Nepal will field 386 players—191 men and 195 women—in February 6-16 12th South Asian Games, informed the National Sports Council (NSC) on Tuesday. Nepal are participating in 23 sports disciplines with only women’s team participating in hockey.

Archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, football, handball, hockey, judo, kabaddi, kho kho, shooting, squash, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, volleyball, weight lifting, wrestling, wushu and cycling are other events Nepal are participating in.

The 12th South Asian Games Preparation Committee Secretary Nabin Upretti said all the respective associations have begun their closed-camp training except for taekwondo. A total of 13 players were confirmed for the discipline on Tuesday. (PR)