Third HIMS Inter-school Swimming

Jan Heijdra of Lincoln School grabbed three gold medals on the opening day of the Third HIMS Inter-school Swimming Tournament on Saturday. Heijdra claimed the gold medals in boys´ 100m individual medley(16.07 seconds), 50m butterfly of 15-17 age group(32.91 seconds) and in 50m breast-stroke of 15-17 age group(39.97 seconds).

In the girls´ category, Sonira Bista of Baba Boarding, Shreya Dhital of Lincoln and Elina Sherpa of Saint Joseph claimed two golds each. Bista finished the 25m butterfly and 25m breast-stroke in U-10 age group in 22.28 seconds and 22.12 seconds respectively to secure two golds.

Likewise, Dhital finished first in 50m butterfly (39.31 seconds) and breast-stroke of 15-17 age groups(47.84 seconds) while Sherpa won the 50m butterfly and 50m breast-stroke in 11-12 age groups.

Kriti Shrestha of LA secured the first position in 50m breast-stroke of the 13-14 age group while Mimi Skelly of Lincoln finished first in 50m butterfly of the same age group. Lincoln School also won the girls´ 4X50m relay.

Injury has Rajendra leaving the race in middle

One of the most successful and equally controversial Nepali Athlete Rajendra Bhandari's 2010 Asian Games journey came to an unimaginable end and this could well mark the end of sports from his life. Bhandari, who had competed in marathon on Saturday, was among the top 11 players until 30 km and this timing was also impressive, Everyone present was expecting a national record at the least. But the event took a turn when coaches and officials waiting for him at the finishing line did not find him despite waiting for 2 hours and 40 minutes. After a lot of paining and inquiry Bhandari was found undergoing treatment near the finishing point.

The injury that had plagued him since the 11th South Asian Games (SAG) in Dhaka struck him on Saturday as well and he was forced to abandon the match after completing only 35 km of the race. The pain in his left thigh that nags him constantly started bothering him from the 32km and the pain became unbearable after three more kilometers and Bhandari simply fell on the ground. He ran for 1 hr 55 minutes.

polo news.

The battle between Woodlawn and SaraBoca in the finals of the 2011 President's Cup qualifier final at the International polo Club was nip and tuck through the first five chukkers before SaraBoca broke loose for a 14-11 win the final chukker of play.
Ruben Coscia scored the first two goals of the game  for Woodlawn ,but SaraBoca fought back with a pair of goals (one from the field,one on a penalty ) from Rahul "Gringo" Colombres to tie it up at 2-2. Cosica converted a penalty shot to end the chukker with Woodlawn holding on to a 3-2 lead.
Wesley Finlay son tied it up for SaraBoca in the second with a goal,but Woodlawn responded with single golas from Coscia and Omar cepeda.The period ended with Woodlawn expanding its lead to two goals ,5-3.
SaraBoca,put up three straight goals to open the third,two from Colombres and a goal from Finlayson for a 6-5 lead .Coscia answered the ball for Woodlawn,however and delivered the tying goal.

BOXING CHAMPION JAILED FOR DRUGS, GUNS

A former boxing champion has been jailed on drugs and weapons charges after a supreme court judge ruled he had been involved with a drug "responsible for social decay."ricky thornberry,43,will spend the nxt eight months behind bars after he was caught with a loaded pistol and several sealed bags of the drug speed in a car he was driving in brisbane`s north.the court was told policed spotted him driving erratically on Gympie Road, Aspley,in brisbane`s north,in april last year. he did not spot immediately and when he did pull over in the car park of westfield chermside,he tried to evade police.officers said thornberry was not over the legal alcohol limit for driving but searched his car as he appeared nervous.they found a silver semi-automatic pistol loaded with six bullets between a front seat and the centre console.thornberry admitted to police he also had drugs down his pants.four bags containing white powder and one containing a crytal substance was discovered it was later tested and found to be more than 12 grams of methylamphetamine which contained 3.609 grams pure drug.

BASKETBALL:USC adds to 2011 recruit class

usc added an experienced shooter to its now four-strong 2011 recruiting class wednesday in junior-college transfer Greg allen,coach kevin O`neill announced. allen,a northern california  native who played at navarro college in texas, had committed to the trojans in january but sent in his signed letter of  intent on wednesday, the first day of the late signing period for college basketball."we are excited to have Greg join our program," O` niell said in a statement. "he has the ability to shoot the ball and defend the opposition`s best player which will be important and allow him to make an  immediate impact on our program. he`s a great kid with an amazing work ethic and we are excited about him becoming  a trojan. "allen averaged 11 points, 2.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.3 steals per game for navarro in 2010-2011,helping his team to the quarterfinals of a regional junior college tournament.at 6 feet 3, he made nearly 40 percent of his 3-point attempts last season.

Liverpool dent City's hopes.

     Liverpool signing Andy Carroll delivered a blow to Manchester city's Champions League ambitions as Liverpool cruised to a 3-0 victory over Roberto Mancini's side at Anfield on monday.
     Carroll helped himself his first two goals on a liverpool shirt since joining from newcastla for 35 million in the january transfer window.Dirk Kuyt also netted on a torried night for city, who lost captain Carlos Tevez to a suspected hamstring injury ahead of satursay's FA Cup semi-final with neighbours Manchester United at wembley.
     Mancini's expensively assembled side has now failed to win any of their last six premier league away games and  remain fourth in the table.
     The Italian is under pressure to qualify for next season's Champions league.but City are only three points ahead of fifth-placed Tottenham while their London rivals also have a game in hand as the season reaches a thrilling climax.
      It was hard to believe judging by their first half performance,but City had arrived at Anfield boasting more clean sheets than any other team in the premier League.

Baluwatar,New Vision in final.

      New Vision Club and baluwatar Circket Club made to the final of the kathmandu District Senior Twenty20 Selection tournament here at the Tribhuvan university Stadium today       Both the teams enter Wednesday's championship match after recording wins over the third team of the tournament , Mahavir Club. Mahavir lost both their matches - by six wickets against New Vision and by 94 runs against Baluwatar.
      Electing to bat, Mahavir scored 128-6 and New Vison surpassed the totle losing four wickets in 18 overs .Nupur Pandey top scored for Mahavir with a fluent 39 off 31 balls including four fours and a six. Kushal Ghale also contributed 33-ball 26 and Subash Gutam chipped in 16 from 24 deliveries. Rohit Dhoj Chand picked up 3-12 for New Vision.
      In reply .man-of-the-match Krian Budha Magar struck an unbeaten 70 runs to steer New Vision to victory. Budha Magar hit eight fours and two sixes in his 57-ball knock.

Circket news

Shane Warne's Rajasthan Royals thrashed Delhi Daredevils by six wickets to pocket their second successive victory in the Indian premier League (IPL) today. Chasing 152, Rajasthan rode on fine knocks by Rahul Dravid and Johan botha to overhaul the target with nine balls to spare at the sawai Mansingh Stadium.The usually sedate Dravid struck a quickfire 38 off 31 balls and south African Botha continued his fine form with the bat, scoring an unbeaten 39 with four fours.
     Ross Taylor (18 not out ) capped off a fine win for Rajasthan with a four and a six in the penultimate over to delight a sizeable home crrowd .Delhi slumped to their second defeat in as many matches after having lost to Mumbai In dians in their opening match.
     Delhi were in early trouble after skipper Virender Sehwag elected to bat but opener David warner and Venugopal Rao posted responsible half-centuries to pull their side from the pits.

ANFA to reward Challebge cup qualifying team.

The All nepal Football Association (ANFA) is set to felicitate the players and coaches with cash rewards for their efforts in the recently concluded AFC Challenge Cup Group 'D' Qualifiers here.
    It was one of the several decisions made by the meeting of a ANFA and 'A' Division Clubs today,The meeting chaired by ANFA president Ganesh Thapa decided to present Rs 50,000 each to the members of the national team which qualified for the AFC Challenge Cup finals on Monday.
    Nepal finished runner-up behind group topper DPR Korea. Korea won all the three matches,while Nepal registered one win,played a draw and lost one match to finish one point ahead of Afghanistan (three).
    Among the other decisions made during the meeting was to retain the winners purse of two million rupees in the Martyrs Memorial San Miguel 'A' Division League. The meeting also set April 15 as the date for drawing tie-sheet for the League.The participating clubs also agreed to take 80 percent of money collected from tickets while the rest will kept by ANFA as the managerial costs.

football news legal team for NFL players meet with judge

MINNEAPOLIS-with the lockout at one month and counting,attorneys for NFL players sat down tuesday with the federal magistrate who will oversee court-ordered mediation with the league later this week.attorneys and hall of fame defensive end carl eller met with U.S. magistrate judge arthur boylan for about four hours.boylan "was very open"and it was a very constructive session,"said michael hausfeld,the lead attorney representing eller and a group of mostly retired players in their antitrust lawsuit against  the owners.other attorneys declined comment.the meeting came on the same day the NFL released its 2011 preseason schedule,led by the hall of fame game between chicago and st.louis in canton,ohio,on aug.7. whether the games are held remains an open question.the NFL`s attorneys are scheduled to meet with boylan on wednesday before mediation begins on thursday,the first talks since collective bargaining negotiations broke down march 11,follwed hours later by  the NFL`s first work stoppage since 1987.