Kathmandu / January 31: All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) on Sunday announced the national football squad for forthcoming South Asian Games (SAG) taking place in Guwahati of India. The 20-member football team includes Captain Biraj Maharjan, Bikram Lama and Navayug Shrestha with three players below 23 years of age also making appearance. Other players include […]
Pokhara / January 30: The Manang Marsyangdi Club on Saturday clinched the 14th Aaha-Rara Gold Cup Football Championship after edging Tribhuvan Army Club 1-0 in the final. The only and decisive goal came in the 47th minute from Manang’s Subash Gurung. In the tournament organized by Sahara Club – Pokhara, the victorious Manang Marsyangdi received […]
Kathmandu / January 30: Nepal registered its second straight win to book a place in the quarter-finals of ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup underway in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In the match today, Nepal defeated Ireland by eight wickets to build on the remarkable win against New Zealand. After restricting Ireland to 131 runs, Nepal easily achieved […]
Kathmandu / January 28: Nepal has defeated New Zealand by 32 runs in its opener of the ICC U-19 World Cup at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah in Bangladesh on Thursday. Sent in to bat first after losing the toss, Nepal had set a target of 239 runs against New Zealand losing seven wickets […]
Kathmandu / January 26: The Investigation and Advisory Committee formed to probe into irregularities and allegations of match fixing in All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) on Tuesday submitted seven-point recommendations to National Sports Council (NSC). The Committee suggested for a systematic provision for commercial utilization of ANFA’s human and financial resource regularity in adherence to […]
Kathmandu / January 25: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun on Monday congratulated the Nepali national football team players, officials and the National Sports Council for winning the Bangabandhu Gold Cup held in Bangladesh. The Vice President sent separate letters to national team skipper Biraj Maharjan, head coach Bal Gopal Maharjan and NSC Member Secretary Keshav […]
Kathmandu / January 23: The Nepali players winning the title of Bangabandhu Gold Cup Football Championship have been welcomed home grandly on Saturday. The football fans waving national flags and chanting national anthems welcomed the arrival of the team at Tribhuvan International Airport at 3:00 pm. “Whose victory is this? Nepal’s Nepal’s,” the fans greeted […]
Kathmandu / January 22: Nepal has won an international football title for the first time in 23 years after a resounding defeat of Bahrain in the final match of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup in Bangladesh. The Nepali national team on Friday defeated Bahrain’s U-23 team 3-0 to win the much awaited Cup. Nepal’s striker Bimal […]
Kathmandu / January 18: Nepal defeated Maldives by 4-1 to make its place in the final of Bangabandhu Gold Cup at the Bangabandhu International Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday evening. Nawayug Shrestha scored hat-trick in the match to ensure wide victory of the Nepali team. Shrestha scored his first goal on the 31st minute, and […]
Kathmandu / January 17: The Bangabandhu Gold Cup, 2016 semi-finals will kick off from tomorrow in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In the first semi-final, the host Bangladesh will face Bahrain at the Dhaka-based Bangabandhu National Stadium at 5:45 pm (Nepali time) on Monday. Likewise, Nepal, in the second round, will take on Maldives on Tuesday, in the […]