ROME, June 21: Matteo Pessina scored the only goal and Italy extended its unbeaten streak to a record-tying 30 matches with a 1-0 victory over Wales on Sunday at the European Championship.

YEKATERINBURG, June 27: Sweden thumped Mexico 3-0 on Wednesday, overcoming their opponents after a scoreless first half in a result that means both teams advance to the World Cup last 16 at the expense of defending champions Germany.

ST PETERSBURG, June 27:  Argentina and Lionel Messi scraped into the knockout stages of the World Cup by the skin of their teeth on Tuesday after an 86th minute strike from defender Marcos Rojo gave them a barely deserved 2-1 win over Nigeria, eliminating the African side.

KATHMANDU, June 26: Denmark go behind Group C winner France into the last 16 with the first goalless draw of the 2018 World Cup against Les Bleus at the Luzhniki Stadium. France had already qualified and Denmark required a point to be sure, in spite of the fact that a 2-0 win for already eliminated Peru against Australia sent them through regardless of their result.

KATHMANDU, April 21: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has unveiled the schedule for the 2020 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier for the 2020 ICC World Twenty20 which will be held in Australia. The newly-released schedule shows that Nepal, participating from the Eastern sub region, will have to advance for three rounds in order to qualify to the World Cup.

KATHMANDU, March 26: Commercial banks offering advance interest payment for depositors have prompted concerns among other bankers. They say that such scheme was creating 'artificial deposits'.

POKHARA, Jan 29: Dharan Football Club has advanced to the semifinals of the ongoing 16thAaha Rara Gold Cup football tournament defeating the departmental team Tribhuvan Army Club (TAC) 5-4 in tiebreaker on Sunday. TAC, who won three titles already this season, had to go out of the tournament.

DHANGADHI, Jan 12: Departmental team Tribhuvan Army Club (TAC) on Thursday advanced into the last four of the ongoing Far-western Khaptad Gold Cup football tournament by beating Ruslan Three Star Club (TSC).

KATHMANDU, Jan 4: Departmental teams Tribhuvan Army Club (TAC) and Armed Police Force (APF) on Wednesday secured their Super League places with respective wins in the ongoing 16th National Women’s Football League under the National Sports Council (NSC) Championship.

SHENZHEN, China, Jan 1: Maria Sharapova and top-ranked Simona Halep have opened their 2018 seasons with straight sets wins at the Shenzhen Open.

KATHMANDU, Nov 21:  Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has said that it must be informed about any road widening move before it is undertaken.

KATHMANDU, Oct 12: Rana siblings- Mayanka and Mahika - have advanced to the third round of the ongoing 2nd Lalitpur District National Open Lawn Tennis Tournament on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, August 30: Various speakers have underlined the need for the country to join the Open Government Partnership (OGP) -- a global movement promoting the values of transparency, accountability, participation and technological innovation.

When Republica met Rajendra Sharma, Chief of Flood Forecasting Section at the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, in his office, he was monitoring water flow in our major rivers on various computer screens. He could not take a break lest he missed an important alert. But if we have such a sophisticated system to monitor floods, what explains such widespread death and destruction witnessed in the past few days in the Tarai? The senior hydrologist shared his insights with Mahabir Paudyal.

MANCHESTER, May 12: Manchester United and Ajax advanced to the Europa League final on Thursday, bringing together two of the continent's grandest football clubs looking to regain their former luster.

PLYMOUTH, Mich. (AP) — Noora Raty made 16 saves, and Finland advanced to the semifinals of the women's hockey world championship with a 4-0 victory over Sweden on Tuesday.

A new scientific advance could boost the number of donated organs available for transplant, and possibly reduce a critical shortage that leads to thousands of deaths each year, researchers said on Wednesday.

Elite Iraqi troops advanced against Islamic State militants in eastern Mosul in their first night-time raid in the city, a spokesman said on Friday, in a U.S.-backed operation which officials say is gaining momentum.

KATHMANDU, Dec 17: The process of advancing constitution amendment bill registered at the Legislature-Parliament is taking place from its next meeting.

GENEVA, Nov 2: Four teams, including five-time winner Bayern Munich, sealed early places in the Champions League knockout rounds on Tuesday.

KHAZER, Oct 18: Iraqi and Kurdish commanders said Tuesday they paused their advance on Mosul, a day after the start of a massive operation to retake the Islamic State-held city, which is expected to take weeks, if not months.

KATHMANDU, Aug 26: Minister for Urban Development, Arjun Narsingh KC, has said development of physical infrastructures in rural areas was essential to advance villages towards city.

BORDEAUX, July 3: Germany ended 54 years of misery against Italy at major tournaments by taking a familiar route to victory: The penalty shootout.

LYON, France, June 22: Hungary and Portugal advance to the Euro 2016 knockout stages after a 3-3 draw

PARIS, June 22: Six teams advanced at the European Championship on Tuesday, and a heavyweight clash was set up as the round of 16 took shape.

PARIS, June 22: If there can be a 1-0 rout in soccer, then this was it.

SANTA CLARA, June 19:  Eduardo Vargas scored four goals, Edson Puch added two, and defending champion Chile thoroughly dismantled Mexico

EAST RUTHERFORD,June 13: Enner Valencia scored and had two assists to help Ecuador beat Haiti 4-0 on Sunday night and advance to the Copa America quarterfinals for the first time since 1997