KATHMANDU, April 5: In the second one-day practice match against Ireland Wolves, Nepal 'A' suffered a humiliating defeat due to the disappointing performance of their batters.

KATHMANDU, April 3: Nepal 'A' suffered a 21-run defeat against Ireland Wolves in the opening match of the three ODI series today.

KATHMANDU, Nov 26: In the general elections held on November 20, a total of 19 incumbent ministers have faced a humiliating defeat. The results so far shows that 19 ministers from the federal and seven provincial governments, who contested election under the First Past the Post (FPTP) electoral system for the members of the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies elections were defeated. Some of the ministers, who have become candidates, have yet to receive their results.

KATHMANDU, June 4: Nepal was defeated by the United Arab Emirates in today's match under ICC U-19 Women's T-20 World Cup Asia Qualifier. The ICC U19 T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier is taking place in Malaysia.

DORTMUND, August 3: English winger Jadon Sancho starred for Borussia Dortmund on Saturday to help his side beat rivals Bayern Munich 2-0 to win their sixth DFL Super Cup

KATHMANDU, Feb 22: Nepal defeated the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to win its third match under the ICC Women T20 World Cup Qualifier Asia-2019 going on in Thailand.

BHAKTAPUR, Nov 9: Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba has said his party had to face defeat in the elections due to the internal squabbling.

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KATHMANDU, Sept 14 : Nepal's U-19 cricket team faced defeat to India's U-19 'A' team in the second game held today under the One-day Cricket Series underway in Lucknow, India.

KATHMANDU, Aug 1: Nepal suffered a disappointing 55-run defeat at the hands of the Netherlands in its first ever ODI cricket match in Amstelveen on Wednesday.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 1:  Johanna Konta won 12 games in a row to brush aside 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams 6-1 6-0 in San Jose.

KATHMANDU, July 29: Nepal has defeated Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) by 9 wickets. In the match played at historic Lord’s Cricket Ground, London on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, July 25: Anil Kumar Sah’s 56 runs went in vain as Felix Organ claimed three wickets to hand Nepal a 19-run defeat in the second practice match of the Europe tour against St Cross Symondians Cricket Club on Tuesday in London.

ROSTOV, July 3: Japan’s football team proved to be one of the classiest at the World Cup after the players bowed to the fans and meticulously cleaned out the locker room following their heartbreaking defeat to Belgium.

KALININGRAD, June 29: As defeats go this one had little sting for England who went down 1-0 to Belgium in their group finale on Thursday with any disappointment, of which there was little, softened by a potentially easier route deeper into the tournament.

RUSSIA, June 28: After suffering a shocking 2-0 loss to South Korea, the Germans failed to advance to the knock-out round of the World Cup. This is the first time since 1938 that a German team didn’t make it out of the group stage of the tournament.

EGYPT, June 26: A former Egyptian football player and sports commentator, Abdel Rahim Mohamed, reportedly suffered a heart attack and tragically died after his national team’s loss in the FIFA 2018 World Cup match against Saudi Arabia.

KATHMANDU, June 16: In yet another blow to the establishment faction of Nepali Congress (NC), a panel led by Pushkar Acharya, who is close to the rival faction in the party, has been elected as the new leader of Trade Union Congress, a sister organisation of the party.

Iraqis vote Saturday in the first parliamentary election since the country declared victory over the Islamic State extremist group.

KATHMANDU, May 5: Shivam New Diamond Academy suffered a 3-1 loss at the hands of the departmental team Nepal Police Club in the ongoing KNP Japan National Women’s Volleyball Tournament on Friday as the losing team played without lifter Kripa Adhikari, who joined Nepal Army.

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KATHMANDU, April 23: Indra Bahadur Shrestha spared the blushes of host Nepal by winning a gold medal in the ongoing eighth South Asian Judo Championship on Sunday. The nineteen-year-old defeated Babar Hussain of Pakistan in the final to clinch Nepal’s second gold in the tournament, which sealed Nepal’s place in the second position after India in the regional tournament.

ROME, April 11: The Barcelona midfielder was left dejected after Tuesday's stunning quarter-final exit at the hands of the Serie A side

KATHMANDU, March 27: Golden Gate International College has defeated the departmental team Tribhuvan Army Club (TAC) in the ongoing first Kwiks Men’s Basketball League on Monday. This is the first defeat for Army in the league so far.

KATHMANDU, March 27: Nepali Congress (NC) Central Working Committee (CWC) member Dr Shekhar Koirala has said that the party’s failure to call India’s unofficial blockade against Nepal a blockade was one of the main reasons behind its poor performance in the parliamentary and provincial assembly polls.

KATHMANDU, Mar 22:  Following the humiliating defeat in federal, provincial and local level elections three months ago, Nepali Congress met to understand reasons in the party’s central working committee meeting at Sanepa.

KATHMANDU, March 18: Nepal succumbed to 45 runs defeat in the seventh-place playoff match against the Netherlands in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018 in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe on Saturday.

DHARAN, Feb 5: Kolkata-based football club PSR Durgapur Steel reached the semi finals of the 20th Budha Subba Gold Cup, defeating host team Dharan Football Club in a dramatic match on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Feb 3: Nepal national cricket team has suffered a 64-run defeat against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the third and last practice match on Friday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 11: Nepal cricket team has suffered consecutive second defeat in the ongoing fifth edition of the Blind Cricket World Cup at the Jinnah Stadium in Gujranwala, Pakistan. Bangladesh defeated Nepal by four wickets chasing the Nepal’s total of 235 runs in 34th over. Nepal had lost to Pakistan in its first match of the tournament by nine wickets on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 27: Six different Lalitpur Patriots bowlers picked up a wicket each in their quest to bundle Rhinos out for 111 runs and win the eliminator by 27 runs. They have qualified for the second qualifier. Lalitpur will face Bhairahawa Gladiators tomorrow in a virtual semi-final. The winner of that match will tussle against Biratnagar Warriors in the final of EPL 2017 on 30th December.

KATHMANDU, Dec 14: Nepal have defeated Myanmar by 337 runs in the final game of UCC,U-16 Eastern Region Cricket Competition in Thailand, today.

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: By December 11 midnight, Kanchanpur was one of the many Nepali Congress (NC) stronghold districts that the party lost in the federal and parliamentary elections. The party was defeated in Chitwan along with other 45 districts.

KATHMANDU, Dec 7: Nepal suffered a seven-wicket defeat to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in an ICC World Cricket League Championship (WCLC) match on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 12: Nepal has begun the ACC U-19 Youth Asia Cup with a two-wicket defeat against Bangladesh on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 5: Nepal suffered third straight defeat in the AFC U-19 Championship 2018 Qualifiers, as it went down 1-0 to United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 3: Nepal U-19 Cricket Team, which is currently on a tour to Bangladesh, suffered three wickets’ defeat to the home side in their first practice match on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 2: A spirited performance from Nepal U-19’s leg-spin bowler Sandeep Lamichhane and spinners could not prevent a closely contested first practice match going the Bangladesh way. Towhid Hridley held on to an end guiding Bangladesh to a win by three wickets after Sandeep Lamichhane finished his match figures of 10-1-25-4. Bangladesh won the match by three wickets in the first practice match between two teams at the BKSP ground, Dhaka.

Nepal lost 2-0 against Kyrgyzstan inn AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers.

KATHMANDU, Oct 17: Nepal has faced a 5-0 defeat against Kyrgyzstan in the ongoing AFC Futsal Championship 2018 Qualifiers on Monday.

KATHMANDU, Oct 16: Nepal suffered humiliating 14-1 defeat at the hands of Uzbekistan in its first match of the AFC Futsal Championship 2018 Qualifiers on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Oct 13: Nepal started another round of ICC World Cricket League Championship matches with a loss of 83 runs against home team Hong Kong at the Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok.

KATHMANDU, Oct 12: Transparency International Nepal has urged all political parties to field the candidates with clean image while contesting in upcoming parliamentary and provincial elections.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Oct 10: Dilruwan Perera grabbed 5-98 as the offspinner anchored Sri Lanka to a 68-run victory against Pakistan in the second test and clinched the two-match series 2-0 on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 26: Nepal national cricket team has concluded its India tour with a five-run defeat to Chennai-based Center for Sports Science (CSS) on Monday.

SARLAHI, Sept 24: In the recently concluded third phase of local elections, the Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) has faced a humiliating defeat in Sarlahi, the home district of its three prominent leaders - Mahantha Thakur, Rajendra Mahato and Mahendra Raya.

KATHMANDU, August 24: Nepal suffered 2-1 defeat in its last group match of the ongoing SAFF U-15 Championship, held at ANFA Complex, Satdobato, on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Aug 21: Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) will participate in the upcoming elections while continuing their struggle for constitutional amendment. RJPN leaders said this after the bill to revise constitutional provisions on citizenship, language, representation in the upper house and federal boundaries failed to canvass the required two-third majority in  parliament on Monday.

PALLEKELE, August 13: India's bowlers left Sri Lanka staring at a big defeat and a series whitewash after another shambolic batting performance saw the hosts being bundled out for 135 in their first innings in the third and final test on Sunday.

CHITWAN, August 7: Devi Prasad Gyawali, who lost in local level elections in Bharatpur Metropolitan City, said he had to suffer a defeat due to the Supreme Court's delay in delivering verdict to settle a dispute involving a halt in vote counting following the findings of torn up ballot papers with votes during the count.