Maguire's 121st minute winner sends Man Utd through to Europa League semis
Harry Maguire scored in the dying seconds of extra time to help Manchester United snatch a place in the Europa League semi-finals on Thursday with a sensational 7-6 aggregate victory over Olympique Lyonnais in their quarter-final clash, Reuters reported.
A thrilling second leg tie was taken into extra time after United threw away a two-goal lead on the night to be pegged back to 2-2 after 90 minutes, with goals from Rayan Cherki and Alexandre Lacazette putting Lyon on the verge of the semi-finals at a stunned Old Trafford.
However, United made their numerical advantage, given to them after Corentin Tolisso's late red card in normal time, count. Maguire sent Old Trafford into delirium with his 121st-minute header which sealed a 5-4 victory in the second leg, according to Reuters.
Fire engulfs property worth Rs 6 million in Sunsari
Property worth around Rs 6 million was destroyed in a fire at Koshi Rural Municipality-6 in Sunsari on Thursday.
The fire made to drive away mosquitoes spread to 10 houses in the neighborhood, turning them into ashes, according to a local Birendra Kumar Yadav. He said that property worth around Rs was destroyed in the fire.
The houses of Babu Nand Goit, Ramanand Ram Yadav, Manoj Yadav, Khushi Lal Goit, and Bijay Goit among others were destroyed in the fire.
The fire was later brought under control with the help of a fire engine backed by Nepal Police and Armed Police personnel and locals.
2 killed, 14 injured in Makwanpur bus accident
Two persons died and 14 others were injured in a bus accident at Dharampani in Makwanpurgadhi Rural Municipality-2, Makwanpur on Friday.
The incident occurred when the ill-fated bus (Ba Pra 01-006 Kha 7072) en route to Hetauda from Kathmandu fell some 200 metres down the road at 1 am today, according to the District Police Office, Makwanpur.
The deceased have been identified as Nilam Devi Raut (50) and Manushi Magar (13). Raut, who was seriously injured in the incident, breathed her last during the course of treatment while Magar's lifeless body was recovered from the site.
A team led by police inspector Birendra Rayamajhi was mobilized to the incident site immediately after receiving the information.. There were 15 passengers in the bus.
Among the injured, 10 are undergoing treatment at Hetauda Hospital and others at Sahakari Hospital in Makwanpur, the police added.
Summitters' Summit at Thame on April 22
The Summitters’ Summit will be held at Thame of Solukhumbu on April 22.
The event being organized by an organization, Sathsathai, will be attended by mountain climbers, climate and tourism experts and three-tiers of government.
Chairperson of Sathsathai, Prajita Karki, informed that the organizations and government alike were encouraged to hold the event. The event focused on climate change and tourism is related to the Sagarmatha Sambaad, an international conference being held by the government.
The Sagarmatha Sambaad secretariat has allowed the conduct of the event with the coordination of provincial and local governments, according to her.
Noted climbers including Qatari crown princess Asma Al Thani, Kamarita Sherma, Mingma David Sherpa and Maya Gurung will attend the program.
Even those surviving the glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) of Thame will participate in the summit.
DAO to lift prohibitory order in Birgunj from 7 am today
The District Administration Office, Parsa has decided to lift the prohibitory order imposed in Birgunj from 7 am today.
The meeting of the district security committee presided over by its coordinator and Chief District Officer Ganesh Aryal took the decision to revoke the order effective for four days, reasoning that the peace and security situation was growing normal.
Superintendent of Police in Parsa, Gautam Mishra, informed that the situation in Birgunj is limping back to normalcy.
Earlier, the district administration was forced to clamp a curfew owing to the tense situation erupted after a clash between two communities over the procession carried out on the Hanuman Jayanti.
Local, westerly and low pressure winds to affect weather today
Presently there is a combined effect of local and westerly winds. The wind in the low pressure area around Uttar Pradesh of India has also affected the weather of the country, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said.
The weather will be partly to generally cloudy throughout the country today.
Light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning is likely to occur at some places of the hilly region of Koshi and other Provinces..
According to the Division, there is a chance of heavy rainfall at one or two places in Koshi Province. Also there is a possibility of light rain and snowfall in some places of the high hilly and mountainous region of the country.
Similarly, the weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hilly regions of the country, including Koshi, Madhes, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini Provinces tonight.
There is a chance of light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning at a few places of Koshi, Madhes, Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini and Karnali Provinces.
Light rain and snowfall is likely to occur at one or two places of the high hilly and mountainous regions of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces.
Delhi Capitals defeat Rajasthan Royals with help of Super Over
Delhi Capitals defeated Rajasthan Royals in a thriller which necessitated a Super Over after the scores were tied after the regulated 40 overs. Earlier, Nitish Rana and Yashasvi Jaiswal scored half centuries but it wasn’t enough for Rajasthan Royals to overhaul Delhi Capitals target, The Indian Express reported.
Abishek Porel missed his half century by a run while captain Axar Patel starred with a blistering 14-ball 34 runs as Delhi Capitalsposted 188/5 against the Rajasthan Royals. KL Rahul scored 38 while Jofra Archer took 2 wickets.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opted to bowl first against the Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
Both teams will go into the match with the same teams as last match. DC are sitting pretty on second spot having lost just one game from five in the Indian Premier League 2025. In sharp contrast are Rajasthan Royals, who are in 8th spot in the IPL 2025 standings with just two win from six games, according to the Indian Express.
Ruthless Newcastle climb to third in EPL with 5-0 Palace thrashing
Newcastle United thumped Crystal Palace 5-0 at St James' Park to go third in the Premier League with a sixth consecutive win in all competitions as Jacob Murphy scored one goal and set up another, Reuters reported.
Newcastle have 59 points from 32 games and are five points clear of sixth-placed Chelsea in the race for Champions League qualification next season with the top five teams earning a place. Palace have 43 points and are 12th.
Harvey Barnes, Fabian Schar and Alexander Isak also scored for Newcastle, as the visitors were compounded by an own goal from defender Marc Guehi and a missed penalty by Eberechi Eze when they trailed 1-0.
Newcastle were again without manager Eddie Howe in the dugout as he continues to recover from pneumonia, but the performance would have been just the tonic as they scored some excellent goals and were ruthless in punishing Palace errors.
It was the first time Palace have failed to score in 13 Premier League fixtures, though remarkably their expected goals tally of 2.02 was better than that of Newcastle (1.39), according to Reuters.
Newcastle played with tenacity, pace and efficiency in the final third as they opened the scoring on 14 minutes through Murphy's thunderous shot from a tight angle that beat goalkeeper Dean Henderson high at his near post.