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Action in the match between GEMS
(right) and Ace during their second
Ace Inter-college Basketball
Tournament match on Friday.
Saipal, GEMS win
THT
KATHMANDU: Saipal Academy and
Graded English Medium School
(GEMS) won their respective matches
of the second Ace Inter-college (A
Level) Basketball Tournament here
on Friday. In the girls’ round robin
league, Saipal defeated Rupy’s International
20-4 and GEMS edged hosts
Ace 16-13. In the boys’ section, Ace
defeated Rato Bangala 24-15, Trinity
routed GEMS 45-27, Rupy’s hammered
Xavier International 41-23 and
Modern Indian School trounced
Kathmandu University (KU) High
School 39-8 to enter the quarter-finals.
KU, meanwhile, have crashed
out of the tournament. — HNS
Nepal in Nehru Cup
KATHMANDU: Nepal are participating
in the Nehru Cup International
Football Tournament to be held in
New Delhi from August 21 to September
2. Apart from Nepal and hosts India,
Syria, Cameroon and Maldives
will also take part in the tournament,
said All Nepal Football Association in
a release. Nepal, who were invited following
Kenya's withdrawal, are making
their first appearance in the tournament.
The Nepali team will begin
its preparation under chief coach Krishna
Thapa and his assistants Hari
Khadka and Upendra Man Singh
from Sunday. — HNS
Sampdoria penalised
ROME: Newly-promoted Sampdoria
will start the first season back in Serie
A with a one-point penalty for matchfixing
after their plea bargain was accepted
on Friday. The Italian Football
Federation’s disciplinary committee
accepted all of the deals agreed with
prosecutor Stefano Palazzi, which
also sees the club pay a $37,000 fine.
Serie B’s Bari have been deducted five
points and fined $98,000. Atalanta
defender Andrea Masiello has been
banned for 26 months for offences
during his time at Bari. Former teammates
Alessandro Parisi, who is now
with Torino, and Marco Rossi, now at
Cesena, have been suspended for 24
and 20 months, respectively. — AP
Winter named coach
MELBOURNE: Former Tasmania
state fast bowler Ali de Winter has
been chosen ahead of Pakistan great
Waqar Younis as Australian cricket’s
new bowling coach, replacing Craig
McDermott. Cricket Australia team
performance general manager Pat
Howard said de Winter had been chosen
from a wide field of international
candidates, including Younis. The 44year-old
de Winter is currently assistant
coach of Tasmania and head
coach of the Hobart Hurricanes in
Australia’s Big Bash T20 league. Mc-
Dermott stepped down in May after a
year as bowling coach. — AP
Romero takes lead
NEVADA: Argentina’s Andres Romero
shot seven birdies in a bogey-free
round of 65 for a one-point lead after
the first round of the Reno-Tahoe
Open at the Montreux Gold and
Country Club in Nevada on Thursday.
The tournament has altered the scoring,
making it the only event on the
PGA Tour to use the modified Stableford
points system. The system gives
two points for a birdie, nothing for
par, a minus point for a bogey, five for
an eagle and minus three for a double-bogey
or worse. While Romero
earned 14 points, South Korea’s Noh
Seung-yul was a point further back
after a round of seven birdies and a
bogey. Two-time major championship
winner John Daly was one of a
quintet of players on 10 points. — Reuters
West Indies
pacemen
dominate
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lor got their heads down and
Kingston, August 3
put on a much-needed 103run
partnership, taking the
New Zealand’s miserable sting out of the West Indies
form in the Caribbean con- attack and proving that the
tinued as they were bowled track was comfortable
out for 260 on the first day of enough to bat on.
the second Test in Kingston, But Best, generating real
Jamaica on Thursday. pace, got the crucial break-
Paceman Kemar Roach through when Taylor (60)
took 4-70 and fellow quick tried to cut a rising delivery
Tino Best chipped in with 2- and thick edged to Denesh
40 as West Indies removed Ramdin behind the stumps.
the tourists for a modest Guptill has been one of the
score on a decent track at few bright elements in a
Sabina Park.
poor tour for the Kiwis, who
It was a poor batting dis- were also convincingly beatplay
from the Kiwis, who had en in the one-day series, and
been 161-3 before a collapse he moved on to his third
that leaves them with a real consecutive half-century.
fight to avoid a whitewash in But at the other end, Kane
the two-Test series.
Williamson was teased into
West Indies openers Chris edging spinner Narsingh De-
Gayle and Kieran Powell had onarine to Sammy and then
to negotiate five overs before Dean Brownlie was caught
the close and they reached behind off the impressive
11-0 by stumps. Darren Sam- Roach.The pressure was on
my’s decision to ask New Guptill to carry the innings
Zealand to bat was rewarded but, attempting a second
with two early wicket, BJ run, he found himself short
Watling (2) the first to go of his ground as some fine
when he edged Roach to fielding from Best ran him
Gayle at slip.
out for 71.
Brendon McCullum (0) There were some aggres-
soon followed when he was sive shots from the tail as the
caught behind off a fine de- tourists attempted to salvage
livery from Best, who was in a decent total at the end of
for the injured Ravi Ram- their innings but West Indies
paul, leaving New Zealand head into day two trailing by
struggling at 11-2. Martin 249 runs and with all their
Guptill and skipper Ross Tay- first innings wickets intact.
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(From left) Ram Naresh Giri, assistant coach Jagat Tamatta, umpire Buddhi Bahadur Pradhan, Saurav Khanal and Avinash
Karn before their departure to Australia to take part in ICC U-19 World Cup in Kathmandu on Friday.The three seamers missed
the conditioning camp in Brisbane and were forced to join the team late because of delay in visa procedures.
Real outclass LA Galaxy in exhibition match
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Carson, August 3
Real Madrid scored early
and often in outclassing the
Los Angeles Galaxy on Thursday,
opening a four-game
US exhibition tour with a 5-1
victory over Major League Soccer’s
champions.
Angel Di Maria set up Gonzalo
Higuain’s opener after just 85
seconds and made it 2-0 nine
minutes later for the Spanish
champions, who added goals
through Jose Maria Callejon
in the 36th minute, Alvaro
Morata in the 49th and Alex
Fernandez near the finish.
Brazilian defender David Ju-
nior Lopes scored the Galaxy’s
goal in the 23rd, from a David
Beckham free kick which
was headed toward the goalmouth.
The game drew 30,317,
a record for a football game at
Home Depot Center.
Real Madrid manager Jose
Mourinho called the match a
“training session for us and for
them.” He added: “Galaxy is
a kind of team that is not too
worried about losing, 4-1,
or losing 1-0. They’re just worried
about playing, playing
well. Play their game, let us
play, and in this moment of
the season, it’s the most important
thing for us.”
The Spaniards brought on
SA flay England attack
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Leeds, August 3
Alviro Petersen scored 182,
his highest in a Test match,
to steer South Africa to a
commanding 419 all out at
tea on the second day of the
second Test against England
today.
His innings surpassed his
previous best of 156 against
New Zealand as he punished
England for dropping
him on 29 on the first
morning when Alastair
Cook spilled a straightforward
chance at second slip.
JP Duminy scored an unbeaten
48 at No 8, shepherding
the tail to see
the Proteas past the
morale-boosting mark of
400. Petersen was finally
caught behind off Stuart
Broad, but only departed
after an England review
when umpire Rod Tucker
initially gave him not out.
South Africa had to survive
a testing morning, as
England began the day with
six maidens and they took
25 minutes to score their
first run against very accurate
and threatening bowling
from Broad and James
Anderson. But the Proteas
came through to maintain
their advantage.
The first wicket of the day
was left-hander Jacques
Rudolph, who was stumped
from a ripping turner by
part-time spinner Kevin
Pietersen after the decision
was sent to third umpire
Asad Rauf.
American Jim Furyk watches his tee shot on the fifth
hole during the first round of the WGC-Bridgestone
Invitational in Akron, Ohio on Thursday.
Reuters
Himalayan News Service
Kathmandu, August 3
The ICC U-19 World Cup
preparing Nepali team today
defeated Northern Territory
(NT) Strike Team by three wickets
in a practice match in Darwin
today.
Electing to bat first, the local
team was restricted to 195-9 in
50 overs. Left arm spinner
Rahul Kumar BK took four
wickets for Nepal.
The visitors then reached the
target for the loss of seven
wickets after Naresh Budhayer
Furyk in charge,Woods
seven strokes back
Reuters
several of their biggest stars —
including Cristiano Ronaldo,
Karim Benzema and Mesut
Ozil — for the second half, but
LA’s defense limited their
chances. The Galaxy also
changed their entire team for
the second half, with Beckham,
Landon Donovan and Robbie
Keane among those departing.
Higuain provided the early
lead when Di Maria’s pass from
the right flank caught Lopes
flat-footed, and Di Maria made
it 2-0 in the 11th, cutting inside
from the right flank and blasting
a left-footed shot between
rookie Bryan Gaul’s legs and
past LA goalkeeper Josh Saunders.
Lopes halved the deficit
Akron, August 3
Experienced American Jim Furyk
outshone the biggest names in
the game as he took control of the
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
with a dazzling seven-under-par
63 in Thursday’s opening round.
On a firm and fast-running layout
at Firestone Country Club,
Furyk piled up seven birdies, an
eagle at the par-five second and
two bogeys to end a sun-splashed
day two ahead of Britain’s Lee
Slattery.
World No 1 Luke Donald was a
further stroke back on 66, level
with fellow Englishman Simon
Dyson, Americans Ben Crane and
Masters champion Bubba Watson,
Australia’s John Senden and
Spaniard Rafael Cabrera Bello.
Second-ranked Tiger Woods, bidding
for a record eighth Bridgestone
Invitational title, made a
solid start but bogeyed three of
his last six holes for a 70 to finish
seven shots off the pace.
Furyk, who clinched the most
recent of his 16 PGA Tour victories
at the 2010 Tour Championship,
has always relished playing at
Firestone and he made the most
of the fast-running conditions on
Thursday when there was hardly
a breath of wind. “I just did a good
job of keeping the ball in front of
me,” the 2003 US Open champion
said. “I gave myself a lot of good
starred
with a 93
not out.
Skipper
Prithu Baskota
contributed a significant
29, while
Hashim Ansari was
the next best scorer
with 16 runs after
openers Subash Khakurel (six)
and Pradeep Airee (five) lost
their wickets cheaply. Faizlur
Rehman made eight runs.
Nepal had lost their first
practice match against the
same team by 98 runs, while
but Callejon finished from
Higuain’s defense-splitting
pass to complete a three-pass,
full-field sequence.
Alvaro Morata tallied four
minutes into the second half
from an Esteban Granero chip,
and Fernandez added a fifth
with six minutes to play. Ronaldo
nearly added another in the
86th, but his shot was cleared
off the line. Real Madrid’s
tour continues with games
against Mexican champion
Santos Laguna in Las Vegas on
Sunday, against Italian runnerup
AC Milan at Yankee Stadium
on Wednesday, and against
Scottish titlists Celtic in
Philadelphia on August 11.
opportunities and had good angles
into pins. I hit some crisp,
good iron shots, hit some close
where I had three or four very
short birdie putts, and it was nice
to see some (longer) putts go in
today. I love the golf course.”
The highlight of Furyk’s round
came at the 526-yard second
where he rolled in a 20-foot putt
for eagle. “I hit a pretty good drive
and I was in between whether to
hit a two-iron or three-wood up
there on the green,” the 42-yearold
said. “I knocked a three-wood
up, it took a pretty nice kick to the
left and got up there about 20 feet
from the pin.”
Woods birdied the second, 10th
and 11th to close within three
shots of the early lead in the elite
World Golf Championships
(WGC) event before his round unravelled.
He bogeyed the 13th, lipping
out from five feet, the 16th,
where his tee shot sailed right into
trees, and also the last, where he
three-putted from 24 feet.
Australian Adam Scott, who
won last year’s Bridgestone Invitational
by four shots to land his
first WGC title, opened with a
one-over 71, while British Open
champion Ernie Els played a
round of 73. PGA Championship
winner Keegan Bradley carded a
67, while former US Open champions
Rory McIlroy and Graeme
McDowell of Northern Ireland
shot matching 70s.
they had crushed
Kormilda College
by a huge
255 runs on
Wednesday.
Nepal — who
were in Darwin
for a week-long
conditioning camp — left for
Brisbane today. Before the
World Cup starts on August 11,
Nepal will play official warm up
matches against Papua New
Guinea on August 7 and New
Zealand the next day.
Meanwhile, three seamers
Avinash Karn, Saurav Khanal
Nepal U-19 Team Manager and Member of Cricket
Association of Nepal Kiran Rana (right) receives a
memento from General Manager of Northern Territory
Cricket John Stock in Darwin on Friday. Nepal wrapped
up their eight-day conditioning camp in Brisbane with
two wins and a loss against local sides.
Inter, Liverpool win
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Berne, August 3
Wesley Sneijder set Inter Milan
on their way to a comfortable
3-0 win away at Hajduk
Split in Europa League
qualifying on Thursday,
giving the Italian Serie A
side a successful start in their
first competitive game of
the season.
Dutchman Sneijder rifled
Inter ahead after 18 minutes
and Japan’s Yuto Nagatomo
put them 2-0 up against
the Croatian side just before
the break. Brazilian Philippe
Coutinho completed the
scoring in the second half
of the third qualifying round
first-leg tie.
“It’s a good result but what
Udipt Singh Chhetry / THT
Nepal end Darwin stay with victory over NT
and Ram Naresh Giri left for
Brisbane today along with assistant
coach Jagat Tamatta to
join the national squad.
The players had to join the
team late because of the delay
in visa procedures. Nepal will
play hosts and defending
champions Australia, England
and Ireland in Group ‘A’.
ICC Associate and Affiliate
Panel umpire Buddhi Bahadur
Pradhan of Nepal also left for
Australia to officiate the matches
of the ICC Under-19 World
Cup, scheduled for August 11-
26 in Queensland, Brisbane.
EUROPA LEAGUE QUALIFYING
I liked was the fact that we
never stopped trying to play
football and we gave very little
away,” Inter coach Andrea
Stramaccioni said. Inter are
hoping to recover from a difficult
last season when Stramaccioni,
initially given the
job on an interim basis, became
the third coach to be
employed by club president
Massimo Moratti.
Also, Stewart Downing
scored only his third goal for
Liverpool as the Premier
League side laboured to beat
FC Gomel of Belarus 1-0 in
Brendan Rodgers’ first competitive
match in charge. In
other tie, last season’s beaten
finalists Athletic Bilbao beat
Croatia’s Slaven Belupo Koprivnica
3-1 at home.