Editorial photo #13710171 Sports
Amputee Football Championship In Kathmandu, Nepal
Bal Gopal Sahukhala, assistant coach of the Nepal national football team, and Nirmala Bhandari, para-athlete and disability rights advocate, attend the Bagmati Province Amputee Football Championship organized by the Nirmala Foundation in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 16, 2026. The championship is part of an initiative to empower women through amputee football and aims to form Nepal's first-ever women's amputee football team. The program seeks to build confidence, develop football skills, and create pathways for national and international participation, including potential participation in the 2027 Women's Amputee Football World Cup. (Photo by Safal Prakash Shrestha/NurPhoto)
