GANDAKI, Sept 12: The Gandaki Province is to take part in all 26 sports events of the 9th National Games.
The Province Sports Council said that participating players would be kept in closed-door training sessions from September 17.
Member Secretary of the Province Sports Council Tej Bahadur Gurung informed that as many as 716 players would participate in all sports of the national games from the Gandaki province.
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Preparations are being made to provide the selected players with a special training for 15 days and closed-door training for next 15 days. "We have demanded the province government to arrange a budget for a closed-door session," he said, adding that the players have personally started training on their own.
The closed-door session would be arranged in the concerned districts for the sports events to be held outside Pokhara.
Gurung further said that the closed-door training along with other preparations would gain momentum once the ministry gives assurance for budgetary arrangement.
The National Games are scheduled to take place in Gandaki Province Headquarter in Pokhara from October 14 to 20.
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