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Defending champions Janakpur Bolts and Kathmandu Gurkhas are locking their horns in the opening match of the Nepal Premier League (NPL) beginning today.

The match will begin at 4 pm in the Kirtipur-based International Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground.

In the first edition of the NPL, Janakpur had easily defeated Kathmandu.

Janakpur which was under the leadership of Pubudu Dassanayake, also the former coach of the Nepali national team, in the first edition now is playing under the leadership of Shivnarine Chadrapaul of the West Indies.

Likewise, Kathmandu has appointed Monti Desai of India as the main coach of iots team for the second edition.

Monti is also the former chief coach of the Nepali national team.  

England captain Harry Kane poached a late double for his side to complete a record-setting World Cup qualification campaign with a hard-earned 2-0 victory away to Albania in Group K on Sunday, Reuters reported.

It had looked like England might drop their first points, but Kane tapped home from close range in the 74th minute when Albania failed to deal with a corner.

He then made it 2-0 eight minutes later with a clinical header from substitute Marcus Rashford's deep cross, according to Reuters.

Norway qualified for the 2026 World Cup on Sunday after a 4-1 win away to Italy in their final qualifying match, condemning the hosts, who have missed out on the last two editions of the tournament, to the playoffs, Reuters reported.

Norway ended the qualifying campaign with a perfect record of eight wins, finishing six points ahead of four-times World Cup winners Italy, who will compete in the playoffs for the third consecutive occasion.

Needing a nine-goal win because of Norway’s superior goal difference, the Italians came out full of aggression and made the early breakthrough just after the 10-minute mark, as Francesco Pio Esposito swept in a close-range finish, according to Reuters.

Australian Paralympic gold medalist Paige Greco died at the age of 28 on Sunday, after experiencing what authorities in South Australia state described as a "sudden medical episode" in her Adelaide home, Reuters reported.

Paige, who was born with cerebral palsy, won Australia's first gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, setting the world record in the women's C1–3 3,000-metre individual pursuit along with bronze medals in the women's C1–3 road race and time trial.

"Paige meant everything to us," Greco's mother Natalie said in a statement via AusCycling and Paralympics Australia, according to Reuters.