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Former national cricket coach Dassanayake leaving Nepal tomorrow

Kathmandu / November 27: Former National Cricket Team (NCT) coach Pubudu Dassanayake is leaving Nepal on Saturday, following his resignation as Nepal coach earlier that saw an end to his successful four-year stint. During his tenure, Dassanayake managed to carve out a name for himself as coach, guiding the country to its maiden ICC World […]


EFG Switzerland wins Elephant Polo Championship

Parasi / November 27: EFG Switzerland on Friday clinched the 34th International Elephant Polo Championship after defeating Nepal’s Tiger Top Tuskers. In the final match that took place at Madhyawarti Community Forest at Amaltari of Nawalparasi district, Switzerland defeated Nepal 8-5 to win the trophy. Players from eight different countries including the US, Britain, Australia, […]


Nepal in Group D in ICC U19 Cricket World Cup

Kathmandu / November 26: Nepal is placed in Group-D in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup to be held in Bangladesh from 22 January to 14 February 2016. Likewise, India, Australia and New Zealand which are strong teams are also in the group, according to the tie-sheet publicized by the host International Cricket Council (ICC) […]


Football bringing disgrace to the nation (Commentary)

Kathmandu / November 25: Barely six months after the devastating earthquake that paralysed the country and around two month after the ‘unofficial economic blockade’ on Nepal by India, Nepal took suffered another unprecedented catastrophe in form of the alleged involvement of our national football players in match-fixing scandal. The arrest of then sitting and former […]


Rafting competition to promote adventure tourism

Kathmandu / November 23: Nepal Association of Rafting Agents (NARA) is organizing the 14th Himalayan White Water Challenge Competition from coming November 27 for the promotion of adventure tourism in Nepal. NARA shared continuity has been given to adventure rafting this year as usual to keep up attraction of the tourists coming to visit Nepal […]


APF bags beach volleyball tournament in both categories

Itahari / November 20: The Armed Police Force (AFP) Club on Friday won the three-day beach volleyball tournament in men and women’s category organized by Eastern Volleyball Association. In men’s final, APF Club defeated Nepal Army in straight sets 21-10 and 21-17. The winning team bagged Rs 20,000 while the first runner up took home […]


Sports Minister pledges to end irregularities in sports sector

Kathmandu / November 17: Minister for Youth and Sports Satyanarayan Mandal has said that misconducts and irregularities surfaced in the country’s football sector have inflicted hurt to nation’s sovereignty. At a face-to-face programme organised by Reporters’ Club here Tuesday, the Sports Minister underlined the need of bringing about overhauling improvements in the entire sports sector. […]


Seventh National Sports Tournament put off for March next year

Kathmandu / November 16:The date for the Seventh National Sports Tournament has been postponed. The National Sports Council (NSC) has decided to hold the national tournament on March 1-6 next year. The 104th NSC Board meeting Monday presided over by Minister for Youth and Sports and NSC Chair Santya Narayan Mandal agreed to change the […]


FIFA bans ANFA President Thapa for 10 years

Kathmandu / November 16: President of the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA), Ganesh Thapa, would not carry out any activities related to football till 10 years. The FIFA banned ANFA President Thapa for 10 years and fined 20,000 Swiss francs for his involvement in taking bribe. The ethics committee of the FIFA held on November […]


Nepal to play against Papua New Guinea

Kathmandu, Nov 15: Nepal is set to play against Papua New Guinea on Monday in the first match of the second round under the ICC World Cricket League Championship. The match will take place at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The second match will be held against the same teams on Nov 18 […]




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