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Denmark have the luxury of choosing from a number of in-form forwards when they host North Macedonia in their World Cup qualifier in Copenhagen, with Bodo/Glimt Kasper Hogh in with a chance of making his international debut after a superb campaign in Europe, Reuters reported. 

Hogh shook off a poor ending to his league season in Norway last term by netting against Manchester City, Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan and Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League to win himself a spot in the Danish squad for the first time.

With the winner of Thursday's clash set to face either Czechia or the Republic of Ireland next Tuesday for a place in the finals, the form of Hogh and the likes of Newcastle United's William Osula, who scored a brilliant late winner against Manchester United recently, is a big boost for the Danes, according to Reuters. 

Mohamed Salah will leave Premier League champions Liverpool at the end of the season, the Egyptian forward announced on Tuesday (Mar 24) as he started a farewell to what the club said were nine "illustrious" years at Anfield, Reuters reported. 

The 33-year-old arrived at Anfield from Roma in 2017 before making 435 appearances for Liverpool, scoring 255 goals to leave him third on the Reds' all-time leading goalscorers chart behind only Ian Rush and Roger Hunt.

Salah has also won the Premier League Golden Boot award on four occasions while starring for Liverpool in both their 2019/20 and 2024/25 title triumphs as well as lifting the 2019 Champions League trophy, according to Reuters. 

The Football Supporters Europe (FSE) and Euroconsumers have filed a lawsuit with the European Commission against football’s world governing body FIFA over “excessive ticket prices” for this year’s World Cup final, Reuters reported. 

“Euroconsumers and Football Supporters Europe (FSE) have filed a formal complaint with the European Commission against FIFA, alleging that the football body has abused its monopoly position to impose excessive ticket prices and opaque and unfair purchasing conditions and processes on European fans ahead of the 2026 World Cup,” the FSE said in a statement on Tuesday.

“FIFA holds a monopoly over ticket sales for the 2026 World Cup and has used that power to impose conditions on fans that would never be acceptable in a competitive market,” the group added, according to Reuters. 

Karolina Muchova needed all of her experience to hold off rising Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko 7-5 7-6(5) on Tuesday, booking a place in her first Miami Open semi-final after a match she admitted could have gone either way, Reuters reported. 

The 29-year-old Czech secured her fifth WTA 1000 semi-final berth in a hard-fought contest that lasted one hour and 47 minutes.

"It was very close, basically one point at the end. It can always change in tennis. I'm just very grateful I was able to win the last point," Muchova said, according to Reuters. 

Bird flu has been detected in five poultry farms of Morang district.

The authority confirmed bird flu in the chicken belonging to Dahal Agro Farm, Haleshi Mahadev Farm, Athiyabari Farm, A to Z Farm and Kamakhya Poultry Farm located in different places of Morang. 

It was shared by the Veterinary Lab, Biratnagar. 

With the confirmation of disease in the poultry farms, the Lab forwarded a process to destroy the chicken, eggs, feed and other related materials. 

Nearly 10 farmers were reaching the Lab daily with dead chickens for the test, according to Dr Kamal Giri, Chief of Lab.

Among 198 samples tested since last July, 45 were tested positive, he shared. 

Other suspicious cases were sent to Kathmandu for further examination.

With the partial effect of westerly wind and local wind, the country has experienced generally cloudy weather. 

It is generally cloudy in the hilly and mountainous regions of Koshi Province while partly cloudy in the rest of the places at present. 

It is raining lightly with brief snowfall in one to two places of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki, Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces. Even lightning and thunder are occurring there, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division. 

The hilly and mountainous regions of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini Provinces are predicted to have generally cloudy weather later today, while the hilly and mountainous regions of other provinces will be partly cloudy.

The Tarai region will have clear weather.

Some hilly and mountainous regions of the country, including Sudurpaschim Province are predicted to have partly cloudy weather  at night. Generally clear weather is likely in the Tarai region tonight, the weather service added.

The Department of Commerce, Supply and Consumer Protection has taken action against three firms during a recent market monitoring.

Dasharath Grocery Pvt of Imadol, Lalitpur was fined Rs 50,000, while Sah and Sah Enterprises of Suryabinayak, Bhakpur Rs 10,000, and A & A Shopping Center of Tikathali, Lalitpur Rs 5,000. 

The firms were fined as they were found involved in illegal transactions. The Consumer Protection Act, 2079 was invoked for the punishment.  

The authority issued directions to 15 other firms to correct their business practice. 

The market monitoring was conducted together with the representatives from local level, consumers' rights and stakeholders. 

The Department has continued market monitoring for some weeks.

President Ram Chandra Paudel is scheduled to administer the oath of office and secrecy to the senior most member of the House of Representatives (HoR), Arjun Narsing KC, today. 

The oath-taking ceremony is being held at the President's Office, Sheetal Niwas at 11:15am. 

KC is the senior most leader elected as a HoR member from the March 5 elections. 

KC is a 78-year-old leader elected under the proportional category of election from the Nepali Congress. 

Following the oath-taking, he would administer the oath of office and secrecy to other HoR members tomorrow.

In the 275-member HoR, the lower house of federal parliament, 165 were elected directly while 110 from proportional category.

The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), established just four years back, became the largest party in the parliament securing 182 seats in HoR, while the NC became the second with 38 seats, while the CPN-UML was the third one with 25 seats.