| English | Dzongkha | Thursday, July 2, 2020 |
Paro FC is now through to the preliminary round two of the regional qualifier of the Asian Football Confederation Cup. They clinched the place following an away goal advantage against Defenders FC of Sri Lanka as the two-legged qualifier round ended yesterday at the Changlimithang Stadium.
Team Gelegphu high school won the finals of the High-Quality Women’s National Championship played yesterday at Gelegphu.
Paro FC will face Defenders FC of Sri Lanka in the Preliminary Round One of the South Asian Zone qualifiers for the 2020 Asian Football Confederation Cup.
The India House Golf Tournament saw a record number of more than 200 golfers participating in this year’s tournament. The prize distribution for the winners of the various categories was held yesterday.
Karma, 29, becomes the first athlete from Bhutan to qualify for Olympic quota place in any sport. She won a recurve women’s archery spot for Tokyo 2020 during the Asian continental qualification tournament held in Bangkok today.
Bhutan will host the Nepal vs Kuwait match, FIFA World Cup 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023 Qualifiers at the Changlimithang National Stadium on 19th of this month. The match scheduled to be played in Kathmandu was shifted after AFC declared the Kathmandu-based Dasharath Stadium unsuitable for the match due to the ongoing reconstruction of the stadium.
Sherub Gyeltshen won the 85-kilometre Cyclothon, which was held yesterday as a part of the 2nd Bhutan Bird Festival, at Tingtibi in Zhemgang.
The Bhutanese Karate team bagged one gold medal and four bronze medals at the 5th South Asian Karate Championship held at Dhaka.
The former three-time Mr Bhutan, Tandin Wangchen bagged the silver medal in the Men’s Athletic Physique category at the 11th World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship held in South Korea.
The Bhutanese U-19 football team lost their opening match of the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers as they were beaten 3-0 by Jordan yesterday.