Siddhartha Vanasthali wins Six-a-side football

KATHMANDU, Oct 16: Siddhartha Vanasthali School won the title of Third Sujan Memorial Six-A-Side Football Tournament on Friday by defeating At Service team 1-0 in sudden death. The result of the game was decided by sudden death as none of the teams were able to score in the regular time and even during the tie-breaker. [break]



Siddhartha Vanasthali´s Buddha Lama, who was later declared the best player of the tournament, scored the only goal to lead his team to victory. The title for final game´s ´man of the match´ however went to Kumar Lama. Rupesh Shrestha of At Service became the highest goal scorer with five goals in the tournament. The fair play award went to Faxing United.



Siddhartha Vanasthali bagged a purse of Rs 10000 while the runners-up received Rs 5000.



The winning teams received awards from chief guest Indra Man Tuladhar, chief executive officer of ANFA.



On the occasion, former national player and current treasurer of ANFA as well as chairman of Kathmandu Football Association Birat Jung Shahi was felicitated for his contribution to the development of football in Nepal. Likewise, central member of ANFA Ramesh Rayamajhi, Kathmandu Football Association´s deputy chairman Bharat Prasad Aryal, Dinesh Maharjan and photojournalist Sundar Shrestha were also felicitated for their contribution to the field.



The game was organized by Social Welfare Sports Centre at Naya Bazar´s football ground.

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