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Eyewitness of FIFA 2010 returns home

Hemanta Acharya,17, a Bhutanese school girl from Blacktown, New South Wales Australia ,finished her South Africa tour from 28th June to 16th July attending an indoor football festival named Football for Hope Festival 2010 held in Johannesburg, South Africa. The festival held during the last FIFA World Cup 2010 was organised by Street Football World [...]

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Posted in Diaspora / Exile / Resettlement, Sports / Entertainment on 01 August 2010 Comments (5)

Bhutan starts with defeat in SAG

Jan 31: Bhutan made a bad start in men’s football at the 11th South Asian Games loosing first battle with Maldives by 0-1 goal in their opening match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. Maldives’ striker Ashfaq Ali scored the all-important goal for the winners in the 83rd minute with a left footer from [...]

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Posted in Sports / Entertainment on 01 February 2010 Comments (2)

Bhutan bags 7 goals from Pakistan

Dec 09: Finally, bagging 0-7 goals from Pakistan in Group-B clash of 2009 SAFF Cup at Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday, Bhutan is now out of the ground.  The semi finalist of the last year’s game, Bhutan lost all games this year with wide margins.  Tuesday’s game was second ever tie between two [...]

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Posted in Sports / Entertainment on 09 December 2009 Comments (0)

Bhutan losses second match to Sri Lanka in SAFF

Dec 07: Bhutan lost the second consecutive match to Sri Lanka by 6-0 in the 2009 SAFF Cup played at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka in a Group B on Sunday afternoon.Striker Kasun Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka scored a hat-trick, Ediri Channa bagged a brace and midfielder Chathura Gunaratne also got on the scoresheet.Sri Lanka opened [...]

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Posted in Sports / Entertainment on 07 December 2009 Comments (0)

Prabin, Sancha Maya became child star 2009

Performing the best among 14 participants selected for final round, Prabin Diwali, 11, of Beldangi-I camp and Sancha Maya Tamang, 12, of Beldangi-II became male and female child start 2009 respectively yesterday. Similarly, Indra Prasad Gazmere from Khudunabari and Nirmala Sanyashi from Sanischare Pathri ranked second in the Inter-camp Child Song Competition

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Posted in Sports / Entertainment on 30 November 2009 Comments (6)

Bhutan withdraws from Philippines math contest

Nov 28: Bhutan has pulled out from the 2009 Philippine International Mathematics Competitions (PIMC) to be held December 1 in Iloilo City following the massacre in Maguindanao on November 23.  Worried for their safety, contestants from Russia, Vietnam and Sri Lanka also decided to back out from the contest. Young math wizards from these countries [...]

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Posted in Sports / Entertainment on 30 November 2009 Comments (0)

Inter-club football kicks-off in Goldhap

Inter-club football tournament kicked off in Goldhap yesterday amidst an inaugural program which marked the presence of various personalities. According to Rupesh Dhungana, altogether 16 teams are participating the tournament which lasts until the upcoming Laxmi Pooja

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Posted in Sports / Entertainment on 07 October 2009 Comments (0)

First disc golf course starts this week

Disc Golf Bhutan will introduce a new game for Bhutanese – disc golf – this week, as its founders plan to open the course in Thimphu. Founder Hans J Keller said discs will be given free of charge to people as they are not available in the local market. The interested persons will be taught by the supervisor everyday after 3 p.m. under the monitoring of Youth Development Fund (YDF).

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Posted in Sports / Entertainment on 08 June 2009 Comments (3)

Bhutan lose to Oman in ACC Challenge

Kathmandu, January 22: Bhutan lost to Oman by 213 runs in the final of ACC Trophy Challenge 2009 at Prem Oval Staduim in Thailand.  Winning the toss, Bhutan choose field and ended up with 322 for 9 after 50 overs to Oman. Bhutan's was a strange decision on winning the toss to put Oman in [...]

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Posted in Sports / Entertainment on 22 January 2009 Comments (0)

Film makers concerned of piracy

Thimphu, January 21: Motion Picture Association of Bhutan (MPAB) in a gathering in Thimphu on Tuesday said pirating of Bhutanese films have gone beyond control.  Bhutanese film makers claimed that pirated movies are being screened in towns across the border and in other countries before they are released in the local market. The film makes [...]

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Posted in Sports / Entertainment on 21 January 2009 Comments (1)

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