Chicago Fire sign Schweinsteiger from Manchester United

Published On: March 21, 2017 05:40 PM NPT By: Reuters

Manchester United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has agreed a deal to join Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire, the Premier League club confirmed on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, March 21: One of the most prolific strikers of his generation, Karna Limbu, has played for just 15 minutes for the national team. At the age of 31, which is generally the twilight of playing career for footballers, he has been named in the final squad for a tournament for the first time although he was in the squad for international friendlies before too. He was named in the list of 20 players announced on Friday for the AFC Asian Qualifiers against the Philippines.

Nepal amateur golf begins today

Published On: March 20, 2017 10:05 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 20: The biggest amateur golf tournament of the country, The Nepal Amateur, will tee off on Tuesday at Gokarna Forest Golf Resort in Kathmandu.

Manish, Aashish put strong performance

Published On: March 20, 2017 10:00 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 20: FIDE Master Manish Hamal and Aashish Phuyal gave continuity to their standard performance on Monday in the second round of the Asian Zonal 3.2 Chess Championship 2017 being held in Kathmandu.

Pakistan bars 5 cricketers from leaving country

Published On: March 20, 2017 07:20 PM NPT By: Associated Press

ISLAMABAD, March 20: The Pakistan government has barred the five cricketers involved in alleged spot-fixing from leaving the country.

Spurs and United keep up pressure as City and Liverpool draw

Published On: March 20, 2017 04:45 PM NPT By: Reuters

Tottenham Hotspur kept Chelsea just about within their sights at the top of the Premier League on Sunday by beating Southampton 2-1 and Manchester United improved their prospects by moving into fifth place with a 3-1 victory at Middlesbrough.

Luis Enrique, Pique marvel at prolific Messi

Published On: March 20, 2017 04:40 PM NPT By: Reuters

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique paid tribute to talisman Lionel Messi on Sunday after the Argentine scored twice in a 4-2 win over Valencia to rack up at least 40 goals in all competitions for the eighth year in a row.

Sumit stuns IM in chess opener

Published On: March 20, 2017 08:41 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 20: Sumit Panta of Nepal stunned IM Abu Sufian Shakil of Bangladesh in the Asian Zonal 3.2 Chess Championship that kicked off on Sunday in the capital.

KATHMANDU, March 19: Before flying to Bangladesh last year to take part in the second edition of the Asian Senior Central Zone Men's Volleyball Championship, Jagdish Bhatta, coach of the national team had said that Nepal's target would be winning its first international medal. However Nepal's hope of bagging the first ever international medal in volleyball was crushed by the Maldives in the third-place playoff.

Training for blind cricketers in Morang

Published On: March 19, 2017 09:55 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 19: Cricket Association of Blind (CAB) Nepal on Sunday started a five-day training camp for Blind cricketers in Belbari of Morang district.