LALITPUR: Aims International , Budhanilkantha School, Budhanilkantha Higher Secondary (HS) School and Laboratory HS School entered the Group ‘D’ semi-finals of the Coca-Cola Cup Inter-school Boys Football Tournament qualifiers on Saturday. Aims edged out Greenland Children Academy 3-2 with Sonam Tamang scoring a double and Adarsha Sunuwar another goal. Sujan Tamang and Angel Magar converted for Greenland. Sonam Tamang scored four while Santosh Dayal and Nabin BK added one goal each as Budhanilkantha School drubbed National Sungava School 6-0. Likewise, Budhanilkantha HS School be...
Published On: 2011-07-16

KATHMANDU: Brigade Boys Club’s (BBC) relegation was confirmed following a 2-1 defeat at the hands of already-dropped Swoyambhu Club in the Martyrs Memorial Red Bull ‘A’ Division League here at the Dasharath Stadium today. In another match, Saraswoti Youth Club and Mahindra Bansbari Club played a 3-3 draw. At Halchowk, Machhindra Club held Tribhuvan Army Club to a goalless draw. BBC (10) became the last team to be relegated, ending up second from the bottom to join Koilapani Polestar Club (three), United Youth Club (six) and Swoyambhu (11), who ended 15th. Friday’s...
Published On: 2011-07-15

KATHMANDU: All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) today announced a shortened 20-member national team including the now “disciplined” Santosh Sahukhala for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Asian Zone Qualifying second round first leg match against Jordan. Nepal travel to Jordan two days before their July 23 first leg and host Jordan at home on July 28. ANFA was initially preparing to play both home and away matches in Jordan to reduce financial burdens. “Considering the home advantage we have decided to host the second leg,” said ANFA vice-president Lalit Krishna Shrestha. He sa...
Published On: 2011-07-15

KATHMANDU: The National Sports Council (NSC) today decided to recommend its board to dissolve the Nepal Amateur Athletics Association (NAAA) for their role in the disappearance of athlete Surya Maya Rai in Kobe, Japan. The middle-distance runner Rai disappeared in Kobe after participating in the 1,500m event during the 19th Asian Athletics Championships held on July 7-10. Coach Mohan Ghale, who led two athletes including Hari Kumar Rimal to Kobe, was also suspended. “Those acting against the national integrity will not be spare,” said member secretary Yuvaraj Lama. “We will...
Published On: 2011-07-15

KAHTMANDU: Surbir Lama stretched his lead in the Makhan Cup Chess Tournament by two points on Friday. The former Nepal champion defeated Prem Krishna Maharjan in his 10th round to accumulate nine points. Behind Surbir was Rajendra Prasad Shrestha, who on Friday ended the unbeaten run of FIDE Master Manish Hamal to earn eight points. Manish is third with 7.5 points. Rijendra Raj Bhandari squared his match against Rajan Puri and collected seven points to stay fourth, while Rajan – with 6.5 points – shared the fifth spot with Prem Krishna Maharjan. Morgan defend title KATHMANDU: D...
Published On: 2011-07-15

KATHMANDU: Nepal defeated Bangladesh 73-62 to finish third in the Middle Asia sub zone qualifying tournament at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex in New Delhi today. After losing to Sri Lanka in the semi-final match on Thursday, all Nepal could do was return home with a third-place finish and they did that by defeating Bangladesh for the second time in the tournament following some fine performances from Sadish Pradhan and Binod Maharjan. Nepal had defeated the same opponent 64-61 in their league match on Thursday. Nepal opened up a four-point lead in the first quarter (23-19) and stretched the...
Published On: 2011-07-15

KATHMANDU: The government allocated Rs 697.773 million for Ministry of Youth and Sports for the fiscal year 2011-12 here today. The government has allocated Rs 666.973 million for recurrent expenditure and Rs 30.8 for capital expenditure. The government has increased the overall budget by 33 per cent from last fiscal year. Last year’s budget was Rs 490.996 million. In his budget speech Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bharat Mohan Adhikari also said that the government would take initiative to construct Multipurpose Sports Complex. Adhikari said that sports will be instituti...
Published On: 2011-07-15

KATHMANDU: Samsung Jawalakhel Youth Club (JYC) finished third in the Martyrs Memorial Red Bull ‘A’ Divsion League Football Tournament after a 2-2 draw with New Road Team (NRT) here at the Dasharath Stadium today. In the day’s other matches, Ganesh Lawati scored a hat-trick as Nepal Armed Police Force (APF) Club thrashed Koilapani Polestar Club 4-1, while a brace each from Deepak Rai, Kigozi Ismail and Jagajit Shrestha gave Yeti Himalayan Sherpa Club a crushing 7-1 win over second bottom United Youth Club who go out of the top tier football with six points. JYC (36) built a...
Published On: 2011-07-14

KATHMANDU: Tara Devi Pun of Nepal Police Club set a new national record in the first National Open Grand Prix Weightlifting Championships here today. Pun, who won the women’s 69kg event with a lift of 146kg, broke the record in clean & jerk, previously held by Jhanta Kumari Katuwal. Pun lifted 83kg to better Katuwal’s mark by one kilograms. Three other Policewomen — Rajya Laxmi Thapa, Uttam Khatri and Devi Chaudhary — also won their events. Rajya Laxmi had a lift of 126kg (55 in snatch and 71 in clean & jerk) to win the 63kg event while Uttam, who was declared...
Published On: 2011-07-14

KATHMANDU: Surbir Lama retained the lead in the Makhan Cup Chess Tournament with a win over Shyam Sundar Shrestha on Thursday. The former Nepal champion has eight points after the completion of ninth round. FIDE Master Manish Hamal, who shared lead with Surbir in the seventh and eight rounds, defeated Gyanendra Prasad Shrestha to stay second with 7.5 points. Another veteran Rajendra Prasad Shrestha is third after a win over Rakesh Rauniyar fetched him seventh point. Rijendra Raj Bhandari continued his four-match unbeaten run with a win over Naveen Tandukar and shared fourth spot with Prem Kris...
Published On: 2011-07-14