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Nepal defeated Hong Kong by nine wickets in the ICC U19 World Cup Asia Qualifier on Wednesday.

In the match held at the Lower Mulpani Cricket Ground, Hong Kong, who were invited to bat first after losing the toss, posted 115 runs.

Set 116 to win, Nepal achieved that target for the loss of one wicket in 12. 3 overs.

Nepal's opening duo Shahil Patel and Neeraj Kumar Yadav shared a 50-run partnership in five overs. Patel and Yadav shared a 55-run partnership for the first wicket.

Patel, who remained unbeaten, top-scored for Nepal with 42 runs off 41 balls hitting eight boundaries.

Along with him, captain Naren Bhatta scored unbeaten 39 runs.

Sayan Puri claimed the only wicket for Hong Kong.

Earlier, Hong Kong scored 115 runs in 46. 2 overs losing all the wickets.

Captain Shiva Mathur top-scored for Hong Kong with 63 runs off 116 balls with four boundaries and one six.

Opener Arya Panjwani scored 13, Thomas Hodson 10 and Veer Mathur 12 while other batters failed to score in double digits.

Yuvaraj Khatri took four wickets, Bipin Sharma three, Santosh Yadav two and Ashok Dhami one wicket.

In the first match, Nepal thrashed the UAE by five runs and Hong Kong by eight wickets in the second match.

Paris St Germain kept alive their dream of a first Champions League title on Tuesday by squeezing past Aston Villa 5-4 on aggregate after a pulsating second leg of their quarter-final which the English side won 3-2, Reuters reported.

Ahead 3-1 from the first leg, PSG appeared to have sealed the contest within the first half-hour as their marauding fullbacks Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes scored from two flowing counter-attacks to stun the Villa Park crowd.

But Youri Tielemans revived hope with a 34th-minute deflected goal before Villa stunned the visitors early in the second half with two goals in two minutes from John McGinn and Ezri Konsa.

Villa poured forward, drawing a string of outstanding saves from PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma to preserve the aggregate win and enable his side to move into a semi-final against either Real Madrid or Arsenal , who play on Wednesday, according to Reuters.

Five-time European champions Barcelona reached their first Champions League semi-final in six seasons with a 5-3 aggregate victory despite being beaten 3-1 by Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

Serhou Guirassy scored a hat-trick for Dortmund to condemn Barca to their first defeat across all competitions this year but it could not prevent the Catalans from reaching the last four.

"Dortmund did very well. We did not have our best day. I had a feeling something like that would happen today because I know the stadium well," said Barcelona coach Hansi Flick.

"Things didn't go too well for us but Dortmund played very well. But congratulations to my team, we're in the semi-finals. We're happy. I'm really happy for the team and the club."

The visitors found themselves on the back foot from the start with Dortmund shooting out of the blocks as they attempted to bounce back from last week's 4-0 first-leg loss, according to Reuters.

Punjab Kings have beaten Kolkata Knight Riders by 16 runs in match 31 of the Indian Premier League 2025 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur in Chandigarh on Tuesday.

Chasing 112 runs KKR were bundled out for 95. Yuzvendra Chahal has been the pick of the bowlers for PBKS with four wickets.

Punjab Kings have been bundled out for 111 after opting to bat first against Kolkata Knight Riders Harshit Rana has been the pick of the bowler with three wickets.

With the result Kolkata Knight Riders are sixth in the table losing four out of the three games. Meanwhile Punjab Kings are at fourth in the table with four wins in six games.