Kathmandu: Nepal will play a one-day cricket series against Namibia.



Nepal Cricket Association (NCA) has decided to intensify preparations for the one-day series against Namibia in the third week of May.



Before playing against Namibia, Nepal is playing a triangular series with the Netherlands and Malaysia. Similarly, the CAN meeting held on Sunday has also decided to send the national women's team to India for a friendly match. The Nepali women's cricket team will play a friendly match against the Uttarakhand women's cricket team.

Nepal to play one-day cricket against Namibia

Kathmandu: Tribhuvan Army Club has defeated Sri Lanka Police SC in the preliminary round of AFC Cup 2021.



Army won the match 5-1 at Dasharath Stadium on Wednesday. Santosh Tamang, Navyug Shrestha, Tank Basnet and Sudil Rai scored goals for the Army.



After defeating Sri Lanka, the Army will now play India's Bengaluru in the second round. The game will be played in India.



If they win in the second round, the Army will compete in the play-offs. The two teams that win the second round of the playoffs will compete.



The team that wins the playoffs will advance to the group stage.



In Group D of South Asia, Mohan Bagan of Atletico India, Bashundhara Kings of Bangladesh and Majia of Maldives are in Group D. The fourth team for the group will be selected from the playoffs.



The South Asian group game will be held in Malले, Maldives.

AFC Cup 2021 Preliminary Round: Tribhuvan Army defeats Sri Lanka Police with 5-1

SEOUL, South Korea (AP): North Korea became the first country to drop out of the Tokyo Olympics because of coronavirus fears, a decision that underscores the challenges facing Japan as it struggles to stage a global sporting event amid a raging pandemic.



A website run by North Korea’s Sports Ministry said its national Olympic Committee during a meeting on March 25 decided not to participate in the Games to protect athletes from the “world public health crisis caused by COVID-19.”



The pandemic has already pushed back the Tokyo Games, which were originally scheduled for 2020, and organizers have scrambled to put in place preventive measures, such as banning international spectators, to ensure the safety of athletes and residents.



However, there’s still concern that the Olympics could worsen the spread of the virus and Japan’s rising caseload and slow vaccine rollout have raised public questions about whether the Games should be held at all.



Japan’s Olympic Committee said Tuesday that North Korea has not yet notified it that it wouldn’t participate in the Tokyo Games.



Katsunobu Kato, Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, said the government hopes many countries will join the Olympics and he promised ample anti-virus measures.



South Korea’s Unification Ministry expressed regret over the North’s decision, saying it had hoped that the Tokyo Olympics would provide an opportunity to improve inter-Korean relations, which have declined amid a stalemate in larger nuclear negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang.



Choi Young-sam, a South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said the government supports Japan’s efforts to push ahead with the Olympics while taking safety measures. Choi said there was still time for the North to reverse its decision and participate in the event.



North Korea sent 22 athletes to the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, along with government officials, performance artists, journalists and a 230-member all-female cheering group.



At the Pyeongchang Games, the North and South Korean athletes jointly marched under a blue map symbolizing a unified Korean Peninsula, while the red-clad North Korean cheerleaders captivated global attention. The Koreas also fielded their first combined Olympic team in women’s ice hockey, which drew passionate support from crowds despite losing all five of its games by a combined score of 28-2.



Those games were also much about politics. The North Korean contingent included the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who conveyed her brother’s desire for a summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, a move that helped the North initiate talks with South Korea and the United States.



Diplomatic efforts have been at a stalemate since, and North Korea’s decision to sit out the Tokyo Olympics is a setback for hopes to revive it.



While North Korea has steadfastly claimed to be coronavirus-free, outsiders have expressed doubt about whether the country has escaped the pandemic entirely, given its poor health infrastructure and a porous border it shares with China, its economic lifeline.



Describing its anti-virus efforts as a “matter of national existence,” North Korea has severely limited cross-border traffic, banned tourists, jetted out diplomats and mobilized health workers with quarantine tens of thousands of people who had shown symptoms.



Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga previously said he expected to invite U.S. President Joe Biden to the Olympics and was willing to meet with Kim Jong Un or his sister if either attended the Games. Suga, however, did not say if he will invite either of them.



Experts say pandemic border closures have further shocked North Korea’s economy, already broken by decades of mismanagement, aggressive military spending and crippling U.S.-led sanctions over its nuclear weapons program.



The economic setbacks have left Kim with nothing to show for his ambitious diplomacy with former President Donald Trump, which derailed over disagreements in exchanging the release of sanctions and the North’s nuclear disarmament steps.



Kim in recent political speeches has pledged to bolster his nuclear deterrent in face of U.S.-led pressure, and his government has so far rejected the Biden administration’s overture for talks, demanding that Washington abandon its “hostile” policies first.



The North ended a yearlong pause in ballistic testing activity last month by firing two short-range missiles off its eastern coast, continuing a tradition of testing new U.S. administrations with weapons demonstrations aimed at measuring Washington’s response and wresting concessions.

North Korea says it won’t participate in Tokyo Olympics

Kathmandu: Nepal Cricket Association (NCA) has invited 20 players for indoor training for the triangular series.



Gyanendra Malla, Paras Khadka, Dipendra Singh Airy, Binod Bhandari, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Avinash Bohora, Arif Sheikh and Asif Sheikh are in the team. Similarly, Kushal Bhurtel, Kushal Malla, Lokesh Bam, Kamal Singh Airy, Sushan Bhari, Sahib Alam, Sandeep Nora, Vikram Sob, Pawan Sarraf and Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi have also been called for the training.



The triangular series involving Nepal, Netherlands, and Malaysia will be held at the Tribhuvan International Cricket Stadium in Kirtipur from April 17.

20 cricketers were called for indoor training

Kathmandu: The government has decided to give Rs 400,000 each to the winners of the tri-national cup football.



Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradip Kumar Gyawali informed that the cabinet meeting held on Friday decided to give Rs 400,000 to each player of Nepali team played in tri-nations cup.



In the final match played at Dasharath Stadium in Tripureshwor on Monday, Nepal defeated Bangladesh 2-1 to win the tri-national cup football title.



Sanjog Rai and Bishal Rai scored for Nepal.

Government to give Rs 400,000 each to winner of tri-nations cup

Kathmandu: Nepal has won the title of Three Nations Cup Football held in Kathmandu. Nepal won the title by defeating Bangladesh 2-1 in the final match played at Dasharath Stadium on Monday.



Sanjog Rai scored for Nepal in the 18th minute and Bishal Rai in the 42nd minute. Bangladesh scored in the 83rd minute. Nepal, Bangladesh and Kyrgyzstan under-23 teams participated in the Three Nations Cup.



Nepal led by two goals in the first half but remained sluggish in the second half. Bangladesh, on the other hand, tried to score in the second half.



In the 67th minute, Bangladesh's Yassin Arafat's shot came from near the post. Mahbur Rahman scored in the 83rd minute to make it 2-1. Champion Nepal has received a prize of 5,000 US dollars. Bangladesh received 3,000 dollars.



This is the third time that Nepal and Bangladesh have met in the final of football. Earlier, the two teams had played in the final in the first South Asian Games (SAG) of 1994 and the eighth SAG of 1999. Meanwhile, Nepal's Rohit Chand has been declared the best player of the Three Nations Cup. Rohit, who has excelled throughout the tournament, has been declared the best player. He received a cash prize of USD 500.

Nepal wins Three Nations Cup football title

Kathmandu: Nepal is playing against Bangladesh today for the tri-national football title. Nepal last lost a two-match series 1-0 when they visited Bangladesh in November. At that time, Nepal lost 2-0 in the first match against Bangladesh and played a goalless draw in the second match.



Nepal has not been able to score in 8 games including those two games and two games of the group stage of the tri-nation.



After Anjan Bista scored two goals against Chinese Taipei in the 2019 World Cup qualifiers, Nepal could not score against Australia, Jordan and Kuwait in the World Cup qualifiers. Similarly, he could not score a goal in a friendly match against Myanmar.



Though the match against Kyrgyzstan Olympic team did not get international recognition, Nepal's senior team played in it. It has been 748 minutes since Nepal failed to score.



Nepal, who played a goalless draw against Bangladesh in the group stage, will also be planning to avenge their loss to Bangladesh in Dhaka in November at Dasharath Stadium.



On the one hand, Nepal has a chance to win the game by scoring a goal and win the title and take revenge on Bangladesh. On the other hand, Nepal has the challenge to score goals and win the game.

Tri-Nation Cup Final Today; Nepal and Bangladesh playing for title

Kathmandu: Bangladesh has made a winning start in the tri-nation Cup football which started on Tuesday.



Bangladesh defeated Kyrgyzstan's Olympic team 1-0 with the help of a suicide goal. Kyrgyzstan's Kumarabaj Ulu Beiman scored a suicide goal in the match played at Dasharath Stadium in Tripureshwor. Bangladesh took the lead in the 30th minute with a suicide goal.



Kyrgyzstan's Kumarabaj Ulu Beiman scored on his own post off a ball crossed by Bangladesh forward Saad Uddin.



Bangladesh had a chance to score in the second half but could not finish. Bangladesh became the hub in the first half.



Towards the end of injury time, Kyrgyzstan's Taseev Kamolidin failed to score on a free header. Bangladesh national team defeated Kyrgyzstan for the first time. Earlier, Kyrgyzstan had won four of the four matches between the senior teams of the two countries.



Bangladesh is close to the final by winning the first game. The top two teams will play the final after a single round robin league match between the three teams. Nepal will play its first match against Kyrgyzstan on Thursday in the tournament organized by the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA).

Bangladesh's victorious start in the tri-nation cup football

(BBC): Lionel Messi celebrated a record-breaking 768th appearance for Barcelona with two goals as the Spanish giants thrashed Real Sociedad 6-1 in La Liga.



The Argentina forward, 33, moved one game clear of former midfielder Xavi's total as Barca closed the gap on leaders Atletico Madrid to four points.



Antoine Griezmann opened the scoring, Sergino Dest scored twice and Ousmane Dembele also found the net.



Messi has now scored 23 league goals so far this season.



At 5-0 down, Ander Barrenetxea did manage to find a consolation goal for Sociedad with arguably the strike of the night, but it was far too late for Imanol Alguacil's side to stage a fightback at the Anoeta Stadium.



Messi did not disappoint on his history-making night, showing the same energy and enthusiasm he has done throughout his career for the Catalan club.



His first major act was to turn provider for American Dest to score his first goal for Barcelona. The threaded through-ball also took Messi's assist tally up to eight for the 2020-21 season.



After testing Sociedad goalkeeper Alex Remiro twice in the first half, Messi finally grabbed a well-deserved reward during the second half by poking home Barca's fourth.



The icing on the cake for Messi came on 89 minutes when the Argentine's good link-up play with left-back Jordi Alba resulted in a second goal on his special night.



As much as the three points were a welcome birthday gift for boss Ronald Koeman, Barca still trail league leaders Atletico Madrid in the race to become champions.



Earlier on Sunday, Diego Simeone's men beat Alaves 1-0, thanks to Luis Suarez's 500th career goal and a late Jan Oblak penalty save.



The history man adds to his records The king of the Nou Camp will become a free agent this summer when his contract expires, but his statistics for the famous club may never be beaten.



Thanks to his double against Sociedad, Messi has extended his tally as Barca's record goalscorer to 663 goals in all competitions.



When it comes to La Liga's all-time top scorer, he is out in front with 467 goals. That's 156 more than closest rival Cristiano Ronaldo's 311 for Real Madrid.



He has also chalked up at least 20 goals in La Liga in 13 consecutive seasons, the highest record in the competition.



Less than three months into 2021, Messi has already scored 15 goals in the 12 games he has played. And with another El Clasico on the horizon following the international break, the playmaker will be looking to top up his tally of 26 goals in all competitions against rivals Real Madrid - the most any player has scored in the fixture.

Messi celebrates record Barca appearance with two goals in thrashing of Sociedad

Kathmandu: Rajendra Gauchan has clinched the title of the Nepal Ice Golf Tournament held at CG Golf Course at Dumkauli in East Nawalparasi.



He won the golf tournament held on Saturday with 39 points. Similarly, Raju Thakali has bagged the title of runner-up. He scored 37 points.



Similarly, the gross winner became Finchoondi Lama. Kalu Ghale won the title of Longest Drive, Pemba Sherpa won the title of Most Words and Rabindra Tiwari won the title of Closest to the Man.



There were 24 players participating in the Nepal Ice Golf Tournament. Medals and certificates were distributed to the title winners and other players, said Basant Gurung, umpire of the CG Golf Tournament.



There is a well-equipped golf course within the Chaudhary Industrial Village at Dumkauli in East Nawalparasi under Gandaki Province. Golfers from home and abroad come here every year to play.

Gauchan wins Nepal Ice Golf title

Kathmandu: English club Chelsea have reached the quarterfinals of the European Champions League after seven years.



Chelsea beat Spanish club Atletico Madrid 2-0 in the second leg of the last 16 on Wednesday night to secure a place in the quarterfinals.



London club Chelsea won the first leg 1-0 and won 3-0 overall.



Hakim GH and Emerson scored a goal each to give Chelsea the win in the second leg at home.



GH scored in the 34th minute to give Chelsea the lead. Emerson scored in injury time to give Chelsea a 2-0 victory.



Atletico were reduced to 10 men in the 82nd minute when Stefan Savic was shown a red card.



Chelsea have reached the quarterfinals for the first time since the 2013/14 season.

Champions League: Chelsea beat Atletico in the quarterfinals after 7 years

(BBC): Pele congratulated Cristiano Ronaldo after the Portugal forward's hat-trick against Cagliari took him past the Brazilian legend's tally of goals scored in official matches.



Ronaldo netted three times inside the opening 32 minutes to take his career total to 770 - three clear of Pele's tally of 767.



"Life is a solo flight. Each makes his own journey. And what a beautiful journey you are having. I admire you a lot, I love watching you play and this is no secret to anyone. Congratulations on breaking my record of goals in official matches," Pele posted on Instagram.



Some reports suggest this is a world record tally but that is disputed by the Czech Football Association, which claims former Austria and Czechoslovakia striker Josef Bican is football's true all-time top scorer with 821 goals.



Meanwhile, data from Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) says Bican scored 805 career goals. But among them were 27 goals for Rapid Vienna's reserve and amateur teams, as well as strikes which were not in official international games. Remove those and Bican finished his career on 759 goals - short of Pele and Ronaldo's total.



'My ever-lasting and unconditional admiration for Pele' After the game against Cagliari, Ronaldo explained on Instagram why he is only now acknowledging the "record".



"The last few weeks were filled with news and stats considering me the world's top scorer in football history, overcoming Pele's 757 official goals," he said. "Although I'm thankful for that recognition, now it's time for me to explain why I didn't acknowledge that record until this moment.



"My ever-lasting and unconditional admiration for mister Edson Arantes do Nascimento [Pele], such as the respect that I have for mid-20th century football, led me to take into account his 767 score, assuming his nine goals for Sao Paulo State Team, as well as his single goal for the Brazilian Military Team, as official goals. The world has changed since then and football has changed as well, but this doesn't mean that we can just erase history according to our interests.



"Today, as I reach the 770th official goal in my professional career, my first words go straight to Pele. There's no player in the world who hasn't been raised listening to stories about his games, his goals and his achievements, and I'm no exception. And for that reason, I'm filled with joy and pride as I acknowledge the goal that puts me on top of the world's goalscoring list, overcoming Pele's record, something that I could never have dreamed of while growing up as a child from Madeira."



Juve bounce back from Champions League disappointment Ronaldo came in for some criticism after Juventus' Champions League defeat against Porto on Tuesday, the second year in a row they have been knocked out at the last-16 stage. But this performance was a reminder of just how devastating the former Manchester United forward can be.



He rose unmarked to meet Juan Cuadrado's corner to send a towering header beyond Alessio Cragno after just 10 minutes, before drawing a foul from the goalkeeper for a penalty which he converted 15 minutes later.



The third goal was vintage Ronaldo, collecting Federico Chiesa's pass just inside the area, shimmying away from a defender and powering the ball into the top corner with his left foot to complete the 'perfect' hat-trick.



Cagliari, who are just two points clear of the relegation zone, improved in the second half and got on the scoresheet when Giovanni Simeone slid home Gabriele Zappa's cross from the right.



Ronaldo could have scored his fourth goal with virtually the last kick of the game, but Cragno did well to rush out and block.



Juventus stay third despite the win but are now three points clear of fourth-placed Atalanta and just one point behind AC Milan, who were beaten 1-0 at home to Napoli.



Milan's slip-up allowed Inter to move nine points clear at the top after Lautaro Martinez scored a late winner against Torino.

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