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By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - A school-level boxing tournament is going to be held for the first time in Nepal later this month. The Sports Promotion Organisation of Nepal (SPON) is all set to organize the First All Nepal School Boys and Girls Boxing Championship 2022 from March 19 to  21 at the  Covered Hall of the National Sports Council, Tripureshwar with technical support from Nepal Boxing Association. Boxers between 12 to 14 years are eligible to compete in the event. The organisers informed that children born between January 2007 to December 31, 2009 will be allowed to contest in the tournament. All the matches of the school-level championship will be held as per the rules of AIBA and Nepal Boxing Association. All the matches in boys’ and girls’ sections will be held ...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - International taekwondo player and coach Sanjiv Nepali has been felicitated for his achievements in international championships. Tarkeshwar Municipality feted the taekwondo player on Sunday for his contribution to the development of the game in Nepal. Mayor of Tarkeshwar Municipality Rameshwar Bohara felicitated Nepali saying that he played an important role in helping spread Nepal’s prestige in international level through the medium of taekwondo. Nepali, who hails from Nijgadh of Bara district, is an international taekwondo player as well as coach and referee. He has represented Nepal in taekwondo championships held in different countries including Hong Kong, Thailand, Spain, Japan, Canada and the USA.

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal Wuma Kung-fu Association is organizing Budhanilkantha Municipality-level Wuma Kung-fu Championship on Saturday, March 12. Altogether 150 players will compete in the event, according to the chairman of the organizing committee and international referee Siddhartha Lama. The championship will feature competition in 15 different categories of men’s and women’s sections. The championship will be held in Kapan of Budhanilkantha Municipality. The championship will be officiated by referee lama and Uddhav Thapa Magar and Sanjit Kumar Rai. According to the organisers, the estimated cost of the event is around Rs 700,000. The association also organized a referee seminar for the upcoming event. Chairman Lama shared theoretical knowledge while ...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepali karatekas won four gold medals in the BG Karate Championship held in Bangladesh. Dijen Dolma Lama of Nepal bagged two golds in kumite and kata events of the championship organized to mark the 100th birth anniversary of Mujib (Sheikh Mujibur Rehman). Likewise, Pasang Lama secured gold in 70 kg kata, according  to the team manager Ram Kumar Shrestha. Shrestha informed that Gyalmo Somika Lama also clinched gold medal during the championship. She won gold in under-35 kg kumite. The Nepali team also bagged two silver and five bronze medals. Pasang Tamang (70 kg) and Rajdev Bomjon (65 kg) won silver medals in their respective events. The bronze medalists include Rabindra Kunwar (open category), Eurosid Roka (60 kg), Umesh Bhandari (...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Manaslu World College has felicitated para taekwondo player Palesha Gobardhan for the exceptional performance in international matches. The college also felicitated other three individuals for their contribution to different sectors. They were honoured during a programme organized by the college at Nepal Academy Hall, Kamaladi on Thursday. Gobardhan had won two matches in Tokyo Paralympics for a historic win. She had also won gold in the Asian Paralympic Youth Games held in Bahrain. She is also the bronze medalist of the Fourth Asian Para Taekwondo Championship held in Vietnam. Health Minister Birodh Khatiwada and chairman of the college Gendra Lama felicitated Gobardhan during the programme. Other individuals to be honoured during the progr...

Kathmandu (Hamro Khelkud) – Bronze medalist in 3rd Asian Para Taekwondo Championship Ranjana Dhami and her coach Kabiraj Negi Lama were felicitated on Saturday by ACDC Taekwondo Dojang. ACDC Taekwondo's founder, president and CNN superhero Pushpa Basnet, ACDC's director Bishal Rai, Chairman Kalyan Kunwar and Gamsa Taekwondo Dojang Chairman Rajiv Basnet were present in the felicitation program held in Jamal on Saturday. President Basnet and Chairman Kunwar handed Ranjana five thousand Rupees and certificate. CNN superhero Pushpa Basnet said that they work to provide encouragement and support to Para Players like Ranjana. She said, "We felicitated Ranjana because she achieved success in international competition for Nepal in spite of being differently-abled." Dojang Chairman Kunwar...