SPORTS BRIEFS: Trinity, Saipal lift titles

KATHMANDU, Dec 25: Host Trinity International College ´A´ lifted the title of Third Trinity A-Level Inter-college 3x3 Basketball Tournament in the boys´ section on Tuesday. Prateek Lama scored 17 points to guide Trinity to a 21-13 win over Rupy´s International in the final held on Trinity´s home court in Dillibazar. Meanwhile, Saipal Academy claimed the title in the girls´ section defeating Rupy´s 7-2.



Maya Rai scored four points for the winning team. Altogether eight teams in the boys´ section and five in the girls´ category had participated in the three-day tournament.[break]



Double delight for Valley Public



KATHMANDU: Valley Public registered double victories in the 10th TIA Cup Inter-school Basketball Championship on Tuesday, winning the matches in both girls´ and boys´ sections. The boys´ team of Valley Public defeated Neric 51-30 while the girls´ team beat Teresa Academy 28-19. In other matches of the boys´ section, Gyan Niketan beat Minar 26-18, Innovative saw off Nava Jeevan 49-26, HIMS defeated host TIA 49-43 and Daffodil edged past Forward Academy 43-34. Meanwhile, Bagmati defeated Kathmandu Valley 24-12 in the girls´ section.



Liverpool wins T20 title



KATHMANDU: Liverpool College lifted the title of First LA Inter-college T20 Cricket Tournament on Tuesday defeating Pentagon College by 27 runs. Opting to bat first, Liverpool scored 100 runs in the allotted 20 overs losing eight wickets. Liverpool´s Jeevan KC, who was declared the man-of-the-match, scored 41 runs off 46 balls in the final. In reply, Pentagon was bundled out for 73 runs in 19.3 overs.

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