Category: Sports

WASHINGTON (AP): The tiny Arab nation of Qatar has for years employed a former CIA officer to help spy on soccer officials as part of a no-expense-spared effort to win and hold on to the 2022 World Cup tournament, an investigation by The Associated Press has found. It’s part of a trend of former U.S.… Continue reading World Cup host Qatar used ex-CIA officer to spy on FIFA

Friends and Satdobato drew in the opening game Kathmandu: Martyrs’ Memorial A Division League has started from today. On the opening game Satdobato Youth Club, a newcomer of A division, has drawn with Friends Club. In the inaugural match, Satdobato and Friends played a goalless draw and shared the points. Both added 1-1 points. About… Continue reading A division league begins

Kathmandu: The Nepali national women’s cricket team has defeated Qatar by 119 runs in the first T20 International Cricket. Following Nepal’s target of 147 runs at the West End Park Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Qatar were bowled out for 27 in 11 overs with 55 balls to spare. Khadija Imtiaz and Angelin Mare added 8/8… Continue reading Nepal women team defeat Qatar on first match of T20

Kathmandu: Australia have won the ICC T20 World Cup for the first time. Australia defeated neighboring New Zealand by eight wickets in the final on Sunday to become the champions. Australia, who have won the ODI World Cup five times, won the title for the second time in the final. Australia had earlier lost to… Continue reading Australia becomes T20 World Champion

Kathmandu: The 19th Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou, China next year. The participating countries have already started preparations for the Asian Games. But it has not happened in Nepal yet. Various associations have urged newly appointed Youth and Sports Minister Maheshwar Jung Gahatraj at an event organized by the Nepal Olympic Committee on… Continue reading Stakeholders urge Sports Minister to make arrangement to participate in Asian Games

Kathmandu: New Zealand has reached the semifinals of the T-20 Worldcup with an easy eight-wicket win over Afghanistan. New Zealand reached the target of 125 runs set by Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi by losing two wickets in 18.1 overs.

Kathmandu: The Nepali team has left for Bangladesh on Thursday to prepare for the ICC Women’s Twenty20 Cricket World Cup qualifiers. The Nepali team will prepare for a week in Bangladesh. Nepal Cricket Association (NCA) President Chatur Bahadur Chand informed that the Nepali team will play four practice matches while staying in Bangladesh. The Nepali… Continue reading Nepali women team leaves for Bangladesh to prepare for World Cup cricket selection

Kathmandu: Pakistan has reached the semifinals of the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup. After beating Namibia by 45 runs in the Group 12 match of the Super 12 on Tuesday night, Pakistan reached the last four one game ahead. Pakistan had earlier defeated India, New Zealand and Afghanistan. Pakistan is at the top with eight… Continue reading T20 World Cup: Pakistan reach semifinals winning four matches continuously

Kathmandu: Nepal has faced its second defeat in the AFC Under-23 Asian Cup qualifiers. In last night’s match, Nepal lost to host Tajikistan 6-0 and suffered its second consecutive defeat. With the loss to Tajikistan, Nepal is out of the group stage. Meanwhile, this is Tajikistan’s second consecutive victory. Earlier, Tajikistan had defeated Lebanon in… Continue reading Nepal’s second defeat in AFC Under-23 qualifiers

Kathmandu: Pakistan win a historic victory over India in the T20 World Cup. In their first match of the Super 12, Pakistan defeated arch-rivals India by 10 wickets. This is Pakistan’s first victory over India in any World Cup. So far, India and Pakistan have met 13 times in the World Cup, which was dominated… Continue reading Pakistan’s historic victory over India in T20 World Cup