Sports in nepal

So far as our Knowledge goes, our sports were hunting, wrestling, Football, and some other simple sports like kabardi, bagchal, dandy-bi o, etc. Other sports made slow entry in Nepal like cricket, soccer, Basket-ball, Football, Badminton, Rugby, Long-Tennis, cricket, Table-tennis etc. The members of a Royal family and Rana's used to go hunting. Similarly, wrestling is another most popular sport in Nepal. Baagchal and are our traditional sports popularly played in most parts of the country.

Around 1920 football was introduced in Nepal. It was also played by member of the royal family and the Rana family and after 1950s more and more peoples showed interest in sports in Nepal.

But Nowadays, Many sports have introduced in Nepal like Cricket, Badminton, Golf, Long-Tennis, Table-tennis, Rugby, Foot-Ball, Basket-Ball etc and other Indoor games like Carom- Board, Chess, and Snooker which has attracted more people in sports in Nepal.

As a result of growing sports activities, the interest of sportsmen in sports has been growing some business and commercial concerns have shown interest in sports development activities. And they have started sponsoring sportsmen, sport events and so on which is very encouraging to the sportsmen.