Taking place in Pokhara on 29th of August
What you should know
Nepal Sports Journalists Forum (NSJF) has announced that the NSJF Pulsar Sports Awards will be held outside the capital.
The 22nd edition of the Pulsar Sports Award, which has been held continuously since 2060, will be held in Pokhara on August 29. Niranjan Adhikari, President of the forum, said that the award is going to be held in Pokhara, the capital of tourism, with the aim of spreading the sports award nationwide at the program held in the capital on Friday. He claimed that the aim is to take the award to the whole country as the scope of Nepali sports is expanding. As Pokhara is celebrating the year of tourism 2025, the presiding officer said that the sports award will be taken to Pokhara. A sponsorship agreement has also been signed between Golcha Group and Manch, the main sponsor for the
award. For that, Abhimanyu Golcha, director of Golcha Group and the president of the forum signed the agreement. This is the 17th year of collaboration between
Manch and Golcha Group for Sports Awards. This year, the sponsorship has been renewed and a 5-year agreement has been signed.
The director of the group, Abhimanyu Golchha, said, "Sports has movement, youth and passion, because of which sports unite the country." can . Pulsar is also connected with that passion.
director Golchha informed that this year he has sponsored cash and Pulsar motorcycles worth about 40 lakhs for the award. Compared to last year, this year the amount has been increased by 33 percent. General Secretary of
Manch Anjan Khadka informed that 10 categories have been included in the Pulsar Sports Awards this year as well. Male Athlete of the Year, Female Athlete of the Year, Youth Athlete of the Year, Coach of the Year, People's Choice Award, Para Athlete Award, Special Award, Lifetime Achievement Award, There will be Asian Sports Journalist and Team of the Year Award categories . All winners will be announced on the award day. General Secretary Khadka said that nominations for the People's Choice category will be announced in a few days as it will be done through voting. It is said that nominations for male, female, youth and coach categories of the year will be announced before the event. As a
award, Pulsar motorcycle will be given to the winner of sportsman of the year, male, female, people's choice, coach and youth categories, while the winners and honorees of other categories will be given one lakh rupees each.
AIPS Asia Treasurer Niranjan Rajwanshi said that it is rare for any organization to organize the same event continuously for 22 years and collaborate with the same sponsor for 17 years . He said that he felt that the scope of sports journalism has widened when the sportsmen are being honored with sports awards.
Last year's winners
Rohit Paudel of cricket for men, Erica Gurung of karate for women, Hemant Pal of weightlifting for youth and Kushal Shrestha of karate for coaches won the award. Volleyball's Kavita Bhatt won the People's Choice Award by getting the most votes.
Volleyball coach Kumar Rai from Special Award, Para Olympic bronze medalist Palesha Govardhan from Para Athlete Award, Hee Dong Jong from South Korea from Asian Sports Journalist Award and Lifetime Achievement Vinayraj Pandey, the former president of the Nepal Cricket Association, was honored with the award. The women's kabaddi team, which won a historic bronze in the Asian Games, was awarded the Team of the Year award.
