KATHMANDU: Morgan ‘A’ hammered Xavier International 21-3 in the girls’ section match of the Nobel Cup 3-on-3 Under-19 National Basketball Championships organised by Nepal Basketball Association here today. In other girls’ section matches, Nobel edged Morgan ‘B’ 9-8; Rato Bangala beat Texas ‘A’ 9-7; Xavier defeated Nobel ‘C’ 12-10; NASA ‘B’ outplayed Kirtipur 12-5; NASA ‘A’ defeated Trinity 11-4; and Trinity beat Texas ‘A’ 6-4. The match between White House and Nobel ‘C’ was postponed to...
Published On: 2011-06-26

LONDON: Former champion Maria Sharapova and World No 1 Caroline Wozniacki eased into the Wimbledon last 16 on Saturday. Fifth seed Sharapova, the 2004 champion, saw off Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-3 and will tackle China’s Peng Shuai for a place in the quarter-finals. Peng, the only Chinese player left in the draw after the second round exits of French Open winner Li Na and Zheng Jie, reached the fourth round for the first time with a 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) win over unseeded Hungarian Melinda Czink. Top seed Wozniacki was as untroubled as Sharapova with the Danish reaching t...
Published On: 2011-06-25

KATHMANDU: Dinesh Prajapati and Tendi Sherpa took lead after the first day of the RNGC Amateur Open Golf Tournament here today. Played under stroke play scratch handicap format, Dinesh carded five-over 72 at the par-67 Royal Nepal Golf Course to take two stroke lead over four players in the gross section. Dinesh took a turn at one-over 34 and added four-over 38 on the back nine. Four amateurs — Gorkha Lama, Bikash Adhikari, Tashi Ghale and Tashi Tsering — shared the second position at seven-over 74. Niraj Rana is sixth at 75, while Tendi Sherpa seventh with the score of nine-over...
Published On: 2011-06-25

KATHMANDU: KIST Medical College and Ace Institute won their matches of the fourth CCRC Inter-college Twenty20 Cricket Tournament here at the Tribhuvan University Stadium today. In the rain-hit match that was reduced to 10-over-a-side, KIST defeated hosts Capital College and Research Centre (CCRC) ‘B’ by seven runs under parabola system. Electing to bat first, CCRC scored 86-5 in their allotted 10 overs with skipper Rajesh Pulami scoring 42 and Sagar Gupta adding 26. CCRC were reeling at 9-2 before the duo added 66 runs for the third wicket. Rajesh hit two fours and a six in his 2...
Published On: 2011-06-25

LALITPUR: Graded English Medium School (GEMS), Jalpa Secondary School, Tri Ratna Boarding School and World Youth International School recorded wins in the Coca-Cola Cup Inter-school National Football Tournament here at the ANFA Complex today. Phingli Gurung scored a hat-trick as GEMS overwhelmed The City Academy 7-1. Atul Gautam scored a brace, while Bishal Dhakhwa and Shiva Thapa netted one each for GEMS. Aman Jargha Magar scored the consolation goal for The City. Jalpa defeated Cambridge Public School 2-1 on goals from Suraj Adhikari and Ramesh Neupane. Kapil Bharati replied for Cambridge....
Published On: 2011-06-25

KATHMANDU: VS Niketan College recorded double victories in the boys section matches of the Nobel Cup Under-19 3-on-3 National Basketball Championships here on Saturday. Their ‘A’ team pipped Morgan International College ‘B’ 11-9, before the ‘B’ team of VS saw off National ‘B’ 21-16. In other matches, Liperpool thrashed Nepal Institute of Management and Science (NIMS) 17-6, National ‘A’ sneaked past Prime 12-11, Himalayan White House ‘A’ dispatched Institute of Management Studies 19-7, and G4 Sports Club struggled for a 11-...
Published On: 2011-06-25

VALENCIA: German world champion Sebastian Vettel will start from pole position in Sunday's Formula One European Grand Prix after the Red Bull driver was fastest in qualifying here on Saturday. The 23-year-old German, who is the runaway leader of this year's drivers' championship, was the only man to clock a lap in less than one minute and 37 seconds as he outpaced his team-mate Australian Mark Webber to take his 22nd pole spot. Webber is the only other driver in this year's eight qualifying sessions to have claimed a pole position start and he did so on Saturday with a big push on his second...
Published On: 2011-06-25

LONDON:Defending champion Rafael Nadal reached the Wimbledon last 16 on Saturday with a 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/5), 6-0 win over Gilles Muller of Luxembourg. Nadal will face either Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina or Gilles Simon of France for a place in the quarter-finals. It was a satisfying win for Nadal, who had lost to Muller in the second round at Wimbledon in 2005, the last time the two had faced each other. "It was a difficult match," Nadal said. "I didn't have a chance to break him. But I'm happy about how I played the tie breaks, especially my serve. So I'm very happy w...
Published On: 2011-06-25

KATHMANDU: The matches scheduled to be held today under the Martyrs Memorial ‘A’ division football league were postponed, due to country’s national team’s participation in the qualifying games for the next World Cup. Friends’ Club and Nepal Army were playing against each other and APF club was to face Three Star Club today. However, the games have been postponed, the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) said. The league has been postponed until July 4 in order to allow the national team to prepare for the qualifying games that is taking place at Dasarath Stadiu...
Published On: 2011-06-25

KATHMANDU: Nepal's most expensive striker in domestic football Santosh Sahukhala was today excluded from the 25-man national team squad preparing for the FIFA World Cup Asia Zone Qualifiers on disciplinary grounds. Sahukhala's exclusion came just five days ahead of the Qualifiers where Nepal will take on Timor Leste on June 20 and July 3. Assistant coach Meghraj KC informed Nepal's English coach Graham Roberts dumped the striker out on disciplinary grounds. "Roberts had directed all players to enter hotel before 1900 hrs on Thursday following the call-up for the camp but Sahukhala sho...
Published On: 2011-06-24