Navajyoti beat Garuda Sports Club 3-1 with a brace from Amit Sunuwar and a goal from Bibek Gurung. Dinesh Pun scored the consolation goal for Garuda. [break]Similarly, a hat-trick from Sabin KC helped Satdobato Youth beat Khalibari Football Club 7-0. Dhiraj Tamang scored two goals for the winning team while Jyoti Khadka and Prasanna Thapa added a goal each.
Lama, Awal win gold medals
KATHMANDU: Sunita Lama and Piyush Awal won gold medals in the Sixth Hareram Joshi Memorial Inter-school Table Tennis Tournament on Sunday. Lama of Prime School beat Apekchya Shakya from Dharan in the final of girls’ singles played at the National Table Tennis Training Center, Kathmandu. Lama took the first two sets 11-6, 11-7 but lost the third set 9-11. Lama bounced back in the fourth set to win it 11-8.
Nitija Thapa from Kathmandu and Goma Gautam from Dhanusha finished third. Likewise, Awal of Guinness International School defeated Nihal Shrestha of Prime School in the boys’ singles final. Awal won the first set 11-9 but lost the second 8-11. He then staged a comeback to win the third and fourth sets 11-9, 11-7. In the U-14 boys’ singles, Anuj Adhikari of Siddhartha Vanasthali and Rabin Sadh set up a final showdown. Adhikari defeated Tendi Sherpa of Bijeshwari while Sadh beat Kiran Suwal of Bidya Bikash in the semifinals.
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