Nepal clinches gold in men's SAG football

Nepal has bagged a gold medal in the 12th South Asian Games (SAG) football after a hiatus of 23 years outshining host India. Nepal clinched the gold medal in the regional football tournament sidelining India 2-1 at the Indira Gandhi Stadium, Guwahati, India on Monday. Nepali strikers Prakash Budhathoki and Nawayug Shrestha scored the two goals in 66th and 70th minute of the match respectively to cruise Nepal to a scintillating victory. India made a good start with first goal in the 21nd minute in the first half. India netted the first goal through a penalty. Budhathoki equalized the scored through a free kick. Shrestha doubled the score which proved to be decisive to win the match and create a history in regional football arena for Nepal. RSS