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Amputee Football Championship In Kathmandu, Nepal

Players line up before the start of 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 under the campaign message ''Let no one sit on the sideline.'' 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. The initiative is led by Nepali para-athlete and disability rights advocate Nirmala Bhandari. (Photo by Safal Prakash Shrestha/NurPhoto)