Local briefs

Taekwondo tourney

KATHMANDU: Durga Sunuwar beat Minu Lama in the women’s 47-51kg final on the opening day of the third Koteshwor Invitation National Taekwondo Tournament. In the women’s 40-43kg final, Srijana Khadka defeated punam Gurung. Khadka was also named the player of the day. In men’s 40-44kg, Laxman Malla came first beating Sanjeev Ojha, while Yadu Shah won the 54kg gold beating Manoj Sunuwar. — HNS

Campion in quarters

LALITPUR: Nepal Commerce Campus, Campion Higher Secondary School and Shanker Dev Campus advanced to the quarter-finals of the Akhil Cup Valleywide Inter-college Football here on Thursday. Nepal Commerce beat Patan Campus 3-1, Campion blanked Gramin Adarsha 2-0 and Shanker Dev ousted K&K College 2-0. — HNS

Coca Cola Cup

LALITPUR: Bhaktapur and Bishwo Gorkha Academy advanced to the second round of the Coca Cola Cup Inter-school Football Tournament. At Chyasal, Bhaktapur beat Deep Jyoti 4-1 in tiebreaker and Bishwo Gorkha beat Gyanodaya 2-1.

At Satdobato, Jalpa School blanked Phulchoki 3-0 and Birendra Sainik beat Siddhi Ganesh by the same margin. — HNS