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Agency US Open champion Emma Raducanu is one of six British sports stars nominated for the 2022 Laureus World Sports Awards. Diver Tom Daley and BMX racer Bethany Shriever, who both won gold at last year's Tokyo Olympics, are also nominated along with 13-year-old Sky Brown, who won skateboarding bronze, BBC reported. According to the BBC, Britain's most successful Paralympian Sarah Storey is also recognised. Cyclist Mark Cavendish completes the UK nominees. The 36-year-old took his tally of Tour de France stage wins to 34 last July to equal the record set by cycling great Eddie Merckx. He is up for the Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award, along with Daley and Brown. Raducanu, who was named the 2021 BBC Sports Personality of the Year in December, is among the ...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Tribhuvan Army Club and Gandaki Province have advanced to the semifinals of the Fourth Sahana Pradhan Memorial National Women’s Hockey Tournament on Thursday. Defending champions Army defeated Province 1 by a scoreline of 7-0 in their match held at Adarshanagar Sports Ground in Birgunj to storm into the semis. Kamala Chand scored 4 goals for Army including a hat-trick while Nilima Pandey scored 2 and Sita Maya Bal got 1. Army’s Anjama Chand was declared woman of the match. In another match, Gandaki Province defeated Lumbini Province- champions of the second edition of the tournament – 2-0 to secure a place in the semifinals. Kamala Devi Gharti Pun and Nanu Gurung were on target for Gandaki Province. Sabita Pun Rana of Gandaki was adjudged woman...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal Ring Wrestling Association is all set to organize the First RW Winter Slam National Wrestling Championship in Chunikhel, Kathmandu on Saturday on the New Year Day. General Secretary of the association Subarna Shrestha informed that the preparations for the championship has been completed. According to Shrestha, the championship will be held at Chunikhel Ground in Budhanilkantha Municipality on the outskirts of Kathmandu. Competition will be held in five different categories. Cash prize has been announced for all five categories. The heavyweight champion of the tournament will bag a purse of Rs 75,000 while hardcore champion will get Rs 65,000, followed by middle weight champion (Rs 50,000), tag-team champions (Rs 40,000) and light weight ...

The 24th Men's and 9th Women's National Weightlifting Tournament is all set to be kick off on January 11, 2022. The three-day tournament will see participation of 23 teams including Nepalese Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force and 20 districts, said president of Nepal Weightlifting Association, Ram Krishna Shrestha during a press conference on Thursday. Around 200 athletes will participate in 40 different weight categories including junior, senior and youth (men and women) category. The association will bear fooding, accommodation and transportation cost of the athletes.  The venue for the event has been fixed at Thimi Banquet in Madyapurthimi Municipality of Bhaktapur.     Mayor of the municipality Madan Sundar Shrestha pledged continued suppor...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal’s first athlete to win an international medal has been admitted to the hospital since last week. Jeet Bahadur KC, who had won Nepal’s first medal in 1973, was injured while cleaning a starter pistol used during a recent athletics tournament. The 73-year-old former athlete sustained injuries on his left hand while  cleaning the pistol three days after officiating the Run for Protein  Half Marathon organized by Nepal Veterinary Association at the Dasharath Stadium on last Saturday. He had reached Tripureshwar-based Blue Cross Hospital soon after the incident. On Tuesday, the burnt part of his hand was removed and stitches were applied before plastering the hand. “I have been undergoing treatment since a week. Doctors have said the...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - The first edition of RW Winter Slam 2021 is all set to be held in the capital next week. The ring wrestling tournament is being jointly organized by Ward No 13 of Budhanilkantha Municipality and Nepal Ring Wrestling Association. The organisers informed in a press conference on Wednesday that the tournament will kick off next weekend on January 1 at Chunikhel ground, a location which holds significance from archaeological, religious, cultural and tourism point of view. According to the general secretary of Nepal Ring Wrestling Association Subarna Shrestha, the tournament will feature Nuwakote Tiger, Chatan, David, Shine, Tuppi Gang, Ex Hero, Lady Angel, Tannu, King Robot, CJ, ASC, John, Baka, UBL among other wrestlers. The heavyweight champio...

Prakash Timalsina Kathmandu - The Supreme Court has issued an interim order to reinstate the then Member Secretary of the National Sports Council (NSC) Ramesh Silwal, who was sacked by the Deuba government almost two months ago. The Council of Ministers had sacked Silwal on October 18 stating that his clarification was not satisfactory. Silwal had moved the court against the government’s decision to sack him. A single bench of Justice Hari Phuyal on Wednesday issued an order to reinstate Silwal to his former post. Silwal informed that the apex court has ordered him to take charge of the NSC and has also barred his predecessor Tanka Lal Ghising from performing any work in the capacity of NSC member secretary. The Council of Ministers had appointed Ghising as the new member sec...