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Kathmandu, July 25, NS report -
Trinity ‘A’ and GAA ‘A’ clinched the boys and girls category of the Fr. Donnelly Three on Three Basketball Tournament on Saturday. Trinity nailed Golden Gate ‘B’ 3-1 to pocket a cash prize of Rs. 25,000. Likewise, GAA who had lost the first round 15-21 scored 21-6, 21-15 in the second and third round to win the final 2-1 at GAA Hall. GAA team got a cash prize of Rs, 15,000.

Kathmandu, March 20, NS report –
Kumar Bahadur Karki, an international Taekwondo referee has been appointed as an official referee for the 34th USA National Collegiate Taekwondo Championship stated INTU in a press release issued on Monday. The championship will be held in Providence, Rhode Island, USA at Brown University, from March 21-22.

A total of 700 players from around 50 states will compete in the championship. The winners of the championship will go on to represent the United States in the up coming University Game which will be held in Serbia, in the first week of July.

Kathmandu, March 9, NS report –
Prakash Neupane won the All Nepal Caddy Golf Championship at the Royal Nepal Golf Club on Monday. He carded eight-over 75 to lift the trophy.

 Neupane, was nine over 42 at the turn, he came back strongly on the second half and shot one-under 33 to win the tournament by one stroke over fellow club mate Dibash Prajapati.

Neupane had four birdies on the sixth, 10th, 12th and 13th holes for which he bagged the most birdies award. Prajapati carded five-over 38 on each half for a total of nine-over 76.

Padam Magar came third at 79 ahead of fellow RNGC caddies Om Thakuri and Ramesh Adhikari, who finished tied fourth with 13-over 80. Gyanendra Raut of RNGC was sixth with the score of 81.

The top three winners received Rs 15,000, Rs 10,000 and Rs 8,000 respectively. The tied fourth players earned Rs 5,500 each, while sixth-placed caddie got Rs 4,000. Others in the top 25 also received prize money.

Kathmandu, February 16, NS report –
The 39th executive meeting of South Asian Olympic Council decided to organise the 11th South Asian Games (SAG) from Jan 29-Feb 8 in Bangladesh. The meeting also decided to feature a total of 23 events in the 11th edition of SAG. “The meeting passed a number of decisions which will bring joy to our players and officials,” president of Nepal Olympic Committee (NOC) Dhurba Bhadur Pradhan said. “The games popular in Nepal have been added to the list.”

A total of six games - Badminton, cricket, judo, volleyball, cycling and basketball — have been added in the 11th SAG. Bangladesh, the host nation, has added golf and wrestling to the regular sports like athletics, boxing, football, weightlifting, swimming, kabaddi, karate, taekwondo, ushu, shooting, archery, table tennis, squash, handball and hockey.

Jeevan Ram Shrestha, NOC general-secretary and National Sports Council’s member-secretary, said the meetings of South Asian Olympic Council, Olympic Solidarity  and Olympic Council of Asia held in Nepal are a great achievement for Nepalese sports. “It will help establish Nepal in the international arena,” he said.  

Earlier, a meeting of the South Asian Olympic Committee held in Bangladesh on February 22 last year had decided to organise the games in Dhaka from November-December, 2008. The event was, however, postponed because of the general elections in Bangladesh.

Kathmandu, February 12, NS report –
Nepal made history by winning the last edition of the ACC U-17 Elite Cup, with a ten wickets victory over Malaysia on Thursday. The victory completed Nepal’s cabinet of age group trophies. Until now Nepali colts had won all other age group trophies expect the U-17. Nepal has won the U-19 tournament four times (2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007) while they were crowned the U-15 champions twice, in 2005 and 2006.

Nepal chased the target of 125 runs in 23.3 runs as the openers Aakash Singh Pariyar and Sagar Pun remained on 53 and 65 not out respectively, the highest score in the tournament for each.  Ahmad Zahid Adnan got the hammering from the home team, conceding 22 runs from just two overs.

Nepal started the chase in a style with both the batsmen blazing away from the very first over.

Earlier, skipper Prithu Baskota claimed three wickets to wreck Malaysia’s middle order. He gave away 18 runs in his spell of eight overs. It was Bhuwan Karki who got Nepal on track breaking the tourist’s first wicket partnership of 34 runs in the 11th over. In the next over, Pradeep Airee got the danger man Zubair Asyrafe Norazmi (31). Malaysia’s second highest partnership of 28 runs for third wicket was cut short by Baskota in the 20th over. Thereafter, the Malaysian inning simply caved in, the whole team out for 124 in the 37.1 overs. 

“As this was our last chance to bag the U-17 trophy, we had worked hard for this tournament,” Nepal coach Roy Dias said after his team’s resounding victory. “I am happy that I have been able to add U-17 to our list of accomplishment.”

Nepal had to wait for a long time to clinch the U-17 trophy. They have been regular participants at this age group since 2000. But the inclusion of test playing nations made it difficult for Nepal to make their presence felt, let alone win the tournament. The last time Nepal came close to capturing the tournament was in Malaysia 2005 when they had reached the semi-final. Unfortunately, the tournament was abandoned owing to a forest fire near the venue.

Pun was awarded the man-of-the-match while Pariyar was adjudicated the best Nepali batsmen.

Cricket Association of Nepal and Praphula SJB Rana announced a cash prize of Rs 2,40,000 and 10,000 respectively for the victorious team.

Kathmandu, February 11, NS report –
Kantipur and Valley Public reached the final of the senior girls category of the Eight Gyan Niketan Inter-school Basketball Championship on Wednesday. Roshani Gurung’s 11 points helped Kantipur hammer Teresa 33-17. In the other semi-final, Valley Public defeated  Thungram International Academy (TIA) 21-11. TIA won the match against Gyan ‘B’ 38-32 to book their place in the  senior boys category. In the other matches Unique downed defending champion Wilson Academy 72-52. Manish Tamang top scored with 23 points.

In the junior boys category, Pusphasadan reached the final with a 38-32 win over Nobes.

Bhaktapur, February 8, NS report –
Nepal who had already berth their place in  the semi-final of the ACC U-17 Elite Cup, maintained their unbeaten steak and also topped  Group A with a four wicket win over Singapore on Sunday.

Nepal plays UAE (TU ground) while Malaysia takes on Qatar  (Engineering ground) in the semi-final on Tuesday. Afresh from a dismissal batting performance from the previous match Nepal chose to field and restricted Singapore to 139 runs with the loss of nine wickets, at the TU Ground.

Lead by Abhiraj Rajdeep Singh’s bowling, Singapore made Nepal work hard to accomplish the target, which they acquired in the 29th over. Singh claimed three wickets giving away 27 runs in his spell of eight overs.

Nepal rode to victory, banking on Sagar Pun and Nischal Chaudhary’s kncok of 23 and 38 runs. Pun put up a 26 runs partnership with Aakash Singh Pariyar before getting stumped to Singh.

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Pokhara, February 7, NS report –
Jumanu Rai’s hat-trick helped Nepal Police Club thrash Army 5-0 to defend the Aaha Gold Cup here on Saturday.  Jumanu was on superb form at the Seventh Aaha Gold cup with five goals from three matches. Apart from the highest scorer he also bagged the best player award. He received a Yahama Yelba bike as the best player and a cash prize of Rs. 15,000 for the highest scorer of the tournament.

Bhola Silwal and Chetan Adhikari added the other goals for police. Bhola opened the account in the 26th minute with a shot from the D-Box giving Army keeper no chance whatsoever to save the goal. Chetan scored the second goal in the 32nd minute. He got the ball past three Army defenders to extend the lead.

Jumanu opened his account in the 50th minute. He fired a shot form near the post form a through ball from Bhola. His second goal came in the 62nd minute form substitute Yogesh Shrestha’s pass. Jumanu completed his hat-trick taking the ball form the centre all alone and giving the keeper no chance to save the goal.

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Bhaktapur, February 7, NS report –
Rochak Bhatta, with figures of four for four in seven overs, earned his team a 28 runs victory over Hong Kong. The victory ensured Nepal’s place in the semi-final of the ACC U-17 Elite Cup, on Saturday. Chasing a modest target of 78 runs, Hong Kong looked poised for a win as they were 17 for two at lunch at the Army Ground, Bhaktapur.

Rochak Bhatta however had other plans. The leggi had the Hong Kong batsmen in sixes and sevens before the tourists caved in 28 runs short in the 32nd over.

Electing to bat first, Nepal were bundled out for 77 runs in 24th over. Avinash Karna sent the first two batsmen back to the pavilion. The third wicket for the visitors fell when Pradeep Airee ran captain Miten Khatri (3). Hong Kong were 29/3 at the time. Bhatta then wrested away the initiative from Hong Kong. Nizakat Khan with his 18 of 57 balls was the only batsman to show some resolve. Once he was trapped lbw by Bhatta, it was only a matter of time before Bhatta and Prithu Baskota wrapped up the innings.  The last four batsmen were able to added only six runs to the total. “I had no idea I would play a crucial part in our win,” a jubilant Bhatta said after the match. “I simply did the basics right. The unevenness of the pitch helped my cause.”

Kathmandu, February 6, NS report –
Host Newton and Deepjoyti reached the final of the boys category at the First Newton Inter-School Volleyball Championship’s. In the match played on Friday, Newton ended Angle Heart’s challenge 24-13, 25-17 25-13 to enter the final. While Deepjoyti edged Manaslu 25-20, 25-19, 25-22 en-route to the final.

In the girls category New Diamond will take on Anal Joyti in the final, on Saturday. New Diamond entered the final by beating Puspa Kunja 25-9, 25-7, 25-17 while Anal Joyti beat Deep Joyti 25-19, 25-15, 25-20.