Youth tournament to be held
27 September 2002: The Ganesh Thapa led ANFA will be holding an inter academy youth tournament shortly in order to select the squad for the Asian Football Festival youth tournament that will take place in Nepal from December 20 - 30. Labaratory, Depot and Gyanodaya will have two teams each in the tournament and Sahara Club's (Pokhara) youth academy will also be participating.

Gauchan back!
19 September 2002: One of Nepal's star performers at the 1999 SAF Games, Basanta Gauchan, has returned to Nepali football. The diminutive midfielder had moved to Japan to seek employment for the last three years, but recently he has returned to Nepal. He featured with the Pokhara 11 side in the ongoing Birthday Cup.

Four clubs out of Birthday Cup
15 September 2002: Galaxian Club, Kathmandu Club, RCT, and Boys Sports Club will not be participating in the Birthday Cup tournament being held by the Karma Tshering Sherpa led ANFA.

Asiad holds key to reunification
12 September 2002: President of the NOC, Rukma Shamsher Rana, revealed that the ANFA dispute may finally be resolved at the Asian Games in Pusan, South Korea at which time Nepal's sports authorities will be able to meet with senior AFC officials. Rana also stated that both Geeta Rana and Ganesh Thapa are willing to come together and unite the two ANFA's and that they are willing to put aside their egos.

ANFA launches welfare fund
6 September 2002: The Ganesh Thapa led ANFA has setup a welfare fund of four million rupees, which will increase to 10 million rupees for retired and injured players. ANFA said that they hope that this fund will encourage children to want to become footballers as they will not have to worry about injuries threatening their livelihood. A special committee will be formed to see who is eligible to receive money from the fund.