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3 March 2001: National team manager Stephen Constantine has said that reports that Ganesh Thapa has told the AFC that he no longer requires Constantine's services are false. On the contrary Thapa is eager to hold on to Constantine, but could find many difficulties in doing so because of the ANFA feud. Constantine says that Thapa has actually fended off attempts of various other parties who wanted to acquire his services.
27 February 2001: A reliable source has said that the Goal Project has been given to Nepal with strings attached. ANFA will only get the money after the ANFA dispute is resolved.
23 February 2001: Ganesh Thapa's ANFA have reportedly been granted $450,000 by FIFA and its GOAL Project..The money is meant to be used to develop three additional football academies in various regions of Nepal.
23 February 2001: According to the FIFA and AFC websites the Asia group 6 World Cup qualifiers will now be a double round-robin affair with the venue for first round of matches still undecided. The second round is scheduled for Almaty, Kazakhstan.
23 February 2001: Neighbors and football rivals Pakistan, who are generally regarded as a weaker footballing nation than Nepal are about to embark on a tour of the UK that will see them play Premier League side Coventry and second division side Bury. India and Bangladesh went on a similar UK tour last year.
21 February 2001: Top national team players today at a press conference stated that they would not train for either ANFA faction until the ANFA dispute has been resolved. Bal Gopal Maharjan, speaking on behalf of the players, said that they were very confused on which faction to train with thus they would not train until the ANFA dispute is resolved.
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