National Sports Council (NSC) has decided to host NSC Championships consisting of 27 games from November 1.

According to NSC, the event is organised to prepare the athletes for next year’s 18th Asian Games and 13th South Asian Games which Nepal is hoting in March, 2019.

The championships will feature golf, swimming, archery, sepak takraw, lawn tennis, cycling, triathlon, shooting, wrestling, judo, kho kho, boxing, squash, wushu, table tennis, handball, football, volleyball, karate, taekwondo, athletics, kabbadi, badminton, basketball, weightlifting, hockey and fencing. NSC will provide budget to the respective associations to host the games. The expected cost of the event is Rs 43.1 million. (PR)