Category: Sports

Kathmandu: Eight players from Nepal have registered for the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).Sandeep Lamichhane, Binod Bhandari, Karan KC, Sompal Kami, Kushal Malla, Sharad Bheshavkar, Dipendra Singh Airy, and Abhinash Bohara have registered their names out of a total of 1,097 players.Sandeep had previously been involved in three consecutive editions of Delhi… Continue reading 8 Nepali players listed for IPL auction

Kathmandu: Karate player Mandekaji Shrestha and swimmer Gaurika Singh have been declared the best player of the year. In the Pulsar Sports Award 2021 organized by Nepal Sports Journalists Forum, Mande was declared the best player in the men’s category and Gaurika in the women’s category. Towards golf, Subash Tamang has been declared the best… Continue reading Mandekaji and Gaurika Player of the Year

Kathmandu: No franchise team of Pakistan Super League (PSL) has signed a Nepali player this year. Leg spinner Sandeep Lamichhane, captain Gyanendra Malla, Paras Khadka and 10 other Nepali players were included in the draft. Sandeep was in the most expensive category Platinum while the other nine players were in the Silver category. But in… Continue reading Nepali cricketers were not included in any of PSL teams

Kathmandu: Nepal National and International Sportsmen’s Association (NNIPA) has handed over a letter to Youth and Sports Minister Dawa Lama Tamang. A team of NNIPA led by Chairman Deepak Shrestha reached the Ministry on Wednesday and handed over a letter to Minister Tamang. The association has submitted a letter containing various six-point demands. These include… Continue reading 6-point letter to Sports Minister

(AP): When the 2020 men’s tennis season ended at the ATP Finals, Rafael Nadal captured a common sentiment that still holds true as the 2021 tennis season is set to begin this week. “The world is suffering a lot, so we are very lucky that we can play tennis,” Nadal said in London in November.… Continue reading TENNIS ’21: COVID questions key; Djokovic, Nadal eye records

Kathmandu: Nominations of four categories under the 17th edition of ‘NSJF Pulsar Sports Award’ to be organized by Nepal Sports Journalists have been made public on Tuesday. As every year, the forum has made public the nominations of men, women, young players and coaches of the year. Bikesh Kuthu of football, Gopichandra Parki of athletics,… Continue reading Four categories for the Pulsar Sports Awards are public

Kathmandu: Province 1 lifted the title of the Prime Minister’s Cup Women’s National Cricket Tournament. Province 1 clinched the title for the first time by defeating Armed Police Force (APF) by six runs in the final match held on Sunday. Following the target of 106 runs given by province 1, APF lost 7 wickets in… Continue reading Province 1 bags Prime Minister’s Cup Women’s National Cricket title

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