Kathmandu, May 15 -- All Nepal Football Association on Tuesday elevated Pankaj Bikram Nembang to the post of senior vice-president, a year after the new central executive committee was elected.

Nembang was one of the four vice presidents of the current ANFA body which was elected on May 5 last year. The appointment of the senior vice president, the second in ANFA hierarchy, had been a headache for president Karma Tsering Sherpa as three vice presidents--Nembang, Bir Bahadur Khadka and Krishna Thapa--had been claiming their stakes for the post. Even the Asian Football Confederation had lately raised concerns over the delay in appointing the senior vice-president.

While Thapa pulled out of the race for post lately, Khadka was still consid...