Category: Sports

Kathmandu: The government has decided to give cash prizes to the winners of the Asian Central Zone Women’s Volleyball Challenge Cup. A meeting of the cabinet on Wednesday decided to give cash prizes to the players, coaches and officials who won the Central Zone Women’s Volleyball Challenge Cup. It has been decided to give Rs… Continue reading Govt to provide Rs 500,000 each to winner of Asian Central Zone Volleyball Cup

Kathmandu: Nepal defeated Uzbekistan 3-2 to bag the title ‘Asian Central Zone Women’s Volleyball Challenge Cup.’ Nepal has defeated Uzbekistan 26-24, 24-26, 25-15, 22-25, 15-11 at the Shahid Sohrawardy National Indoor Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Tuesday. In the women’s competition, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan competed. Nepal had made it to… Continue reading Nepal wins ‘Asian Central Zone Women’s Volleyball’

Kathmandu: Four players of the national cricket team have urged the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) to reconsider its decision to take action against them. Gyanendra Malla, Dipendra Singh Airy, Sompal Kami and Kamal Singh Airy held a press conference on Sunday and demanded reconsideration of the decision. CAN had taken action against Gyanendra Malla,… Continue reading Players request CAN to reconsider the action

Kathmandu: Cricket Association of Nepal has taken action against four cricketers including captain Gyanendra Malla and vice-captain Dipendra Singh Airy. A board meeting of CAN on Wednesday decided to remove Malla from the post of captain and Airy from the post of vice-captain. Sandeep Lamichhane has been given the responsibility of the new captain. Along… Continue reading CAN takes action against four cricket players including captain Malla

Kathmandu: Nepal defeated Sri Lanka 6-0 in the Women’s Under-19 Championship. Nepal defeated Sri Lanka 6-0 in the second match of the day in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Wednesday. For Nepal, Rashmi Kumari Ghising scored two goals and SaBita Rana Magar, Menuka Kumari Ale Magar, Saloni Rana Magar and Rajni Thokar scored one goal each. After… Continue reading Nepal defeated Sri Lanka 6-0

Kathmandu: Newcomer Satdobato Youth Club beat APF Football Club 4-1 on Friday after Nigerian Martin Kayode Ajayi scored his first hat-trick of the season in the Martyrs’ Memorial A Division League Satdobato, who is playing in A division league for the first time, has risen to the top spot by adding 7 points from 3… Continue reading Martin’s first hat-trick in the league

Kathmandu: The second round of Martyrs’ Memorial ‘A’ Division League Football is starting from Friday. Satdobato Youth Club and Three Star Club are playing at 1 pm today and Sankata and Friends Club are playing at 5 pm at Dasharath Stadium in Tripureshwor. In the first match, Satdobato played a goalless draw against Friends meanwhile… Continue reading Second round of ‘A’ division league football matches from Friday

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