Kathmandu / Oct 1: The 7th National Sports meet is to include 35 games. The games to feature in the tournament are football, athletics, taekwondo, volley ball, wrestling, judo, hockey, shooting, badminton, swimming, triathlon, cricket, golf, lawn tennis, cycling, fencing, wushu among others. Rugby, dance sports, rock climbing and dohori have been included as exhibition […]
Kathmandu/September 29: ICFC Finance, Sipradi Group, Century Bank and Nabil Bank made it to the semi-finals of the second Corporate Super Sixes cricket tournament at the Tribhuvan University Stadium on Monday.ICFC won a thriller against Nepal Telecom, defeating it by two wickets in the Super Over. The quarter-final match was tied after Nepal Telecom replied […]
Kathmandu / September 24: Shivaraj Majhi, Tenzing Tsering and Pratima Sherpa on Wednesday qualified for the Faldo Series Asia Final to be held at the Mission Hill Golf Course in China in March next year. Majhi won the boys’ 17-21 age-group event, Tsering topped the boys’ 12-16 age-group competition and Sherpa triumphed in the girls’ […]
Kathmandu/ September 23: A 39-member ITF team, including 23 players, on Wednesday left for India to take part in the Fourth South Asian ITF Taekwondo Championship to be held in Goa from September 28-30. Roshan Acharya, Liladhar Basnet, Dorna Bahadur Magar, Hanok Subba, Bhim Bahadur Tamang, Chauchi Dangol, Dan Bahadur Mali, Namgel Tamang, Chatur Lal […]
Kathmandu / September 24: Himalaya Expeditions Nepal is organising the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon on October 5, pushing the date for more than six months behind the originally scheduled date. The marathon usually takes place on May 29 marking the day when Sir Edmond Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa conquered the world’s highest peak but […]
Kathmandu / September 23: Nepali U-16 football team qualified for next year’s AFC U-16 Championship finals as one of the best four group runner-up in the recently held qualifiers in Kyrgyzstan. Keshab Kumar Bista, member secretary of the National Sports Council, Ganesh Thapa, chairman of All Nepal Football Association (ANFA), and ANFA office bearers welcomed […]
LONDON / September 24: Chelsea striker Diego Costa was banned for three matches on Tuesday after a charge of violent conduct during his team’s 2-0 win over Arsenal at Stamford Bridge was upheld by a disciplinary panel. Costa had denied an English Football Association charge over Saturday’s incident, not seen by referee Mike Dean, in […]