Dauphins Family of Cameroon clinched the fifth Mai Valley Gold Cup football tournament title with a 2-0 win over Himalayan Sherpa Club in the final on Tuesday.

Jhapa XI beat Tribhuvan Army Club (TAC) 4-3 in tiebreaker to enter the semi-finals of the fifth Mai Valley Gold Cup football tournament on Friday.

African team Dauphins Family of Cameroon entered the semi-finals of the fifth Mai Valley Gold Cup football tournament defeating Nepal Armed Police Force (APF) Club 3-1 here on Thursday.

Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital senior orthopedic surgeon Dr Govinda KC, who has been staging a hunger strike in Ilam, has been brought to Kathmandu on Thursday night.

The opposition Nepali Congress has drawn the government’s attention to the demands of Dr Govinda KC, who has been staging his sixteenth hunger strike in Ilam, at the earliest.

Medics attending to Dr Govinda KC have started administering antibiotics through injection to control infection in his right lung.

Doctors attending to Dr Govinda KC, who has been staging an indefinite hunger strike in Ilam since Wednesday, have expressed concern over his failing health and suggested him to undergo treatment at the District Hospital.

The health of Dr Govinda KC, who is on the fourth day of his 16th hunger strike, has started to deteriorate, doctors have warned.

Dr Govinda KC will begin his 16th hunger strike in Ilam from Wednesday.

Jhapa XI clinched the Mai Valley Gold Cup football tournament with a 2-0 win over Nepal Armed Police Force (APF) Club here on Saturday.

Striker Karna Limbu slammed a hat-trick as Jhapa XI hammered 10-man Rupandehi-XI 4-0 to enter the final of the Mai Valley International Invitational Gold Cup football tournament here on Wednesday.

Defending champions Tribhuvan Army Club (TAC) entered the semi-finals of the second Mai Valley International Invitational Gold Cup football tournament with a struggling 2-1 victory over Share Football Club of Kalimpong India here on Tuesday.

Eight houses were reduced to ashes after a fire broke out in Ranke Bazaar on the border of Panchthar and Ilam districts on Wednesday morning.