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Background: Nutrition has been acknowledged as a key role for sustaining good health, improving overall well-being, and enhancing athletic performance. Athletes' strength, training, performance, and recovery are impacted by their diet. When athletes understand how and what they consume and how to apply this knowledge to their daily demands and athletic accomplishments, they are seen as being better performers and the body's capacity to recovers is betters. To understand the nutritional knowledge and practices of athletes, this study was undertaken. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional research design was used for this study. A total of 145 athletes between the ages of 18 and 40 years participated in the study. The standardized Nutrition for Sport Knowledge Questionnaires (NSKQ 2019) and the 24-hour dietary recall of the athletes was used. Results: The athletes were found to have an average nutritional knowledge and majority of the athletes do not follow or consume special diet as per their sport activity. There were no association between the nutritional knowledge of the athletes and the type of sport performed. Conclusion: The athletes have mediocre understanding on sports nutrition and have poor dietary practices. Additionally, one of the biggest obstacles that may impede athletes from adopting healthy dietary habits could be due to the ignorance and lack of expert advice and support in regards to their food intake.