Manish Dangi scores an equaliser to salvage a point for the two-time defending champions.

Nepal now rank 161st following an improvement from the previous 166th position.

Nepal will play a triangular series in Singapore before boarding to Oman for a five-nation Twenty20 series.

The hosts are the only team to have won the title, having won both the previous two editions of the biennial age-group tournament.

In the last three South Asian Games, wushu has won five gold medals including two each in the 10th and 11th edition.

Nepal is hosting the multi-event sports meet from December 1 to 10.

The lucrative T20 cricket organiser inks a three-year contract with sports channel DSports.

Nepal are drawn in Group ‘A’ along with Bhutan and Maldives while Group ‘B’ consists of India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

The winners of each group will make to the semi-finals.

ICC had suspended CAN in April 2016 owing to duel existence of the cricket governing body and government interference in the election.

After securing second place in the Asian championship last year, Nepal is heading to India to participate in the Pesapallo World Cup.

Sports can be a strong medium to help the differently-abled athletes to rehabilitate themselves in society.

Krishna Basnet’s timing of 2:17:33 is the fastest time recorded in the marathon on the home turf.

Former NSC member secretary Keshab Kumar Bista was the only candidate from Shrestha faction who lost in the election.

National men’s champion Dipesh Dhami sets up men’ singles title clash with seven-time champion Ratnajit Tamang.

Nepal have won the previous two editions of the regional age-group tournament.

Nepali forward Sabitra Bhandari finishes as tournament’s highest scorer with seven goals. She joins former skipper Anu Lama on top of all time highest scorer chart with 35 goals.

National champion Dhami will meet former national champion Bikash Shrestha the semi-final.

Nepal made it to the final after finishing second behind Uzbekistan in the round-robin league.

National champion Rasila Maharjan also made winning start in women’s category.