Kathmandu, Apr. 10:German Football Association (GFA) has donated football materials to All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) today amidst a function at the ANFA complex at the Satdobato, Lalitpur.

The First Secretary of the Nepal based German Embassy, Michael Meyer, handed over the football articles to ANFA President Ganesh Thapa.

The donation, which included footballs, T-shirts, bags, track suits, shorts, socks, trousers and photocopy cartridges and which came from the Deutchser Fussball-Band, Germany, is the sign of the good relations between two nations and two football associations. “Because of this good relation, players cand coaches of Nepal have been benefited from the visits to Germany at many occasions,” he said.

This is also the reminder of the Germany request for the support from ANFA for Germany’s bidding to host 2006 World Cup Football, Meyer said. The good cooperation of Germany to Nepalese side will continue in future too, he added.

Speaking at the handing over ceremony, ANFA President Thapa said that Germany has always been helpful for the cause of Nepalese football.

The preent donation, to be used for the ANFA’s development of youth football programme, will be of great assistance to ANFA’s football development programme, he said.

President Thapa also said that the ANFA Academy hostel has started facilitating players selected under ANFA youth programme.

Thapa further said that ANFA needs about ten million rupees for its Youth Football Development programme. He said that ANFA had been assisted from many affiliated members and other sponsors from whom it has collected about one million rupees in just one month. After the ceremony, the Germany Embassy’s First Secretary visited the ANFA Hostel building and inspected it.