Football

By a Staff Reporter Nepal U-17 National Football Team will take on Thailand U17 in its first outing of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup Qualifier today. The SAFF championship runners-up eyes for the victory over Thailand U-17 in the opener. The match kicks off at 2:45 PM NST at Phu Tho provincial stadium in Vietnam. In the second match of the day, Chinese Taipei will face hosts Vietnam. The match begins at 5:45 PM NST. The youth side coach Urjan Shrestha mentioned they aim to collect maximum points and qualify for the final round. "I feel the teams in our group fall under the same umbrella. Neither match will be easy and we respect all our opponents. We aim to qualify for the final round collecting maximum points and we will go for a win against Thailand," said Shrestha in a pre-match ...

By a Staff Reporter Agency - 22 years old duo Phil Foden and Earling Haaland score hattrick as Manchester City registers an empathic victory of 6-3 over their favorite rival Manchester United at Etihad Stadium on Sunday. With a hattrick of hattricks, Haaland sets a new record of being the first player to score a hattrick in three consecutive home matches in the history of the Premier League. Earlier, Haaland netted hattrick against Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest on August 27 and September 1. City won 4-2 to Crystal Palace and trashed Nottingham Forest 6-0.   Phil Foden put the home side into a lead in the 8th minute. Haaland then doubled the lead in 34th. Haaland scored his brace and City’s third in 37th. Foden then doubled his tally in the 44th. City ...

By a Staff Reporter After a mid-table team's clash in Indonesia Liga 1 in Malang, East Java in Indonesia, enraged fans attacked a pitch, resulting in the death of at least 127 individuals and the injury of more than 180 spectators. On Saturday, Indonesian Liga 1 side Persebaya Surabaya secured a 3-2 victory over its rivals Arema Malang in Indonesia's top professional football division at Kanjuruhan Stadium. Silvio Rodrigues Pereira Junior netted in the 8th minute to give Persebaya an early lead. Leo Lelis doubled Persebaya's lead in the 32nd minute. Arema came back in the match as Abel Camara opened their account in the 42nd minute. Abel Camara converted the spot kick in the injury time of the first half to even the match before going into the break. Persebaya came back...

By a Staff Reporter Nepal ends its AFC U20 Asian Cup Qualifiers journey with a defeat. Bangladesh beats 9-men Nepal by 3-0 in a final clash of the qualifiers. Bangladesh took an early lead in the 3rd minute. Mojibor Jony utilized Nepal's weak defensive third to open an account. Bangladesh doubled its lead in the 10th minute. Md Piyash Nova converted utilizing Nepal's weak defensive zone again. Hasan Nijum added third to the goal tally in the 52nd minute. Nijum headed the ball home following Nova's cross from the edge of the box. Nepal went down to 10 men in the 26th minute. Defender Ajay Chaudhary was sent off by Referee Isha Darwish as he hit a Bangladeshi player with an elbow. Nepal was reduced to 9 men in the 35th minute. Skipper Ayush Ghalan was booked with a red as...