Singh finished the long course distance in 1 minute 00.11 seconds to better her previous record of 1 minute 00.62 seconds set at the FINA World Championship in South Korea in 2019.

The 18-year-old clocks 53.41 seconds to win 100 m heat and sets a new national record but fails to qualify for next round.

The Kuwaiti on Sunday wrote on Facebook that he was going to resign as coach because ANFA senior vice-president Pankaj Nembang has been constantly giving him trouble for the last three weeks.

Kathmandu Kings XI named the allrounder as their iconic international star for the tournament at a press conference on Monday.

The shooter scores 616.8 points and finishes 48th in the 10m air rifle while judoka Soniya Bhatta exited from the first round after losing to an Russian opponent.

The 'A' division league could not be conducted last year owing to the pandemic.

Apart from swimmers Singh and Alexander Shah, Nepali team includes shooter Kalpana Pariyar, judoka Soniya Bhatta and sprinter Saraswati Chaudhary.

Oli asked the National Sports Council and ANFA to initiate the process to organise the next edition of the sub-continental event in Nepal during a function organised to reward the national football team that won Three-Nations Cup.

Nepal get direct entry into the third round after Qatar and China qualify for finals as their group winners and runners-up.

The Socceroos can cement their place atop Group ‘B’ with a victory while Almutairi’s side will not still be assured of a place in the next round of Asian qualifiers even if they bag an almost impossible win.

The 3-0 defeat at the Al Kuwait Sports Club leaves the South Asian side with an almost impossible task of defeating Australia in their next match to keep afloat their faint hopes of securing a direct berth into the third round of Asian Cup qualifiers.

The victory over the opponents that sit 76 places above in the FIFA rankings will strengthen Nepal’s bid for direct qualification into the next round of Asian qualifiers but a defeat is likely to send Nepal into the playoffs.

Forward Anjan Bista and substitute Nawayug Shrestha score a goal each as coach Almutairi’s team register an identical 2-0 victory over the same opponents to strengthen their grip on the fourth position in Group ‘B’.

Nepal are set to play a friendly football match against Asian giants Iraq at the Al Fayhaa Stadium in Basra today with the ambition of fine tuning their preparations for the joint qualifiers of the 2022 World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup.

Coach Almuitari has named a 23-member squad excluding the in-form defender Ranjit Dhimal among others for the remaining three matches of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup joint qualifiers, along with Iraq friendly.