Knight Chess in final

KATHMANDU: Yogesh Gurung and Dipak Rai scored in extra time as Knight Chess Club of Jhapa sailed into the final of the Majdur Shahid Smriti Cup Football Tournament with a 3-1 victory over the hosts Majdur Shahid Smriti Club here at the Dasharath Stadium on Tuesday. The hosts took the 42nd minute lead from Suraj Nagarkoti before Deepak Gurung leveled the score in the 60th to extend the match into extra time. Yogesh Gurung scored in the 14th minute of the added time to put Knight Chess ahead before man-of-the-match Deepak ensure their safe passage into the final with yet another goal three minutes from time. Knight Chess will now play the winner of Wednesday’s second semi-final match between Gorkha Boys Club of Rupandehi and Pokhara-XI.

ITF demand probe

KATHMANDU: The Nepal International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) on Tuesday demanded probe over the death of its player Indra Kumari Shrestha at the Bharatpur Medical College Teaching Hospital. The national champion Shrestha died on Sunday while undergoing treatment at the hospital. The Nepal ITF has blamed the death of its player to the negligence of doctors. Issuing a press release, the ITF also demanded severe action against the culprits. Admitted at the hospital for a normal medication on her leg injury, Shrestha lost her consciousness after she was injected, the ITF said. The ITF have also alleged doctors of exerting psychological pressure on Shrestha’s family for not bringing out the matter on public.