KATHMANDU: The Nepal Basketball Association (NeBA) is organising the Premier Cup first National 3-on-3 Basketball Championships here from Sunday. The organisers have expected 48 teams – 32 in men and 16 in women’s section – to take part in the one week long tournament to be held at the National Sports Council covered hall. Chitwan, Rupandehi, Syangja, Kaski and Sunsari will participate as the teams from outside valley. Premier College, who are the title sponsor of the league-cum-knockout tournament, signed a three-year contract with basketball’s governing body on Friday...
Published On: 2011-07-01

Himalayan News Service Kathmandu, July 1 Nepal Sports Journalists Forum (NSJF) today announced a three-day programme to mark the World Sports Journalists Day on July 2. The first day will see an interaction programme with the editors of the leading media houses of the country on Saturday, said the NSJF in a release. The sports journalists’ body is scheduled to announce a Sports Journalists Welfare Fund on Sunday and organise a blood donation programme on the National Sports Council premises on Monday. Meanwhile, in a global message, AIPS President Gianni Merlo said the sports journal...
Published On: 2011-07-01

KATHMANDU: Defending champion Monalisha Khamboo, Asmita Adhikari, Tara Ghale and Matina Kushi won the women’s open first round matches of the Annapurna Cup second National Women’s and Boys’ and Girls’ Chess Tournament here today. Also winning the first round matches were Binita Kapali, Pratibha Tuladhar, Sushila Gurung and Bishekha Jaisawal. Winning the boys U-19 matches were Nikesh Duwal, Rupesh Jaiswal, Himal Lama and Bibek Lama. Likewise, Prashant Thapa, and Praveen Dahal won the boys U-15 matches. In the boys U-13, Shreyashi Lama, Lacchu Bhandari, Subahsh Chhetr...
Published On: 2011-07-01

KATHMANDU: National Campus and NASA won the second Nobel Cup Under-19 National 3-on-3 Basketball Championships here at the National Sports Council covered hall today. National beat Liverpool 18-14 in final to clinch the boys’ section championship. The two teams were tied at 7-7 after the first period but National Campus edged out Liverpool in the second quarter by scoring 11 against the seven points of their opponents. Krishna Gurung of National Campus was declared the most valuable player of the tournament. NASA eased to a comfortable 18-9 win over hosts Nobel Academy in the women&rsq...
Published On: 2011-06-30

KATHMANDU: The National Sports Council (NSC) handed over financial assistance to 26 national associations for tournament purpose here today. More importantly, it was the first time that the Nepal’s sports governing body has handed over the assistance collectively. The move is seen as member secretary Yubaraj Lama’s stance to make every NSC activities transparent. Only on Wednesday, Lama made public all major decisions made by the 79th board meeting. Rarely did any of the Lama’s predecessors bothered to reveal the board decisions. Around Rs 6.9 million was distributed in ...
Published On: 2011-06-30

KATHMANDU: Classic College International (CCI) beat Kathmandu University (KU) by 31 runs to make it to the quarter-finals of the fourth CCRC Inter-college Twenty20 Cricket Tournament here at the TU Stadium today. In the rain reduced seven-over-a-side match, CCI scored 64-6 and restricted KU for 33-7. CCI advanced to the last eight as Group ‘B’ runners-up to Jubilant College. No 7 batsman Niraj Chand scored a fiery 27 runs to boost the CCI total. Niraj hit three sixes and a four in his unbeaten 10-ball cameo. Naresh Budhayer also contributed run-a-ball 11. Kshitiz Lamichane was pi...
Published On: 2011-06-30

LALITPUR: Gandhi Adarsha Higher Secondary School and Nawa Jagriti Secondary School entered the Group ‘B’ final of the Coca-Cola Cup Inter-school Boys National Football Tournament here on Thursday. Gandhi Adarsha edged GEMS 4-2 in tiebreaker after a goalless draw in normal time while Nawa Jagriti overwhelmed Cambridge Public School 7-2. Roshan Magar scored four goals, Raj Kumar Lama added two and Ram Lama struck one for Nawa Jagriti while Subhanjan Bikram Shah and Bijay Manandhar replied for Cambridge. In other matches, Deep Jyoti edged Amar Secondary School 2-1 and Sainik Awasiya M...
Published On: 2011-06-30

KATHMANDU: Saurav Photo International — authorised distributor of the Force brand electronic appliances — introduced a range of Air Conditioner (ACs) in the market. “We have introduced 1 tonne, 1.5 tonne and 2 tonne ACs in market,” said general manager of the company Sanjit Raj Joshi. According to the company, the ACs have powerful Toshiba compressor, that works efficiently in hot and cold environment. The ACs also have super Oxy Deo filters, plasma air purifier and DC hybrid inverter technology, it said, adding that the company is marketing the ACs in a price range b...
Published On: 2011-06-30

KATHMANDU: Anil Gurung and Jumanu Rai scored as spirited 10-man Nepal edged Timor Leste 2-1 in the first leg of the FIFA World Cup Asia Zone qualifying match here today. The win was only the third for Nepal from the six participation in the World Cup Qualifiers till date. Nepal’s previous wins both came against Macau during the 2002 Qualifiers. Nepal beat Macau 4-1 (April 16) and 6-1 (April 25) over the two legs in 2001. Nirajan Rayamajhi was the star performer with five goals to his credits including a hat-trick in the second leg in 2001. Anil put the home side ahead early in the 15...
Published On: 2011-06-30

KATHMANDU: The 79th National Sports Council (NSC) board meeting chaired by Youth and Sports minister Hit Bahadur Tamang on Tuesday made nine major decisions. The board decided to form a high level task force to establish Sports College, informed the NSC member secretary Yubaraj Lama at a press meet today. Member secretary Lama will head the task force which includes a representative each from Youth and Sports Ministry and Education Ministry. Lama will seek assistance from requited specialists to undertake the assignment before submitting its report in three months. The board also accepted ...
Published On: 2011-06-30