Oct 31, Kathmandu- Sabitra Bhandari, the forward of the national women's football team, has gone to France to play professional football. Nepal lost 2-1 to Bangladesh in the final of Women's SAFF Championship held on Wednesday night.

Less than 12 hours after the match ended, Savitra left for France via Istanbul on a Turkish Airlines plane.

None of the officials and representatives of ANFA and NSC had reached the airport to see him off. Sabitra has been playing professional football for Avant Guingamp, the top-tier league club in French women's football.