KATHMANDU: National Futsal team on Thursday left for Argentina to play the Futsal World Cup.
Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa bade farewell to the team saying it was an ‘opportunity and a matter of happiness’ for the country to participate in the Futsal World Cup. “The government is focused on the development of sports infrastructure and career development of athletes,” he said.
The national team was announced on Wednesday after the country received a wild card from the International Futsal Federation to take part in the world cup.
The team includes captain Samir Karki, Dipendra Rasaili, Bardan Lama, Dinesh Shrestha, Bishal Thapa, Sujan Balami, Sahil Rana, Raju Budhathoki, Anup Rana, Gaurab Shrestha, Sanjib Tamang and Grijesh Man Shrestha. Coach is Kamal Bista.
Placed into Group D category alongside Canada, Spain and France, it will take on Canada on April 1 in its first match.
Likewise, it will face Spain on April 2 and will play its final match against France on April 3. Two winning teams from each group will enter the quarterfinals.
KATHMANDU: Delhi Capitals has created a hope to pick Nepali leg spinner Sandeep Lamichhane out of four overseas players for its third match of the IPL 2019 against Kolkata Knight Riders to be played at the latter’s home ground on Saturday.
The Delhi has posted a video on a Twitter, where Sandip is busy practicing. The video shows that Sandeep might have a chance to play in the third match.
Taking a catch running backwards is difficult unless you’re @IamSandeep25 ?#ThisIsNewDelhi #DelhiCapitals pic.twitter.com/5va37qW5l8
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) March 28, 2019
Delhi had been keeping an eye on Sandeep as he played different T20 tournaments including the famous Big Bash League from Melbourne Stars. However, he was not included for the clash.
Delhi will be eyeing a win against Mumbai led by Rohit Sharma that has clinched the IPL title thrice. Delhi that was knocked out form the Group Stage last season is hopeful for a flying start in the tournament.
MUNICH: Bayern Munich has signed Atletico Madrid’s world Cup-winning defender Lucas Hernandez on a five-year deal worth 80 million Euros.
After signing an agreement, Hernandez said, “This is a really important day in my football career. Bayern Munich is one of the best clubs in Europe and the world. I’m proud to be able to fight for all possible titles with Bayern.”
The 23-year-old, who won the 2018 World Cup with France
Hernandez, who can play at both center-back and left-back, has made 67 La Liga appearances at Atletico and won the Europa League and Super Cup. He has won 15 international caps for France, featuring in all their World Cup games in Russia.
“I’m very happy to be able to sign one of the best defenders in the world, a World Cup winner, in Lucas Hernandez,” said Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic, adding, “Lucas will continue our great tradition of French footballers and improve our team.”
KATHMANDU: The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) warned the Nepal Athletics Association (NAA) that it would suspend the NAA if the latter violated the IAAF statute by failing to hold its elections on time.
The IAAF said NAA violated the IAAF statute by failing to conduct its elections on time. “The NAA will be suspended and barred from participating in any international, and regional sports competitions,” it said.
NAA President Rajib Bikram Sah, however, said they would hold the elections soon.
NAA is entangled in internal disputes thus failing to hold elections on time.
PRAGUE: Brazil defeated the Czech Republic in a friendly match played in Prague on Tuesday night after Roberto Firmino and Gabriel Jusus scored the goals.
Roberto Firmino leveled the score in the 49th minute. The Crezh Republic’s Pavelka scored the first goal of the match in the 37 minute.
Manchester City forward Gabriel Jesus added two in the last 10 minutes to win the game.
Similarly, in the another match, Argentina, without Lionel Messi, beat Morocco 1-0 in a friendly match with Angel Correa’s late goal.
KATHMANDU: Nepali National Football Team that had reached Kuwait for friendly matches returned home on Tuesday.
Nepal had played a goalless draw in the first match while faced defeat 1-0 in the second match. During the friendly matches, six players debuted for Nepal.
KATHMANDU: Nepal is facing Afghanistan in its final match of the AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers on Tuesday. The match will be played at the Doha-based Empire Academy and the official kick off time has been set for 9:45 pm NST.
Nepal will be in search of a consolation win after facing two consecutive defeats. Nepal had faced 1-0 defeat against Oman in its first match and in the second match, Qatar had hammered Nepal 5-0. Nepal is already out of the race following two consecutive defeats.
Here is the Starting XI
Nepali Team
Goalkeeper: Arpan Karki
Defender: Suman Aryal, Ananta Tamang, Dinesh Rajbanshi and Kamal Shrestha
Midfielder: Bishwas Shrestha, Nitin Thapa, Sunil Bahl and Tej Tamang
Striker: Biman Gharti Magar and Anjan Bista
KATHMANDU: Nepali cricket sensation leg spinner Sandeep Lamichhane is in India to play Indian Premier League 2019 from Delhi Capitals. His team is taking on the last season’s winner Chennai Super Kings on Tuesday.
Nepali cricket fans are eagerly waiting for the start of the match to know if Sandeep makes it to Playing XI. Delhi had left Sandeep on bench as it kicked off its IPL 2019 journey against Mumbai Indians.
While many speculations are being made on chances of Sandeep playing today’s match, National Cricket Team Coach Jagat Tamata foresees slim chances of Sandeep making it to the Playing XI.
Talking with Khabarhub, he said Delhi will opt for the same set of players as it won its first match this season. According to him, changing players in such scenarios creates pressure on the team.
‘There are slim chances of Sandeep playing the match as leg spinners grabbed wickets in the previous. It is tough for Sandeep to make it to Playing XI due to quota on overseas players,” he said, “Sandeep is a potential player and will definitely play in coming matches”
KATHMANDU: Sujan Gurung has won a bronze medal for Nepal in the Asian Cities Taekwondo Championship. The championship was held at Kowloon Sports Park Centre in Hong Kong.
Gurung bagged the bronze for ‘fight’ category of the championship, the Nepali team manager Kumar Lama Ghising said.
Gurung was defeated by Chinese competitor by 4-9 points in the 58 KG weight group of the fight. He had edged a Singaporean player 9-7 in the pre-quarter final and trounced his Mongolian contender 13-9 in the quarter final of the championship.
KATHMANDU: Nepali U-19 team registered a one-wicket win against Andhra Pradesh on Monday. The Nepali team is in India for preparation of the upcoming U-19 World Cup Asian Qualifiers.
Chasing down the 228 runs target set by the host, Nepal managed to get 230 runs in 47.3 overs losing nine wickets. Captain Rohit Kumar Paudel made 71 runs hitting six fours and two sixes. Likewise, Bhim Sharki and Sandeep Jora contributed 49 and 19 runs respectively.