KATHMANDU, Feb 11: Nepali football team won a friendly football match held between Nepali U-23 team and China's Qinghai Football Club.
Nepal defeated the Chinese team by 5-1 in the match held at Tripureshwor-based Dasharath Stadium on Saturday on the occasion of Chinese New Year.
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Samir Tamang scored two goals for Nepal in the 39th minute and 54th minutes. Similarly, Sanjeev Bista, Tshering Lama and Nirajan Dhami scored one goal each. Sanjeev registered a goal in the second minute of the match while Tshering in the 63rd minute and Nirajan in the 75th minute.
The match was jointly organized by National Sports Council and Chinese Embassy in Nepal where Minister for Youth and Sports, Dig Bahadur Limbu, National Assembly Chairperson, Ganesh Prasad Timilsina, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, Chen Song, Member-Secretary of NSC, Tanka Lal Ghising, among others, were present.
Different types of cultural processions were presented on the occasion.
