Fight to the finish

January 24, 2020 09:54 am

26-year-old Diwiz Piya is one of the few people in Nepal who have ventured into Jiu Jitsu, an unarmed close combat martial art with the central theme of grappling. It’s been four years that he’s been practicing it and Piya finds sparring in Jiu Jitsu similar to a game of chess—a battle of the mind but with physical consequences.

Parki ends athletics gold drought

December 7, 2019 03:41 am

KATHMANDU, Dec 7: There was a sense of excitement at Dasharath Stadium when two Nepali athletes were vying for the gold in men’s 5,000-meter athletics in the 13th South Asian Games (SAG) on Friday.