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Romeo Boys emerge winners
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Feb 14 :
Binod Tamrakar struck hattrick as Romeo Boys Club, Panauti emerged winners in the Khukuri
Gold Cup Football tournament’s preliminary round of Kavre district beating The Winner
Club,
Dhulikhel 5-3.
In the high scoring
final on Friday, Winner Club’s Nirajan Shrestha scored the first goal in the 14th
minute of the match but Tamrakar fired two quick goals to keep the early set-back away.
Santwona Tamrakar added one more before the half time and Tamrakar completed his hattrick
in the dying minutes of the second half.
Youth Sports Club
became first in Parsa defeating New Everest Club 4-0 in the title clash on Friday. Umesh
Chaudhary put them ahead in the first half and Niranjan Patel, Krishna Shakya and Rajiv
Lakhe goals in the second half helped Youth Sports to register a convincing 4-0 win. Umesh
Chaudhary was adjudged the best player of the tournament as he netted a total of seven
goals throughout.
Ramnagar Birta booked
the final spot in Mahottari after Rohit Chaudhary fired a golden goal in the 94th minute
of the match against Sinjiya Club on Friday. The second semifinal will be staged between
Bardibas Club and Jaleshwor Club on Saturday.
New Danfe Club and
Karkaud Youth Club won their respective matches against Boys Union and Dhamboji Sports
Club in Nepalgunj. New Danfe beat Boys Union 5-0 and Karkaud thrashed Dhamboji 1-0. In the
third match of the day, Bagmati held Jayakishan 1-1 draw. New Danfe, Karkaud, Model and
Bagmati teams entered the semifinals.
In Nuwakot, New Star
Club ‘A’ scored a 2-0 win against Battar Youth Club on Friday. Both the goals
New Star scored were netted in the second half from Buddhi Lal Nagarkoti and Binod Khadgi.
Unified Laxmimarga
Development Association edged past Durgapuri-XI 3-2 in Morang to advance into the
semifinals of the tournament. Binod Lama, Madhav Rai and Ashok Sunwar scored a goal each
for the winning team while Ram Thapa netted both the goals Durgapuri scored in the match.
In Gaighat, Gaighat
Youth Club lift the district title beating Meghawi Youth Club 1-0 in a closely-contested
final. Deepak Thapa scored the solitary goal in the 35th minute. A total of 10 teams
participated in the tournament.
Sanopokhara Club will
take on FC Enternet in the final of Makwanpur tournament after the organising committee
excluded Morning Health Club from the tournament for fielding a player who changed his
name and play two Khukuri Cup tournaments. Ram Chandra Timilsina, who played in Chitwan
competition changed his name as Chandra Timilsina and appeared in the colors of Morning
Health who defeated Sanopokhara in the semifinals. The final will be staged on Saturday.
In Butwal, Youth Sports
Club ousted Nawayuva Sports Club 3-2 to advance next round of the tournament. Bikash
Gurung struck in the 40th minute followed by two goals from Ishu Chantel and Gopi
Pun.
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