THIS IS JUST AMAZING!!!!!!
As far as we know, Nepal is THE only country in the world who has officially declared that volleyball is their national sport. The announcement was made on May 23rd.
The government on Monday decided to recognize volleyball as the national sport of Nepal.
A Cabinet meeting held at the Prime Minister’s residence in Baluwatar made the decision, the government spokesperson and Minister for Information and Communications Surendra Kumar Karki informed after the meeting.
The Ministry of Youth and Sports had forwarded a proposal to the Cabinet seeking the recognition.
Earlier, the Nepal Volleyball Association had been demanding that volleyball be recognized as the national sport citing the game can be played within smaller spaces and in any kind of geographical terrain whereas it is economically accessible to most of the Nepalis.
The NVA has thanked the government for the decision.
However, stakeholders complain of lack of infrastructures including well-facilitated covered halls for the sport.
Before the decision, there was not any sport discipline recognized as the national game in Nepal, though some believed kabaddi or dandibiyo was.
Congrats Nepal!
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