How Corruption KILLED Nepali Football

In 1995, an ex- player stepped up to take the leadership role of the national football body of Nepal, ANFA. He would go on to lead the organization for next 2 decades, making great progress, making a big name for himself in FIFA and AFC as well. He was time and again blamed for corruption and mismanagement, but kept moving ahead. Later FIFA banned him but was not found guilty in Nepal as CIAA said they could find no evidence against him. Were CIAA really unable to find evidence or was it due to political pressure? Regardless, Nepali football has suffered. This is HOW CORRUPTION KILLED NEPALI FOOTBALL.

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Further Reading about the scandal:
https://www.recordnepal.com/corruptio...
https://cijnepal.org.np/ciaa-lens-gan...

Other Sources:
  / ganeshthapa11  

Book: The Qatari plot to buy world cup:
https://www.amazon.com/Ugly-Game-Corr...

Ganesh Thapa v/s Geeta Rana:
https://archive.nepalitimes.com/news....
http://archive.nepalitimes.com/news.p...

On Gaurav Thapa:
https://thehimalayantimes.com/sports/...

FIFA v/s Ganesh Thapa:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/...
https://www.ft.lk/Sports/manilal-fern...
https://thehimalayantimes.com/sports/...
https://www.dw.com/en/fifa-bans-nepal...
https://talksport.com/football/344395...

Investigation in Nepal:
https://kathmandupost.com/miscellaneo...
https://kathmandupost.com/sports/2015...
https://www.hamrokhelkud.com/football...
https://www.hamrokhelkud.com/football...
https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.co...

Present Days:
https://the-anfa.com/news-detail/1564....
https://www.hamrokhelkud.com/en/ganes...
https://kathmandupost.com/football/20...