Category: Sports

Kathmandu: Nepali national football team has improved its place in the FIFA rankings. Nepal has improved two places to 167th position in the new rankings made public by FIFA, on Thursday. Earlier, Nepal was ranked 169th place. Nepal had played two friendly matches against the African nation Mauritius at home on 15 January and 18… Continue reading Nepal improves in FIFA ranking

Kathmandu: The Nepali national cricket team has departed to Oman to play in the global selection of T20 World Cup Cricket. In the Tuesday afternoon, Youth and Sports Minister Maheshwar Jung Gahatraj bade farewell to the Nepali national cricket team going to Oman to play in the global selection of T20 World Cup Cricket. Minister… Continue reading Nepali team leaves for Oman to play in T20 World Cup qualifiers

(AP): China has won its first gold of the Beijing Games, emerging victorious in the mixed team relay at short track speedskating in the event’s Olympic debut. Wu Dajing edged Italy’s Pietro Sighel by .016 seconds. That’s half a skate blade. Hungary earned bronze Saturday night. Qu Chunyu, Fan Kexin and Ren Ziwei joined Wu… Continue reading Winter Olympics begin, China wins 1st gold

Kathmandu: Nepal has also won the another friendly match against Mauritius. Nepal defeated Mauritius 1-0 in a match played at Dasharath Stadium on Tuesday. Sujal Shrestha’s goal in the 10th minute of the match was decisive for Nepal. Similarly, Nepali keeper Kiran Chemjong saved a penalty kick. When Nepal fought the opposition player in the… Continue reading Nepal wins second friendly match played against Mauritius

Kathmandu: Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal has set a record by winning the Grand Slam title for the 21st time. Nadal won his 21st career title in a five-set return match against Russia’s Daniel Medvedev in the final of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Sunday. In a competitive match, Nadal defeated Daniel Medvedev of… Continue reading Nadal holds record winning Grand Slam title for 21st time

Kathmandu: A single goal scored by Bimal Gharti Magar led Nepal to defeat Mauritius with 1-0 score in a friendly match held today in Nepal. In the match played at Dasharath Stadium on Saturday, Bimal scored in the 55th minute through Anjan Bista’s pass. Bimal, who returned to the national team after 26 months, scored… Continue reading Nepal wins over Mauritius on Bimal’s goal

Kathmandu: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case in a special court today against Hari Khadka, a former captain of the National Football Team, alleging that he got a job in the Nepal Police by submitting fake educational qualification certificate. According to the commission, the investigation has revealed that… Continue reading Case filed against former football captain Hari Khadka

Kathmandu: A total of 15 players from Nepal have registered for the mega auction of the Indian Premier League (IPL). A total of 1,214 players have been registered for the IPL 2022 Player Auction, including 15 players from Nepal. Among them, 896 Indian and 318 are foreign players. The 10 teams will select players from… Continue reading 15 players registered from Nepal for IPL auction

Kathmandu: The 21st edition of the ‘Aaha Rara Gold Cup’ football tournament will be held in Pokhara at a time when the corona infection is on the rise. It was informed at a press conference held in Pokhara on Tuesday that the competition will start from January 20 at Pokhara Stadium. Chairman of Sahara Club… Continue reading ‘Aaha Rara Gold Cup’ competition to be held in Pokhara

BEIJING (AP): Only “selected” spectators will be permitted at next month’s Beijing Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers said Monday. Beijing had already announced that no fans from outside the country would be permitted at the events, and had not offered tickets to the general public. Monday’s announcement posted on the organizing committee’s website… Continue reading Beijing to offer Olympic tickets to ‘selected’ spectators