Full-contact karate

KATHMANDU: Nisha Lama, Kushal Lama, Hira Maya Dong and Parbati Lama stormed into the women’s above-50kg semi-finals on the opening day of the 14th Men’s and seventh Women’s National Full-contact Karate on Saturday. Birendra Oli, Raju Maharjan, Uddhav Bahadur Thapa, Bidur Aryal, Gyan Bahadur Tamang, Ram Lama, Indra Tamang and Dipak Maharjan entered the quarter-finals in the men’s open-weight category. — HNS

Casino Tara defend title

LALITPUR: Casino Tara defended the second Tara Running Shield Inter-casino Football Tournament here at the ANFA Technical Centre in Chyasal grounds on Saturday. Casino Tara beat last year’s finalist Casino Anna 2-0 in final. Ravi Khadka and Krishna Khadka scored for the winners. The winners got Rs 50,000 and the runners up Rs 30,000. Third-placed Casino Royal received Rs 20,000. Krishna Khadka was declared the man-of-the-tournament and got Rs 5,000. — HNS

Inter-college football

KATHMANDU: The second LACM Inter-college Football Tournament is scheduled here on March 23-31. In all five colleges are participating in the event. The participating colleges are Ace college, CCRC, Kathmandu University, KCM and hosts LACM. LACM will take on KCM in the opener. — HNS

Kathmandu beat TU

KATHMANDU: Kathmandu district crushed Tribhuvan University (TU) by 10 wickets in the Springwood Region No 3 (Kathmandu) Senior Selection Cricket Tournament here on Saturday. Batting first, TU were all out for 68 runs in 28.4 overs with Prem Raj Uppreti contributing 31. Raju Basnyat took five wickets and Raman Shrestha claimed three for

Kathmandu. Kathmandu openers Parash

Lohani (31) and Indra Kamal Manandhar (30) chased the total in just 12.1 overs. — HNS