Kathmandu, Nov. 2 -- Nepal's rising women volleyball players were extra motivated on Saturday when they found out that the newly appointed Minister for Youth and Sports Bablu Gupta was arriving at their farewell function.

The Nepali U19 women's volleyball team, which headed for the CAVA Championship in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Sunday, was bid farewell by the Nepal Volleyball Association (NVA) in Kathmandu on Saturday, with Minister Gupta as the chief guest.

The Championship is taking place from November 4 to 9 between four teams-Nepal, Sri Lanka, Kyrgyzstan and the Maldives-in a single round-robin format. On a points basis, the topper of the table will face the bottom team in the semifinal, while the second and third-placed teams will com...