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Officials, artists and sports personalities look on during the launch of ‘My Stadium, My Seat’ campaign for the Gautam Buddha International Cricket Stadium, in Kathmandu on Monday. Photo: THT

DSF launches 'My Stadium, My Seat' campaign

Dhurmus Suntali Foundation today launched the ‘My Stadium, My Seat’ campaign to raise funds for the construction of the Gautam Buddha International Cricket Stadium in Chitawan.

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto, right, speaks to media after a video conference with the IOC executive board on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Tokyo. Hashimoto, a former Olympics minister and seven time Olympian, was recently appointed the Tokyo 2020 president after her predecessor Yoshiro Mori quit following a backlash over sexist comments he made at an earlier meeting. Photo: Takashi Aoyama/Pool Photo via AP

It's March, the month when the Tokyo Olympics were postponed

It's now March, the month when the Tokyo Olympics came apart just a year ago. Will it happen again? Frankly, it seems unlikely.

Boys Union Club’s Milan Limbu (right) and Nayabasti Yuva Club’s Sanjok Rai vie for the ball during their Martyrs Memorial B Division League match at the ANFA Complex grounds in Lalitpur on Sunday. Photo: Udipt Singh Chhetry / THT

Khumaltar, BUC win

Khumaltar Youth Club and Divine Boys Union Club recorded victories in the Martyrs Memorial B Division League here at the ANFA Complex grounds on Sunday.

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EPL in September

The EPL Pvt Ltd on Sunday announced the dates of the Everest Premier League. According to the organisers, the next edition of the franchise-based Twenty20 cricket tournament will be held in Kathmandu from September 25 to October 9.

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Journalists felicitated

The Ministry of Youth and Sports on Sunday felicitated nine sports journalists with various awards. Kamal Khatri (Nagarik) received the sports journalism award and he got Rs 50,000.

B Division League

Second Poomsae Seminar held

Shrestha honoured

SYC three clear

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Hellas Verona's Antonin Barak in action with Juventus' Aaron Ramsey. Photo: Reuters

Juve's away day blues continue as Verona earn draw

Lacklustre Juventus were held to a 1-1 draw by Hellas Verona after Cristiano Ronaldo’s opener was cancelled out by a towering header from Antonin Barak in Serie A on Saturday.

Bayern Munich players celebrates their fourth goal scored by Serge Gnabry. Photo: Reuters

Bayern back to winning ways with Cologne demolition

Apart from Lewandowski and Gnabry, Bayern were also indebted to Leon Goretzka who delivered another silky performance with three assists.

Manchester City's Sergio Aguero in action during the Premier League match between Manchester City and West Ham United, at Etihad Stadium, in Manchester, Britain, on February 27, 2021. Photo: Pool via Reuters

City make it 20 straight wins with victory over West Ham

Manchester City moved 13 points clear at the top of the Premier League table after a 2-1 win over West Ham United on Saturday - their 20th straight win in all competitions.

Bansbari’s Bhisma Raj Ghimire (left) vies for the ball with Shree Kumari’s Nawaraj Rai during their Martyrs Memorial B Division League match in Lalitpur on Saturday. Photo: Udipt Singh Chhetry / THT

B Division League

Both the matches of the Martyrs Memorial B Division League on Saturday failed to produce a single goal as all four clubs walked away with one point each.

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Second Poomsae Seminar held

Kathmandu District Taekwondo Association organised the second Poomsae Seminar here at the National Sports Council covered hall on Saturday.

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Shrestha honoured

Manaslu World College on Saturday felicitated the 13th South Asian Games double gold medallist karateka Manday Kaji Shrestha. At a programme organised to welcome the students of grade XI,

FILE: India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah celebrate after taking a wicket during first test match against England in Chennai. Courtesy: BCCI/Twitter

India's Bumrah to miss final test against England for 'personal reasons'

India will be without pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah in the final test against England after the 27-year-old was released from the squad for personal reasons, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said on Saturday.

Satdobato Youth Club’s Dinesh Rai (right) and Khumaltar Youth Club’s Milan Budhathoki vie for the ball during their Martyrs Memorial B Division League match in Lalitpur on Friday. Satdobato won the match 3-2. Photo: Udipt Singh Chhetry / THT

SYC three clear

Satdobato Youth Club defeated Khumaltar Youth Club 3-2 in the battle between the top two teams of the Martyrs Memorial B Division League here at the ANFA Complex grounds on Friday.

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Ang Tshiring Sherpa Memorial Golf in March

Yeti Airlines and Gokarna Forest are jointly organising the Ang Tshiring Sherpa Memorial Golf Tournament here at the Gokarna Golf Club on May 6-7.

Photo courtesy: Twitter/Yusuf Pathan

India's double World Cup winner Yusuf Pathan retires

Former all-rounder Yusuf Pathan, who was part of two World Cup winning India teams, announced his retirement from all forms of the game on Friday.

Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrates scoring their third goal with teammates. Photo: Reuters

Arsenal and Milan reach Europa League last 16, Napoli and PSV exit

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's 87th-minute header secured Arsenal a 3-2 win over Benfica for a 4-3 aggregate victory, but the Premier League side had been staring at the exit door.

Axar Patel. Photo Courtesy: @ICC/twitter

Patel effortlessly fills Jadeja void in India's spin attack

Ravindra Jadeja has had little competition for his spot as India's preferred spin all-rounder over the last seven years but that may have changed following Axar Patel's match-winning display in the third test against England in Ahmedabad.

Photo Courtesy: All Nepal Football Association

Committee formed

The All Nepal Football Association on Thursday formed the Bagmati Province Football Association.

Ranipokhari Corner Team’s Ajit Gurung vies for the ball with Nayabasti Yuva Club’s Suman Rai (right) during their Martyrs Memorial B Division League match at the ANFA complex grounds in Lalitpur on Thursday. RCT won 4-2. Photo: Udipt Singh Chhetry / THT

RCT, Boys Union win

Ranipokhari Corner Team and Divine Boys Union Club recorded victories in the Martyrs Memorial B Division League here at the ANFA Complex grounds on Thursday.

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File Photo - Emergency maternity service comes into operation in Kolti Primary Health Centre of Bajura, on Friday, February 19, 2021. Delivery through C-section was carried out on Nirmala Chadara, 29, successfully. Photo: Prakash Singh/THT

Emergency maternity service at Bajura's Primary Health Centre comes to a halt

The Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Kolti of Bajura district that had started providing emergency maternity services closed operations a little over a week.

In this combination photo, actress Cynthia Erivo portrays Aretha Franklin in the National Geographic miniseries "Genius: Aretha," left, and Aretha Franklin holds her Grammy Award for Best Rhythm and Blue performance of the song "Bridge Over Troubled Waters," in New York on March 13, 1972. Photo: Associated Press

With much respect, Cynthia Erivo takes on Queen of Soul

The Tony Awards could bring Cynthia Erivo another Emmy.

Students who were abducted by gunmen from the Government Girls Secondary School, in Jangebe, last week are seen after their release meeting with the state Governor Bello Matawalle, in Gusau, northern Nigeria, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Zamfara state governor Bello Matawalle announced that 279 girls who were abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released Tuesday. Photo: Associated Press

Nigerian governor says 279 kidnapped schoolgirls are freed

Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released, the state’s governor said Tuesday.

A family wearing face masks is pictured inside the premises of Bouddhanath Stupa, in Kathmandu, on Saturday, March 14, 2020. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT/File

78 new Covid-19 cases registered on Tuesday; nationwide tally hits 274,294

Nepal on Tuesday reported 78 new cases of coronavirus infection from across the country. With this, the nationwide infection count has advanced to 274,294.

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EDITORIAL: Way to digital Nepal

The government’s decision to slash internet charges in the country is not only welcome but long overdue. Only an inexpensive internet service will help the country go digital and promote e-commerce.

People look out from their homes while the body of a 65-year-old man is taken on an ambulance towards the cremation site, succumbed to COVID-19 disease, while undergoing home isolation treatment since the past three-days during a government imposed lockdown amid concerns over the rising spread of coronavirus contagion in Bhaktapur, Nepal on Sunday, August 30, 2020.

Recovery efforts

The economic crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound detrimental effect for most people around the world.

A person works on the statue of the Buddha inside an under construction monastery, the Thousand Buddha Temple (Pal Thubten Shedrub Ling Monastery) in Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, in Nepal, on Monday, March 1, 2021. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

In Pictures: Daily Life in Lumbini

Workers build the Thousand Buddha Temple (Pal Thubten Shedrub Ling Monastery) in Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, in Nepal.

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 24, 2020 file photo, Michael Ryan, left, Executive Director of WHO's Health Emergencies programme, next to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, right, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), addresses a press conference about the update on COVID-19 at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The emergencies chief of the World Health Organization said on Monday March 1, 2021, it was “premature” and “unrealistic” to think the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year, but that the recent arrival of effective vaccines could at least help dramatically reduce hospitalizations and death. Photo: AP

WHO: 'Premature,' 'unrealistic' COVID-19 will end soon

A senior World Health Organization official said Monday it was “premature” and “unrealistic” to think the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year, but that the recent arrival of effective vaccines could at least help dramatically reduce hospitalizations and death.

A man cast his vote on a ballot box during the parliamentary and provincial elections at Chautara in Sindhupalchok District November 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters

Your vote matters

In a democratic system, a citizen has various responsibilities and duties towards a nation.

Satdobato defeat Bhagwati, restore lead

Satdobato Youth Club restored the three-point lead in the Martyrs Memorial B Division League following their 1-0 victory over Shree Bhagwati Club here at the ANFA Complex grounds on Monday.

Illustration by Ratna Sagar Shrestha/THT

Decriminalisation of abortion in Nepal: Tabooed yet crucial debate

The issue of abortion must be treated as a medical procedure, where the well-being of the women is placed at the centre.

Officials, artists and sports personalities look on during the launch of ‘My Stadium, My Seat’ campaign for the Gautam Buddha International Cricket Stadium, in Kathmandu on Monday. Photo: THT

DSF launches 'My Stadium, My Seat' campaign

Dhurmus Suntali Foundation today launched the ‘My Stadium, My Seat’ campaign to raise funds for the construction of the Gautam Buddha International Cricket Stadium in Chitawan.

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