Badminton tourney held

LALITPUR: Suresh Basnet, Wanden Subba and Ram Chandra Basnet grabbed the men’s singles top three spots at the fifth Dugar Iron Title Cup Badminton Competition, organised by JYC Badminton Circle. In men’s doubles, the duo of Wanden Subba and Khadga Thapa beat Suresh and Shyam. — HNS

Arsenal in FA Cup semis

LONDON: Arsenal reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup beating Bolton 1-0 on Freddie Ljungberg’s early goal. Bolton played with only 10 men for the last 81 minutes after El Hadji Diouf was sent off for striking Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann. The victory was some consolation for the Gunners, who were ousted from Champions League. — AP