Category: Sports

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

Kathmandu: The government will provide Rs 500,000 to the runners-up Nepali football team. A meeting of the cabinet held on Monday decided to provide Rs 5 lakh to the players and Rs 3 lakh to the coaches. Nepal had reached the final for the first time in the SAAF championship held in Maldives. But Nepal… Continue reading Govt to give Rs 500,000 each to Nepali players of SAAF runners-up

Kathmandu: Nepal, which played the final of the SAAF Championship for the first time, has lost to India. India defeated Nepal 3-0 to win the title. Nepal has limited as runners-up. The first half of the final ended in a draw on Saturday in Male, the capital of the Maldives. But early in the second… Continue reading Nepal remains as runner-up in SAAF Championship