Sankhamul beat leaders Rising 5-2, Sabin Memorial thump Jharana 7-1 while Dhuku fail to win third match in a row.

Home city’s Sports castle overturn a 3-goal deficit to stun Dhuku Futsal 5-3 while Sabin Memorial edged Sky Goals 3-0 as the third round of the league completes.

Sankhamul climb to second place while Dharan’s Rising maintain winning streak.

Dhuku and Sankhamul, the teams qualified as winners and runners up from the Bagmati Province, are among the title favourites on paper.

Nepali women’s team settle for a goalless draw against Hong Kong in their second group match after a 2-1 defeat to the Philippines in the three-team group on Saturday.

Rewosh Maskey and Biku Tamang score a hat-trick each for Dharan-based Rising's 11-6 victory over Prabhatpheri while Sky Goals pull first win in the Futsal League.

Karan KC and Sandeep Lamichhane grab four wickets each while captain Gyanendra Malla scores a half-century in the last match overseen by head coach Dav Whatmore

Altogether 10 teams are vying in the tournament being played in the round robin format.

Rising overcame the first goal deficit to edge Machhindra Sky Goals of Kathmandu 5-4 while home team Sports Castle made a dominant start with a 7-0 thumping of the Kathmandu-based Prabhatpheri Youth Club.

Nepal take the lead in the 10th minute but the Philippines make a dramatic comeback scoring twice in the fading moments in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Qualification 2022.

In the first two matches of the Series played in February 2020, Nepal had defeated them at the TU grounds. In the last match played on Monday, Nepal had edged them by five wickets.

The Tokha-based side will open their campaign against Sports Castle on Saturday.

Gyanendra Malla’s side will eye another victory over the United States of America in the One-day International Tri-series of the ICC World Cup League 2 when they meet today.

Though the team was formally registered just ahead of the national league qualifiers in April, Futsal Five had been competing in various tournaments for the last five years mainly in eastern region of the country.

The Chakrapath-based side will play the curtain raiser match of the ‘A’ Division Futsal League finals against Rising Club of Dharan on September 18.

Nepal were bowled out for 196 runs in 47.4 overs before hosts made 200-5 in 31.5 overs.

Chasing 230, Nepal surpassed the target with an over to spare.

The defending champions start their ‘A’ Division Futsal League campaign against Futsal 5 Dharan on September 19.

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Nepali women face second draw against their South Asian rivals in their eight meetings with the last stalemate coming in 2018 during the Olympic Qualifiers.