Sports

Completing the 100km race from Changlingmethang parking – Paro – Clock Tower Square race in three hours, three minutes and forty nine seconds, Norbu from RBA won the open men’s category of the 8th edition of the DANTAK Mountain Bike Race on April 22. Kinley Tenzin also from RBA came …

Bhutan’s Pelden Dorji, 35, won gold in the masters A-category title at recent Asian Enduro series organised in Nagarkot hills of Kathmandu, Nepal. Pelden Dorji had taken part in the championship individually before. Completing the series of eight stages, Pelden Dorji finished the race in 28 minutes 53 seconds. He …

Lack of confidence among women athletes and low representation of women at the leadership position of sports management impedes womens’ participation in sports according to an official from Women and Sports Committee of Bhutan (WSCB). Of the 37 members who took part in the general assembly of Bhutan Olympic Committee …

Up-gradation of college infrastructure will begin by the mid this year  Students are waiting their turn to measure weight, height, and body mass index (BMI) at Jigme Namgyel Lower Secondary School in Motithang, Thimphu. Sanjit Gazmer, 23, School Sports Instructor (SSI), with another staff, are conducting BMI screening for Class …

Pelden Dorji from Thimphu Mountain Biking Club won first position in masters A-category at the third edition of Asian Enduro Series 2018 held in Nepal on April 8. With an overall time of 28 minutes 53 seconds, he was ranked seventh overall.  A total of seven riders represented Bhutan at …

FC Tertons, YAL FC, and BFF Academy FC have entered tight title contest, following the first defeat of BFF Academy FC to YAL FC last weekends at the ongoing Thimphu B-league held in Changlingmithang, Thimphu. Thimphu B-league that plays as the qualification and relegation tier for Pepsi Thimphu league, is …

More than 1,000 people gathered at the Lekeythang ground in Punakha to celebrate Olympic day on April 7. The event was held to enable mass participation in various sports. The playground where football and cricket matches are held at other times, exhibited 10 different sports including archery, and khuru. Unlike …

Department of Youth and Sports celebrated International Day of Sports for Development and Peace on April 6 with friendly football matches between officials from the ministry and teachers of Thimphu Thromde.

Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC) has selected athletes from four national federations to represent the country in the 18th Asian Games. At meet the press session held in Thimphu yesterday, director of media and public relations department of Indonesia’s Asian Games 2018 organising committee, Ratna Irsana Marhaendra, said Indonesia looks forward …

A meeting between Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Bhutan Cricket Council Board (BCCB) was held in Mumbai, India on April 6. BCCI agreed to support BCCB develop cricketing infrastructure in the country, and also help the latter with technical support of coaches, fitness trainers and physio …