The former captain of Nepal’s national cricket team recalls how Karan KC and Sandeep Lamichhane’s last-wicket heroics against Canada in 2018 kept the team’s ODI dream alive.

Rohit Paudel’s 101 set up the win, but Nepal must still beat Canada again and win at least one game against Oman.

Judokas, including sisters Nisha Shrestha and Devaki Maya Shrestha and brothers Vishesh BK and Vikas BK, lose their opening bouts in Nagoya.

Nepal’s quarter-final against Sri Lanka in Nagoya was abandoned without a toss, with Sri Lanka advancing under the tournament’s higher-ranking rule.

With no reserve day, Nepal will bow out if rain cancels their quarterfinal against higher-ranked Sri Lanka, a rule coach Stuart Law calls ‘brutal’ for Associate nations.

Kumal clocks 1 minute 49.55 seconds at Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium, bettering his own national record.

Nepal’s 149/4 proved enough to top Group A after rain washed out their final preliminary match against Japan, setting up a quarterfinal against Sri Lanka on Tuesday.

Nepal’s five-wicket victory over Afghanistan has put them within reach of the last eight, but the Rhinos must beat hosts Japan on Saturday to keep their medal hopes alive.

The win has increased Nepal’s chances of marching on to the quarterfinals against Asian powerhouses. The Rhinos face Japan tomorrow.

A 34-25 victory over Sri Lanka sends the women’s team into the Asian Games semifinals. Up next is a showdown against world powerhouse India.

Nepal had lost to Afghanistan in the quarterfinals of the 2014 Asian Games in South Korea. Now, the duo come face to face after over a decade.

A 34-24 win over Sri Lanka takes Nepal into the semi-finals and assures the team at least a bronze medal.

Karateka Tenzing Sherpa, 23, overcomes a difficult start, a semifinal defeat and his short temper to dominate Laos’s Xayasan Vatthana and secure Nepal’s first medal of the 20th Asian Games.

Karateka beats Laos’ Xayasan Vatthana 9-1 in repechage to secure bronze in men’s kumite +84kg category.

With eight karatekas, including star Arika Gurung and a kata team, eliminated in Nagoya, Sherpa remains Nepal’s sole hope to avoid a medal drought. He faces Macau’s On Tek Leong in the quarterfinal today.