Category: Sports

(BBC): Mumbai Indians secured a fifth Indian Premier League (IPL) title with a five-wicket win over Delhi Capitals in the final. Mumbai, the most successful team in IPL history, chased 157 with eight balls to spare as captain Rohit Sharma hit 68. Trent Boult took 3-30 for Mumbai, including Marcus Stoinis with the first ball… Continue reading IPL 2020: Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals to win fifth title

Kathmandu: If it weren’t for the Corona pandemic, sports would be in full swing now. When the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifiers created an atmosphere of football, the international tour of cricket made Nepali sports famous. The national players were busy preparing for the Ninth National Sports Competition to be held in Gandaki in the… Continue reading Covid-19 affects Nepal’s entire year game schedule

Kathmandu: Trailblazers have won the title of Women’s T20 Challenge.With the help of captain Mriti Mandhana’s half-century and Salma Khatun’s three wickets, Trailblazers defeated defending champions Supernova by 16 runs to win the title for the first time. Following the Braille Blazers’ 119-run target in the final in Sharjah, UAE, the supernova lost seven wickets… Continue reading Trailblazers win Women’s T20 challenge title

(Reuters): Novak Djokovic has sealed the year-end men’s world number one tennis ranking for the sixth time to go level with childhood hero Pete Sampras after closest rival Rafael Nadal opted against playing in the ATP Tour event in Sofia next week. Spain’s 20-time Grand Slam champion Nadal, ranked second, was the only player who… Continue reading Djokovic clinches sixth year-end No. 1 ranking to tie Sampras

(Talk Sport): Current Red Devils boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is under increasing pressure at Old Trafford with the club sitting 15th in the Premier League.He also oversaw a shock 2-1 defeat to European minnows Istanbul Basaksehir in the Champions League on Wednesday to heap further pressure on his position.United are now lining up Pochettino to… Continue reading Manchester United have approached Mauricio Pochettino over possibility of becoming new manager

Kathmandu: The Australian T20 League Big Bash League is set to begin on December 10. Cricket Australia has unveiled a changed game schedule for the BBL this season.Although the dates of all 56 games of the season have been made public, only 21 matches will be played till December 31.In the opening game, Hobart Hurricane… Continue reading Big Bash League from December 10

Kathmandu: The Nepali national men’s football team has left for Dhaka, Bangladesh today to play two friendly matches.A total of 34 members including 25 players and the rest of the officials left for Dhaka in the morning through Himalayan Airlines.Nepal will play a friendly match against Bangladesh on November 13 and 17 in Dhaka. Before… Continue reading Nepali football team departs for Bangladesh

AFP: Argentine football great Diego Maradona underwent successful brain surgery for a blood clot in a specialist private clinic in Buenos Aires on Tuesday, his doctor said.“We managed to successfully remove the clot. Diego coped well with the surgery,” Leopoldo Luque said at the icon’s private clinic in the capital Buenos Aires.“It’s under control, there’s… Continue reading Argentina football great Maradona undergoes successful surgery

Kathmandu: Nepali sports attacked by Corona has not returned easily yet. The players who are aiming to participate in the competition are worried as there is no sports activity even as the international level competition is approaching.Amid this, Karate players aiming for the Tokyo Olympics were seen rehearsing at a covered hall in Satdobato on… Continue reading Karate players back in practice