NRT Beats Mahabir Club to Move First in B Division League
New Road Team beat Mahabir Club 2-1 to maintain the lead in the Martyrs Memorial B Division League football tournament on Sunday at ANFA complex.
The win over Mahabir at the ANFA ground has given NRT a two-point lead over second placed Ranipokhari Corner Team.
After playing six matches, NRT has 14 points and RCT has 12. Mahabir, yet to register win, hits the bottom of the table with one point. Tushal stands on sixth position with seven points in the 14-team contest which sees bottom two teams facing relegation and top two teams earning promotion.
Mahabir stunned NRT with early goal from Kamal Gurung through a 16th minute freekick.
Ritesh Malla hit back equalizer for the league leader after two minutes. NRT had to wait until the stoppage time of the second half to score the winner as Abisekh Rai scored an injury-time goal to help New Road Team collect all three points.
RCT beat Tushal Youth 2-0 to move second in Martyrs Memorial B Division League football tournament.
BK Tamang gave the lead to RCT in the 31st minute. Ratish Susling of Tushal scoredd an own goal four minutes from time.
Divine Boys Union Club defeated Chyasal Youth Club 1-0 in the 6th round match of Martyrs Memorial B Division League at Halchowk Stadium.
Binod Lama scored the match winning goal in 7th minute.
Boys Union has now eight points from six matches and has climbed to the sixth position in the league table, while Chyasal is fifth with ten points after playing six matches.
