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Item Use of References in English News Articles(Department of English Education, 2022) Oli, KishorThis study is entitled as the Use of References in English News Article. The aim of this study was to analyze the grammatical cohesion through the references in the sports news of the Kathmandu Post to critically examine the cataphoric and anaphoric references in the sports news and to suggest some pedagogical implications. A quantitative research design was employed to study references used in news articles in English. The data of this study included forty three sports news of The Kathmandu Post. The data were analyzed about references used in the sports news by using survey research design. The data were collected using observation checklists as the tools of data collection. It was found that the writer of news stories used pronominal references with 22.03 % in the sports news. Similarly, demonstrative references 'that' was used more frequently i.e.43.69 % in the sports news. While analyzing the references it was found that anphoric references more highly used i.e. 84.9 % whereas cataphoric references were used 15.1 % respectively. It showed clearly that most of the writer of news used anaphoric references The present study includes five chapters. The first chapter deals with introduction including background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. Chapter two deals with review of related literature and conceptual framework which consists of review of related theoretical literature, review of related empirical literature, implications of the review for the study and conceptual framework. Chapter three deals with methods and procedures of the study including design of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, research tools, sources of data, data collection procedures, data analysis and interpretation and ethical consideration. Similarly, chapter four deals with analysis and interpretation of data. Likewise, chapter five deals with conclusion, and implications. Finally, the references and appendices are included at the end of this work respectively.