KATHMANDU: The All Nepal Table Tennis Association and Celtron Nepal Pvt Ltd reached sponsorship agreement for the World Table Tennis Championship Qualifying Tournament to be held this week in Kathmandu.

ANTTA Senior Vice-president Dharma Man Bajracharya and Celtron Nepal CEO Rahul Rathi exchanged the memorandum of understanding amidst a programme on Tuesday. As per the agreement, Honor mobile will be the sponsor of the tournament and Celtron Nepal will provide the ANTTA with Rs 500,000.

A total of 60 players from six countries - Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maldives - will take part in the South Asian Regional Qualifying Championship to be held at the National Table Tennis Training Centre in Lainchaur from December 8-11.

A version of this article appears in the print on December 7, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.