Baraha Brigade win

KATHMANDU: Khagendra Bhujel struck twice in extra time as Baraha Brigade of Pakali defeated Rudra Brigade of Pathlaiya 2-0 in the final of the second APF IGP Cup Running Football Tournament on Friday. The match went to extra time after the teams failed to score in normal time. Bhujel scored in the second and 26th minutes. Ram Bahadur Yadav of Rudra Brigade was named the best player. The winners received Rs 25,000, while the runners up earned Rs 15,000. Armed Police Force IGP Basudev Oli gave away the prizes to the winners. — HNS

Lama upsets Mulmi

KATHMANDU: Rajan Lama defeated national champion Saroj Mulmi 6-4 in the all-Sankata semi-final of the Sankata Inter-Cooperative Snooker Championship. In the best-of-11 match, Lama outplayed Mulmi 62-41, 23-70, 8-97, 27-99, 4-109, 72-30, 65-62, 80-49, 68-41, 90-27 to set up a championship match against Neeraj Thapa of Cooperative Credit Fund. Thapa beat teammate Sakshyam Shrestha 6-5 registering a 13-51, 46-61, 86-21, 23-75, 17-102, 85-22, 88-25, 88-10, 63-68, 65-51, 78-25 win. — HNS

Murali eyes record

LAHORE: Muttiah Muralitharan needs five more wickets to become the highest wicket-taker in one-day cricket history as Sri Lanka take on Pakistan in the third and deciding one-day match here on Saturday. The wily off-spinner needs two more wickets to become only the second bowler to cross the 500-mark. Another three would help him overtake Pakistan’s Wasim Akram’s tally of 502. Muralitharan, 36, is already the world’s top wicket-taker in Test cricket with 769 in 125 Tests. — AFP