Mahendranagar triumph

MAHENDRANAGAR: Hosts Mahendranagar Municipality defeated Mechinagar Municipality 3-2 in the inaugural match of the Birendra Memorial Inter-municipality Central-level Football Tournament. Mahesh Rana scored twice and Manoj Shahi netted one for Mahendranagar. Rupak Gurung and Arjun Rijal scored for Mechinagar. On Friday, Pokhara will take on Bhaktapur and Baglung will play against Dharan. — HNS

Laxmi Devi Trust win

LAHAN: Man of the match Sanju Thapa scored twice as Laxmi Devi Thapa Memorial Trust defeated Udaypur District Football Association 4-0 in the Sagarmatha Inter-zonal Gold Cup Football Tournament, today. Amit Chaudhari and Jimmy Thapa also scored for the winning team. — HNS

Bijay Pun takes lead

KATHMANDU: Bijay Pun of North Point Academy is leading with 5.5 points after the third day of the Inter-school Chess Tournament, which has been organised by Annapurna School. After six rounds, Roshan Kumar Jaiswal, Roshan Raj Oli, Suhit Sthapit have five points each whereas Kailash Bikram, Sherma Limbu and Nabin Sapkota have 4.5 points each. — HNS

NTA elections illegal: Rana

KATHMANDU: Rukma Shumsher Rana, president of Nepal Olympic Committee, said that Kishor Bahadur Singh’s announcement to hold Nepal Taekwondo Association elections was illegal. “The elections was not as per the IOC/OCA Roadmap, as the NTA under Singh was dissolved and the body headed by me was restored as per the IOC/ OCA roadmap,” said Rana. “So the elections announced by Singh is illegal,” he said. — HNS

Vettori to miss first Test

WELLINGTON: Left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori has been left out of the New Zealand squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka starting at Napier on Monday. Vettori’s heavy workload in recently completed three-Test series to Australia had brought on a recurrence of a chronic back injury, New Zealand Cricket said. — AP