Sports
Football is the most popular sports in Nepal. and was first played during the Rana dynasty in 1921. Despite the popularity and years of playing the game, Football in Nepal has still a long way to go.
Also, Cricket has been gaining popularity since the last decade as it continues to progress in the world scene. Cricket in Nepal is doing better than football as Nepal cricket team recently won 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four and will be playing in 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“I looked so much like a guy you couldn’t tell if I was a boy or a girl. I had no hair, I wore guys’ clothes, I walked like a guy ... [ellipsis in source] I didn’t do anything right except sports. I was a social dropout, but sports was a way I could be acceptable to other kids and to my family.”
—Karen Logan (b. 1949)
“There be some sports are painful, and their labor
Delight in them sets off. Some kinds of baseness
Are nobly undergone, and most poor matters
Point to rich ends.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one’s behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)