Category: Sports

Kathmandu: Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) on Tuesday bade farewell to the Nepali team that is going to play in the ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup Asia qualifiers. Nepali team will leave for Malaysia on Wednesday. The selection competition is being held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from June 20 to 26. The ICC’s first-ever… Continue reading Nepali team set to depart Malaysia for U-19 Women’s World Cup qualifiers

Kathmandu: The government has announced to take over remaining work on the Gautam Buddha International Cricket Stadium of Chitwan. President Bidhya Devi Bhandari said that the government will coordinate and facilitate the construction of Gautam Buddha International Cricket Stadium to complete the remaining work in the forthcoming policy and program presented in the joint sitting… Continue reading Govt to take over ‘Gautam Buddha International Cricket Stadium’ project

Kathmandu: Rohit Chand has joined Indonesian club Parisik Kediri. The club on Sunday posted a picture of Rohit on social media. Rohit had left Persija Jakarta, another Indonesian club, on Sunday. This season, Persija is in the eighth position while Rohit’s Parisi Kediri is in the 11th position. Recently, he has been expelled from Nepali… Continue reading Nepali player Rohit Chand joins Indonesian club Parisik Kediri

Kathmandu: Nepal is playing its third ODI against Zimbabwe ‘A’ today. The game is being played at Tribhuvan University Stadium, Kirtipur. In the previous match, Nepal had won one and lost one. Nepal is playing a series against Zimbabwe ‘A’ in preparation for the one-day series to be held in the United States under the… Continue reading Nepal playing its third ODI against Zimbabwe ‘A’ on Monday

(BBC): The Asian Games in China have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, says the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). The event was scheduled to take place between 10 and 25 September in Hangzhou. A statement from the OCA said that “new dates of the 19th Asian Games will be agreed … in the… Continue reading Asian Games in China postponed because of Covid-19

Kathmandu: The All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) has decided to form an investigation committee to resolve the dispute between head coach Abdullah Almutairi and 10 players. ANFA President Karma Chhiring Sherpa has agreed to conduct an impartial investigation into the incident after holding discussions with 10 players who were forced to leave the closed training… Continue reading ANFA forms a committee to investigate player-coach dispute

Kathmandu: Seventeen new players have been called up for the closed training of the national football team.According to ANFA, 17 new players have been called up after 10 players of the national team left closed training due to a dispute with head coach Abdullah Almutairi. Goalkeepers Bikesh Kuthu, Bishal Sunar and Abhishek Baral are among… Continue reading ANFA selects another 17 players for training after coach-player dispute

Kathmandu: National football players preparing for the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers have revolted. Nine out of the 25 players in training have revolted and left the training. The players who left the hotel have not been contacted and the management has informed the ANFA leadership about this. The reason behind the issue is yet to… Continue reading 9 national players quit training

SAN FRANCISCO (AP): Authorities on Thursday were investigating an incident in which former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson was recorded on video punching a fellow first-class passenger aboard a plane at San Francisco International Airport. The video shows Tyson leaning over the back of his seat repeatedly striking the unidentified man in the head, drawing blood.… Continue reading Video shows Mike Tyson punching airline passenger

Kathmandu: The board meeting of the National Sports Council has decided to participate in 23 games in the Asian Games. The meeting also decided to start preparations for the Asian Games in China soon. In Asian Games Nepali teams will participate in Taekwondo, Karate, Indian Weightlifting, Judo, Swimming, Triathlon, Wushu, Archery, Basketball, Women’s Kabaddi, Boxing,… Continue reading Nepal to participate in 23 games in ‘Asian Games’