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Kathmandu Thursday December 14, 2000 Mangshir 29, 2057.
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Kantipur
Sports underway
Post Report
BIRATNAGAR, Dec 13- Eighth Kantipur Daily
Sports Championship got underway today, commemorating 56 th birthday of the King, with the
inauguration of Snooker and Pool games by Shyam Bhakta Thapa, DIG of East Regional Police
Office.
Bikash Khatiwada of Upiz Pool Club,
Biratnagar today defeated Anuj Dahal of Pool Palace Club, Biratnagar in straight sets 3-0
to secure the first position in the Pool.
In the semi-final match played earlier,
Khatiwada had beaten Anil Shakya and Anuj Dahal got past Pravin Dahal to enter the final.
In the Snooker matches played today, Anuj
Dahal, Prabin Sharma, Ramesh dahal, Udaya Singh Baruwal, Prabin Dahal, Anil Shakya, Parash
Gurung, Rajesh Karki, Bitu Basnet, Nawal Kishor Dev, Sambandha Shrestha, Amit Shrestha,
Nabin Acharya, Raju Shrestha, Suman Haluwai and Amit Karki entered the second round.
A total of two hundred and six participants
including five from Darjeeling, India are participating in the tournament.
Finals of Snooker and Karate will be played
tomorrow.
Speaking in the inaugural ceremony, DIG Thapa
said that Kantipur, in spite of being from a different field, has helped in the
development of sportsmen.
Kantipur Publication has been organising the
championship to commemorate His Majesty’s birthday.
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