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England boss Thomas Tuchel will have no choice but to ring the changes ahead of their March 31 friendly with Japan at Wembley Stadium, after eight players left the camp on March 28 with a variety of health issues and injury concerns, Reuters reported. 

Having drawn 1-1 with Uruguay in a friendly on March 27, the FA announced the departures on March 28 after several players picked up knocks and injuries, causing changes to the 35-man squad selected by Tuchel for the current international break.

Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, Fikayo Tomori and Dominic Calvert-Lewin are among the departures, with defender John Stones returning to Manchester City after picking up an injury prior to the March 27 game, while Adam Wharton (Crystal Palace) and Noni Madueke (Arsenal) were both injured in the friendly, according to Reuters. 

Belgium bounced back after going behind to register a runaway 5-2 win over the United States in their friendly international on Saturday in a result that will ring alarm bells for the World Cup co-hosts, Reuters reported. 

Weston McKennie had the U.S ahead from a corner in the 39th minute but a rasping long-range shot from Belgian defender Zeno Debast saw the teams level at halftime.

Amadou Onana made it 2-1 eight minutes into the second half and six minutes later Charles De Ketelaere converted a penalty to extend the lead, according to Reuters. 

Mexico and Portugal played out a 0-0 ​draw at the Estadio Azteca on Saturday in a friendly to mark the stadium's reopening ahead of the World Cup, Reuters reported. 

Portugal's ​Joao Felix went close in the ​14th minute before Goncalo Ramos struck the ⁠post midway through the first half.

The ​visitors continued to look the more ​dangerous side after the break, with Bruno Fernandes firing just wide, according to Reuters. 

Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka beat hometown favourite Coco Gauff 6-2 4-6 6-3 in the Miami Open final on Saturday to join an exclusive club by completing the coveted 'Sunshine Double'.

World number one Sabalenka, who reached the final without dropping a set, won 73% of her first-serve points and faced just two break points en route to victory ​in a rematch of the 2025 French Open final won by Gauff, Reuters reported. 

Sabalenka is only the fifth ​woman to win the Indian Wells and Miami titles back-to-back, a feat known as ⁠the 'Sunshine Double' given the tournaments' respective locations in California and Florida.

Traffic along  the BP Highway has come to a halt after the flood in the Roshi River washed away the temporary road on Friday evening. 

As a result, the District Police Office, Kavrepalanchok, has imposed a ban on traffic since Saturday night. 

The flooded Roshi River on Friday evening washed away about four kilometers of diversion road from Chowkidanda to Nepalthok in the Roshi area. 

Although a plan was made to temporarily construct and open the road with the help of the Department of Roads, Traffic Police and locals, it could not be opened due to continuous rainfall on Saturday, said Chief of the District Police Office, Kavrepalanchok, Superintendent of Police, Komal Shah.

The Division Road Office, Bhaktapur, has stated that out of the 18 km diversion built on the road section washed away by the floods and landslides last year, four kilometers have been washed away at various places. Senior Divisional Engineer Suman Yogesh at the office said that there was difficulty in constructing the diversion due to continuous rain. 

After the floods and landslides last year completely damaged the Chowkidanda-Nepalthok road section, temporary roads and diversions were constructed to resume traffic on the highway.

The weather will remain generally cloudy in the hilly and mountainous regions of the country today. Likewise, partly cloudy conditions will prevail in the rest of the country. 

There is a possibility of light rainfall and snowfall accompanied by thunder and lightning at a few places in the hilly and mountainous regions, according to the Weather Forecasting Division.

Meteorological Analysis by the Division states that presently there is an influence of a westerly low pressure system as well as local winds in the country.

The risk of an expanded Iran war grew on Saturday as Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday launched their first attacks on Israel since the start of the conflict, ​even as additional U.S. forces reached the Middle East, Reuters reported. 

Speaking before the strike, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States expected to conclude military operations within weeks, although a new ‌deployment of U.S. Marines started arriving in the region. The Houthis said they would continue their operations until the "aggression" on all fronts ended.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian spoke to Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose government hosts a meeting with the Turkish and Saudi foreign ministers on Sunday to seek to ease regional tensions, according to Reuters. 

Prime Minister Balendra Shah has expressed gratitude to the Prime Minister of India and the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan and expressed his commitment to work together to further strengthen the close bilateral relations. 

Prime Minister Shah expressed his gratitude through social media for the congratulatory messages he received separately from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.  

"Thank you, Prime Minister Modi, for your kind words and warm wishes. I am eager to work closely with you to advance the multifaceted relations between our two countries for the common prosperity of our people," The Prime Minister said in his response to the congratulatory message from the Indian Prime Minister.  

Likewise, Prime Minister Shah has thanked the Honourable President of Pakistan for the warm words of felicitations. "I reciprocate Your Excellency’s sentiments and reaffirm our commitment to further strengthening our relations with Pakistan in the spirit of friendship and good neighbourliness."

He has also thanked Pakistani Prime Minister Sharif for his warm greetings and said he looked forward to working together to further strengthen bilateral relations and regional cooperation.