Nepal, Feb. 5 -- Athletics dominated the list of nominees for the male and female player of the year award categories at the annual NSJF Pulsar Sports Award unveiled on Sunday by the organisers Nepal Sports Journalists Forum (NSJF).

Among the eight nominees in each category, three athletics players are nominated in the female player of the year while two are nominated in male player of the year category. Athletes Deepak Adhikari and Mukesh Pal are the nominees in male players of the year while Rajpura Pachhai, Pushpa Bhandari and Jayarani Tharu are the female player of the year nominees.

According to NSJF, the umbrella organisation of sports journalists throughout the country, the players were picked on the basis of their performance an...