Manang Marshyagdi Club beat Nepal Army Club

2014-03-31
Sujal Shrestha converted a second half spot kick as League champions Manang Marshyagdi Club (MMC) defeated departmental team Nepal Army Club (NAC) 1-0 to enter semifinals of the 16th Budha Subba Gold Cup 2014 at Dharan played on Monday.Both sides wasted numerous chances during the first half, with Deepak Rai missing the best opening in the 2nd minute as be blasted over from point- blank range. MMC started the match in good note and Deepak Rai again wasted a chance to take a lead his left footed shot from the edge of the box went inch wide from the pole in the 5th minute. Rupesh KC released a quick pass to Anil Gurung but NAC defender Jitendra Karki reacted quickly to clear the ball out from the box in the 13th minute of the match. Bishal Rai of MMC released a through pass to Yona Elias, latter looked slow, NAC custodian Bikash Malla came forward to save the ball in the 16th minute.

Nepal Police Club beat Dharan Football Academy

2014-03-30
Bharat Shah a late goal as departmental team Nepal Police Club (NPC) defeated local team Dharan Football Academy (DFA) 1-0 to enter quarterfinal on 16th Budha Subba Gold Cup 2014 on Sunday at Dharan Stadium. Cops wasted numerous chances during the match, with Jumanu Rai, Dipen Shrestha and Ganesh Khadka missing the best opening during whole match. Departmental team started the match in impressive note and Ganesh Khadka and Jumanu Rai made good combination but Rai’s nice flick went inch above the bar in the 4th minute. Bhola Nath Silwa’s beautiful free kick in the 8th minute was magnificently saved by DFA’s custodian Afjit.

African United Club beat Machhindra FC to enter Semi final

2014-03-29
African United Club (AUC) beat Machhindra Football Club (MFC) by 2-1 goals in the extra time to enter semifinals in Red Bull 16th Budha Subba Gold Cup football tournament 2014 on Saturday. Alvia Appiah and Ibrahim scored for winning team in the 39th minute and 113th minute respectively and Bishal Rai cut the deficit for Machhindra FC in the 90+1 minute.

Dharan FC beat Kanchanjunga FC in Budha Subba Gold Cup

2014-03-28
Host Dharan Football Club (DFC) labored hard to beat Kanchanjunga Football Club (KFC) by 2 goals in the opening match of the Budha Subba Gold Cup 2014 played on Friday at Dharan. DFC started the match brightly with Ashim Jung Karki and Sandip Rai came close inside the first 10th minute of the match. DFC is an assembled team from A Division Club and had five national team players. Nirajan Khadka of DFC gave a good pass to Manish Ghale but latter’s kick went little above the bar in the 6th minute.

Pradip Humagain to coach Nepal Army Club

Experience formal Nepali National Team coach and Nepal Police Club coach, Yogamber Suwal has decided to leave Nepal Army Club on moral grounds. He decided to leave departmental team after, Nepal Army Club failed to cross first round of 12th Aaha Rara Gold Cup 2014. Army men also failed to reach super six in Red Bull A Division League 2070 BS. It feels like I am unlucky with the Army club, said Suwal, whose success rate with another departmental team, Nepal Police Club was superb.

Yemen beat Nepal in friendly match

Nepali national team was beaten by Yemen national team by 2 goals in a friendly match played on Tuesday at Doha. Kamil Tareq and Mohamaed Barwish scored a piece of goal for Yemen in the 58th minute and 66th minute respectively. Nepal started the match in impressive note and had good ball possession from the early minute; Sandip Rai gave a pass to Jagjeet Shrestha but latter failed to collect the ball in the 3rd minute. Both teams were busy in midfield battle up to 5th minute but it was Yemen who slowly started to keep ball possession with them and compelled Nepali side to play defensive football up to 11th minute. Sandip Rai did his best to clear out the ball from header in the 12th minute. Nepal earned a free kick in the 18th minute but Sandip Rai’s free kick did not find Anil Gurung’s header. Rai’s free kick in the 27th minute was also wasted by Anil Gurung. We saw a good one touch pass in the 29th minute when Santosh Sahukhala gave a pass to Bhola Nath Silwal, Silwal to Anil Gurung and Gurung to Bikram Lama but latter’s attempt went wide. Bhola Silwal gave a superb pass to Anil Gurung and Gurung’s ambitious shot from outside the box deflected off defender to the hands of Yemen’s custodian in the 34th minute. Jagjeet Shrestha failed to collect the free kick taken by Sandip Rai in the 37th minute. Yemen’s first good attempt came in the 41st minute but Nepali goalkeeper Kiran Chemjong did his best to deny Yemen player.

Nepal U-14 Girls won AFC Championship

Nepal National U -14 girls’ team has won AFC U-14 Regional Championship (Central & South Asia) will all five victories. Junior girls defeated Tajikistan 2-0 in their last match to collect 15 points from five matches. Nepali team is a only team in the championship that does not concede a goal. Alisha Jimba scored twice in the 21st minute and 23rd minute to seal the match for Nepal. In the first match, Nepal had defeated Bhutan U-14 Girls team by 9 goals, Sri Lanka with a single goal, India with 4 goals and Iran with 4 goals in the second, third and fourth matches respectively. The full time for all matches in the championship is 70 minutes two half of 35 minute each. The tournament was played in league format and there are six countries participated in the championship namely, Nepal, India, Tajikistan, Bhutan, Iran and host country Sri Lanka. India was the defending champions of the tournament. With this victory, Nepal has created history. After this victory, All Nepal Football Women’s Association President, Kalpana Priya Shrestha also congratulates Nepal National U-14 Girls team.

Final squad announced for friendly match against Yemen and Philippines

2014-03-23
Nepal National Football Team final squad has been announced for friendly match against Yemen on Sunday. Total twenty footballers are selected for the clash among them, three Goalkeepers, six defenders, five midfielders and six forwards are selected. Sujal Shrestha is back again in squad after two years gap, Deepak Rai, Karna Limbu and Ashim Jung Karki are selected for the first time. Shiva Shrestha of Manang Marshyagdi Club and Prakash Budathoki of Three Star Club are axed from the squad. Similarly, Bharat Khawas of Nepal Army Club, Biraj Maharjan of Three Star Club and young star Bimal Gharti Magar will miss the friendly match as Khawas and Maharjan could not travel to Doha due to their VISA problem, meanwhile Gharti Magar is appearing in SLC exam.

Nawa Jana Jagriti Yuwa Club lift Ruslan 5th Simara Gold Cup

2014-03-22
Local football club, Nawa Jana Jagriti Yuwa Club (NJJYC) beat an assembled team, Birgunj United Club (BUC) by 2-1 goals to lift the 5th Simara Gold Cup 2014. Pradeep Maharjan and Aba Cedric scored for local/ host team and Suman Lama scored for BUC. It was BUC who started the match in good note and their player Suman Lama got the ball from the flank but his shoot went inch wide in the 5th minute of the match. BUC played a good passing football and created some good move up to the 10th minute.

National Football Team beat Nepal Army Club

2014-03-21

National football team beat departmental team Nepal Army Club by 2 goals in a friendly match at Nepal Army Headquarter Bhadrakali on Friday. Jagjeet Shrestha and Jumanu Rai scored for Nepal National Football Team in the 13^th minute and 53^rd minute respectively. National team is preparing for a friendly match against Yemen and Philippines on March 25 and April respectively on Doha. Today’s match is a part of preparation match and national team started the match in good note but Bhola Nath Silwal’s flick was well cleared by Army men Yudddha in the very first minute of the match. Nepal time and again tried their best to score but they failed to score in the 4^th minute, 8^th minute and 10^th minute of the match.