Kathmandu, July 29 -- Nepal is hosting four South Asian countries in the Regional Championships, a pathway for the Table Tennis World Cup, on Wednesday and Thursday.

Teams from Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives are participating in the tournament with four players each in the men's and women's categories.

According to the All Nepal Table Tennis Association (ANTTA), the tournament will take place at the Lainchaur-based National Table Tennis Training Centre.

"The centre is well-equipped for the event," Ganeshan Neelakanta Iyer, the competition manager, said. Iyer, who is also the first Indian to be nominated as a member of the Umpires and Referees Committee (URC) of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), str...