Kathmandu, March 18: A scorching twenty-yard power packed right footer from ace striker Hari Khadka in the 79th minute enabled Mahendra Police Club (MPC) to exact an upset victory over fancied Manang Marshyangdi Club (MMC) to capture this year’s Khukuri Gold Cup title.

The MPC completed its sweet revenge against its archrivals MMC for its 1-4 defeat in the Birthday Cup soccer tournament held in January this year.

This is the fourth title that MPC, the premiere football club, have won titles this year. They have earlier won the Tej Bahadur Amatya Gold Cup in Birgunj, Buda Subba Cup in Dharan, Coca-Cola-ANFA Cup in Kathmandu before lifting today’s glittering Khukuri Gold Cup and receiving the highest prize money— two hundred and ten thousand rupees— in the Nepalese football tournament so far.

The runners-up, MMC, took away one hundred thousand rupees in cash prize. However, the favourites MMC had a consolation as their striker Basant Thapa was got  ten thousand rupees  for the highest scorer’s award for his  seven goals scored during whole tournament played on league-cum-knock-out basis which was earlier won by Tribhuwan Club in 1998 and Rani Pokhari Club in 1999.