattrick, and his fourth goal in two games to lead Friends Club to the finals of the Budha Subba Cup. They will play MPC in the finals on Saturday.

MPC beats MMC
12 December 2002: A goal a piece by Ananta Thapa and Ramesh Budathoki helped MPC defeat MMC in the Budha Subba Cup. Basanta Thapa scored the lone goal for MMC in the 2 - 1 encounter that featured nearly half of Nepal's national team.

Closed camp begins in Dharan
10 December 2002: 40 players will be starting a closed camp in Dharan for the upcoming SAFF Cup. The camp will be cut down to 30 players and move to Kathmandu after the completion of the Budha Subba Cup. Raju Shakya and Dhruba KC will be coaching the camp and serving as assistant coaches to the  Korean Yo Ki Hong who will take over the training duties in late December and will serve as Nepal's head coach for the SAFF Cup.

National Team off to Bhutan
10 December 2002: Nepal will be traveling to Bhutan to participate in the Jigme Wangchuk Memorial King Cup in late December. It will serve as a warm-up for the SAFF Cup. The tournament will be comprised of mostly club teams from the region, but Bangladesh's national team will be also participating.

Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan in Asian Cup
8 December 2002: Nepal was drawn in group C with Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan for the 2004 Asian Cup qualifying tournament. The winner of the group will move to the second qualifying round and face South Korea, Oman and Vietnam. The top two from that group move to the finals in China.

Ambitious plans ahead
6 December 2002: ANFA will organize a national league starting with district level tournaments and will also resume the  Khukuri Cup starting on January 25th. ANFA is also looking to start a football academy in all 30 of its district associations promptly.

SAFF Games in March 2003
6 December 2002: The SAFF Games will be held in Islamabad, Pakistan from March 29 - April 7, 2003. It was originally scheduled to be held last year.

"Lok is still my man" - Thapa
6 December 2002: Ganesh Thapa stated after an internal ANFA meeting yesterday that Lok Bhadhur Shahi remains the ANFA General Secretary as he has yet to submit his resignation. Shahi split from the newly merged ANFA, but Ganesh Thapa seems keen on holding on to his long time right hand man. During the meeting, there were also talks of expanding the ANFA executive to 29 members and there was a debate as to whether Geeta Rana should be included in it.

Budha Subba Cup in Dharan
6 December 2002: Dharan municipality will be holding the 5th Budha Subba Gold Cup. The tournament will feature many top Nepali club and regional teams, as well as some Indian outfits. (Note: Footballnepal will not be posting statistics or results of this tournament.)

MMC lifts Jawalakhel Cup
6 December 2002: MMC defeated arch rivals MPC 2 - 1 to lift the Jawalakhel Cup. The tournament was a nine-aside event that featured the top Kathmandu clubs. Basanta Thapa tweaked a ligament during the tournament and will be rehabilitating his injury for the next few weeks.

Training Complex in the works
6 December 2002: ANFA laid the foundation to its new training complex in Lalitpur municipality last week. This will be one of three new football training complexes to be built in Nepal with the help of the FIFA Goal Project Fund. A complex in Dharan is already in the works.

The training complexes will include a pitch, hostels, fitness center, offices and a small stand for spectators. The contractors for the project are supposedly to be directly paid by FIFA to avoid any irregularities.

Afghanistan included in SAFF Cup
6 December 2002: Afghanistan will be participating in the 3rd SAFF Cup according to the Bangladesh FA and the AFC.