Category: Sports

Kathmandu: Nepal’s Sandeep Lamichhane has taken two wickets in his first match of the ongoing Big Bash Cricket League in Australia this season. Playing for the Hobart Hurricanes, Sandeep bowled four overs in the first game and took two wickets for 38 runs. Due to the corona virus infection and having to stay in quarantine… Continue reading Sandeep’s excellent start in the Big Bash League

Kathmandu: All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) President Karma Chhiring Sherpa on Wednesday handed over a certificate issued by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to the departmental team Tribhuvan Army Football Club. At a function held at the Army Headquarters, ANFA Chairman Sherpa handed over the club license certificate to the Army after fulfilling all the… Continue reading Tribhuvan Army Club receives AFC license

(AP): There were so many this year. Sports in 2020 was an unending state of mourning. It was as if every week, sometimes days, another luminary fell, bringing a cascade of condolence and remembrance. It began New Year’s Day, a harbinger of what the year held, with the deaths of David Stern and Don Larsen.… Continue reading From Kobe to Maradona, a year of staggering losses in sports

(The Guardian): The Premier League and Football League insist they have no plans to pause the season despite nearly 50 matches being postponed since Christmas because of a spike in coronavirus cases. However, the mounting scale of the problem was again illustrated on Tuesday when the Premier League announced a record 18 new positive tests… Continue reading Premier League on alert after record number of positive coronavirus tests

(BBC): India captain Virat Kohli and Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry have been named as players of the decade by the International Cricket Council. Kohli has scored 20,396 runs in all international cricket in the 10 years covered by the awards. Perry made 4,349 runs across all formats and took 213 wickets – the most of… Continue reading Virat Kohli and Ellyse Perry named players of decade by ICC

Kathmandu: Organized by the South Asian Football Federation (SAF), the SAAF Championship is set to take place in Bangladesh in September next year. The working committee meeting of SAAF held on Monday through virtual media has made various decisions including the date of SAAF championship. The championship will be held in Bangladesh from September 14… Continue reading SAFF Championship to be held in September next year

(BBC): Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has played down speculation forward Mohamed Salah is unhappy at the club. Salah recently told a Spanish newspaper that he was disappointed not to be captain at FC Midtjylland when Trent-Alexander Arnold was made skipper. The 28-year-old Egypt international also refused to rule out a move to Real Madrid or… Continue reading Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp plays down concerns over Mohamed Salah

(BBC): Lionel Messi scored his 644th goal for Barcelona during his side’s victory over Real Valladolid to break Pele’s record of the most goals for one club. Argentina forward Messi, 33, scored Barca’s third when he collected Pedri’s backheel, took a touch then slotted the ball past goalkeeper Jordi Masip. Messi created the first goal… Continue reading Messi breaks Pele’s record with 644 goals for Barcelona

Kathmandu: The departmental team Tribhuvan Army Football Club has got the club license of AFC. After fulfilling the required criteria, the departmental team got the club license of AFC. The Army has become the first club to receive an AFC club license. ANFA president Karmachhiring Sherpa said the army had obtained a club license. After… Continue reading Army gets AFC club license

Kathmandu (The Indian Express): India under Virat Kohli faced its worst hour of embarrassment while collapsing to its lowest Test score of 36 as a rampaging Australia cruised to an emphatic eight-wicket victory inside two and half days in the opening Day/Night Test here on Saturday. There were no demons in the pitch but Josh… Continue reading Australia won the first Test against India by 8 wickets