Nepal’s victory in the final of Youth Asia Cup was a big story for all the national dailies of Kathmandu. Most of them covered the news on the front page and quite a few made them the main news.
Here, NepalCricket enlists all the national dailies and their coverage:
The Kathmandu Post, National English Daily
Front Page: Five column photograph of the team holding the winner’s trophy plus 400-word news
Sports Page: Half page coverage with an interview with Nepali coach Roy Dias, a small feature on Sarad Veswakar and a photograph of Nepali captain Shakti Gauchan enjoying after the win
The Himalayan Times, National English Daily
Front Page: Three-column main photograph
Sports Page: Main story with Shakti enjoying after win photo, Shakti with trophy photo plus tit-bits types on news under KARACHI CAPERS
The Rising Nepal, National English daily
Front Page: Main photo on three-column with three-column main news along with it
Sports Page: nothing
Kantipur, Largest Nepali daily
Front Page: Main story on three column in a box with the team photo on three column
Sports Page: A four-column story titled Nepal in Junior World Cup, Shakti’s photo and a feature story on how Shakti’s mother wishes came true
Nepal Samacharpatra, National Nepali daily
Front Page: Anchor story with a two-and-half column photograph of the team
Sports Page: Three stories – Nepal on Junior World Cup, Celebrations in Biratnagar and AFP report on Pakistan being safe for Asia Cup participants
Gorkhapatra, National Nepali daily
Front Page: Main Story with four column photograph of the team with three column news
Sports Page: nothing
Rajdhani, National Nepali daily
Front Page: Two column box story with a team photo
Last Page: Six column story covering almost half of the page
Annapurna Post, National Nepali daily
Front Page: Two-column story on the side of main story with captain’s two column photograph
Sports Page: Main news with a photograph and a tit-bits column titled FROM KARACHI
Himalaya Times, National Nepali daily
Front page: Three column main-box story with Sarad Veswakar’s file photo
Sports Page: Five column main story with a file photo
Space Time, National Nepali daily
Front Page: Three column news just below main photo
Sports Page: nothing