SAFF Championship

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Hosts Nepal will take on against Bangladesh in the final of the SAFF Women's Championship 2022 on September 19 at Dashrath Stadium in Kathmandu. Nepal sidelined defending champions India by a narrow margin of 1-0 to book a spot in the final whereas Bangladesh registered a comfortable victory of 8-0 over Bhutan. Nepal and Bangladesh will face each other in the final for the first time. With five time champion India out of contention, SAFF will get new women champion. In the pre-match conference Nepal's Head Coach Kumar Thapa said that his team is ready to win the final. "We are well prepared for the final. We are physically and mentally fit to play in the final. We had our sights set on the title since we started training 9 weeks ago. Now the ti...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal advanced to the finals of the ongoing SAFF Women's Championship defeating its favorite rival India. Nepal registered a victory of 1-0 in the second semifinal of the SAFF championship. Rashmi Kumari Ghising scored a decisive goal in Nepal's first-ever victory over defending champions India.   Ghising placed the ball into the net during the injury time of the first half. Ghising scored a screamer from inside the box following the cross from Preeti Rai. Nepal's sharp defensive line blocked numerous attempts from Indian forwards. Youngster Preeti Rai, who started for Nepal for the first time in the championship was named the Player of The Match. In the first semifinal, Bangladesh sidelined Bhutan by a vast margin of 8-0. Hosts Nepal wil...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Bangladesh National Women Football Team secured the final spot in SAFF Women's Championship for the second time. Bangladesh registered a 8-0 victory over Bhutan at Dashrath Stadium on the first semi-final match of the SAFF Championship 2022. In a one-sided game, Bangladesh scored 4 goals each in both halves. Skipper Sabina Khatun scored a hat trick whereas Jahan Shopna, Srimoti Krishna Rani Sarkar, Ritu Porna Chakma, Masura Pravin, and Tohura Khatun scored apiece in Bangladesh's victory.  Jahan Shopna scored 2 minutes after the kick-off to take Bangladesh into an early lead. Sabina Khatun opened her account in the 18th minute. Srimoti Krishna Rani Sarkar scored 3rd for Bangladesh in the 30th minute. Ritu Porna Chakma added the 4th in the 35th m...

By a Staff Reporter India defeats Nepal to clinch the title of the SAFF U-17 Championship in Sri Lanka. India scored 4 past Nepal in the final of the championship at Racecourse International Stadium. Nepal conceded two goals in the first 30 minutes of the match. India took lead through Boby Singh in the 17th minute. Korou Singh doubled the lead in the 30th. Nepal's skipper Prashant Laksham was booked with red in the 38th minute. Skipper Vanlalpeka Guite netted the third in the 63rd minute. Aman scored the fourth in injury time. Earlier, Nepal hammered India by 3-1 in the group stage.   India's skipper Vanlalpeka Guite was adjudged the Most Valuable Player and Sahil was named the best Goal Keeper of the Championship.  Nepal started its SAFF U-17 Championship ca...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Pakistan, who participated in the international tournament for the first time in 8 years ended its SAFF Championship campaign with a huge margin victory. Pakistan lost its first two group-stage matches with India and Bangladesh by 3-0 and 6-0. However, it managed to win its final group stage match by a huge margin of 7-0 over Maldives. Nadia Khan scored 4 whereas Rameen Fareed, Khadija Kazmi, and Anmool Hira scored a piece in Pakistan's victory. Pakistan went into the dressing room with a goal lead in the break and came back to add 6 more. Pakistan takes a lead through Rameen in the 39th minute. Khadija Kazmi doubled the lead in the 49th minute. Nadia consecutively scored in the 54th, 78th, 84th, and 90th minute. She completed her first h...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Defending champions India faces its first defeat in the history of the SAFF Women's Championship. India lost 3-0 to Bangladesh in the final group stage match in Dashrath Stadium at Kathmandu. Bangladesh scored 2 before going into the break and came back to add one more. Bangladesh's goal in the 7th minute was disallowed by the match referee Om Choki as the Bangladeshi forward commenced foul on Indian Goal Keeper Aditi Chauhan while controlling the cross delivered from the flank. Sirat Jahan Shopna scored first in the one-sided match. She dribbled past two defenders and netted in the 12th minute. Bangladesh doubled its lead in the 22nd minute of the match. Srimoti Krishnarani Sarkar came up with a calm finish beating two defenders and a g...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Bangladesh scored 6 past Pakistan while and mighty India hammered Maldives 9-0 in ongoing SAFF Women's Championship at Dashrath Stadium in Kathmandu. In the first match of the day, Bangladesh registered a 6-0 victory over Pakistan. Skipper Sabina Khatun scored a hat-trick whereas Monika Chakma, Mosammat Sirat Jahan Shopna, and Ritu Porna Chakma scored one each. Monika scored in the third minute after the kickoff to give Bangladesh an early lead. Shopna doubled the lead for Bangladesh in the 28th minute of the match. Sabina scored her first and Bangladesh's third in the 31st minute. She doubled her goal tally in the 35th minute and completed her hat-trick in the 58th. Ritu made it 6-0 in the 77th minute. In the second match of the day, In...

By a Staff Reporter Nepal hammered India by 3-1 in an ongoing SAFF U17 Championship at Racecourse International Stadium in Sri Lanka. Saroj Darlami, Unesh Budhathoki, and Subash Bam scored apiece as Nepal registers a comfortable victory over India. Danny Meitei Laishram scored in the 24th minute to give India an early lead. Saroj Darlami smashed into the top corner from outside the box in the 45th minute to make the match even at the break. Unesh Budhathoki found the back of the net in the 49th minute as Nepal goes on a 2-1 lead. Subash Bam netted in the 68th minute to give Nepal a comfortable victory of 3-1. With the win, Nepal completed its group stage journey as the Group 'B' table toppers. Nepal defeated Bhutan by 2-1 in its first outing of the tourney. Following t...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Bhutan National Women's Football team registered its first-ever victory in the SAFF Women's Championship. Bhutan, who has been participating in the championship since 2010 scored 5 past Sri Lanka at Dashrath Stadium to march on to the semifinal of the championship. Namgyel Dema scored Bhutan's first goal of the championship in the 42nd minute of the match. Deki Lhazom doubled the lead in the 50th minute. Deki scored her second and the team's third in the 63rd minute from the spot. Bhutan earned the spot kick after Deki was fouled inside the box by Selvaraj Yuwarani. Tshering Yangden netted into an empty post in the 84th minute. Tshering Lhaden put ice on the cake in the 89th minute of the match.   With the win, Bhutan marched on to ...