NSJF Pulsar Sports Award concluded

Pokhara-The 22nd edition of the NSJF Pulsar Sports Award concluded at City Hall in Pokhara on Wednesday. The annual Award honoured athletes across 11 categories. What follows are brief profiles of the recipients of the awards across different categories.

Khadga Bahadur Ranabhat is 76 years old. Based in Pokhara, Ranabhat is an athlete from the first batch of Nepali sports. He has witnessed the rise of Nepali sports from the very beginning. And there was only one moment in the award ceremony where the whole of Pokhara City Hall were on their feet: when Ranabhat was feted with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

“When we used to play, we did not even have jerseys, let alone shoes,” Ranabhat recalled his early days as an athlete. He has still kept the vest he wore during the 1970 Asian Games safe.