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With Dipendra Singh Airee’s unbeaten 85 runs, Nepal thrashed Scotland by three wickets in the tri-nation ODI series under the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 on Friday. Nepal won the toss and invited Scotland to bat first. Scotland posted a total of 274 in the allotted 50 overs. The host reached the target in the 47 overs by losing seven wickets in the second inning. Singh, who came to bat at number seven, played an unbeaten half-century innings with eight fours and one six off 116 balls. Prior to him, Kushal Malla completed 50 runs off 42 balls with the help of six fours and three sixes. Malla, who came to bat at number five, scored 81 runs hitting nine fours and four sixes before being dismissed in the 28th overs. Nepal’s opener Kushal Bhurtel and Gulsam Jha contributed 16 runs and 17 runs respectively and Sompal Kami scored unbeaten 24 runs. Other players failed to score in double numbers. Sandeep Lamichhane took three wickets for the team. Similarly, Kushal Malla, Sompal Kami, Kushal Bhurtel and Dipendra Singh Airee took one wicket each. This is the second win of Nepal in the series. In the first match, Nepal outplayed Namibia by two wickets. Likewise, Scotland defeated Namibia by 10 wickets on Wednesday. With the victory, Scotland has already become the champion of World Cup Cricket League 2. Nepal will play with Namibia in the second match of the series on Saturday. In addition to that, Nepal and Scotland will lock their horns in the last match of the series on Tuesday.  

International Taekwondo referee Dipendra Dhakal has left for Uzbekistan to participate in Olympic referee selection and closed training on Friday. The decisive selection and closed training is being conducted on Feb 12-14. International Referee Dhakal was recently promoted to the second class in the Kyorugi category. The World Taekwondo Referee Committee sent Dhakal a promotion certificate a few days ago. It took Dhakal four years to get promoted from the third class to the second class.

Nepali Taekwondo referee Dipendra Dhakal has been promoted to the second class international referee in the Kyorugi category. The referee committee of the World Taekwondo promoted Dhakal. He is the Tribhuvan Army Club referee.   It took him four years to get the promotion. Dhakal has moved up a level based on the points he got for participating in the taekwondo ranking competition and refresher course. At least eight points is required to move from the third level to the second level. Dhakal participated in eight World ranking competitions and two refresher courses and scored 10 points. He had obtained the referee license from the 104th international taekwondo referee seminar in China. Dhakal was declared as the West Judge in the Royal Spanish International Open Taekwondo Tournament 2022.

Luka Modric high-fived and embraced his Croatia teammates after what was likely the midfield great’s last appearance at the World Cup.

Some of the Morocco players sank to their knees in dismay, while others went in search of the referee to complain.

So much for this being a meaningless game.

Croatia ended up taking third place at the World Cup after a 2-1 win over Morocco at Khalifa International Stadium on Saturday, Associated Press reported.

“It is as if we have won the gold,” said Croatia coach Zlatko Dalić, whose team lost in the final four years ago.

To some, the third-place match is considered to be little more than an exhibition between two losing semifinalists. The day before the match, Morocco coach Walid Regragui described it as a “booby prize.”

However, as the final whistle blew on Morocco’s historic run at the World Cup, the disappointment was clear to see.

So, too, was the delight on Croatian faces.