As the curtains came down on the 17th Asian Games, a jumbo Nepali contingent has returned home from South Korea with a bronze medal from karateka Bimala Tamang being the lone bright spot.

At a time when athletes in individual games are meekly bowing out, much will be expected from the national cricket team when they take on Afghanistan in the quarter-finals

Table Tennis came up with a surprise victory giving Nepali contingent a rare moment to cheer on the 11th day of 17th Asian Games here on Monday.

Nepal qualified for the quarter-finals of the men’s Twenty20 cricket with a seven-wicket win over Maldives here during the 17th Asian Games on Sunday.

Cricket led Nepal’s push for medal in style overcoming a hectic schedule caused by flight delay but Nepal’s 17th Asian Games turned from bad to worse after athletes

Boxer Puran Rai, one of the rare players from Nepal to have recorded a win, crashed out of the pre-quarter-final round in the 17th Asian Games here on Friday.

Pugilist Puran Rai’s win on Wednesday has come as a respite to the Nepali camp that has not been able to stop the foray of defeats in the 17th Asian Games in Incheon.

Nepal’s hopes of clinching an Asian Games medal is fading fast after potential players of two martial arts disciplines — wushu and judo — also crashed out here on Tuesday.

Cricket and shooting saved some grace for Nepal on the fourth day of the 17th Asian Games here on Monday.

Swimmer Sirish Gurung bettered his 200m freestyle national record in an otherwise disappointing day for Nepal during the 17th Asian Games here on Sunday.

Wushu and Badminton provided a ray of hope for Nepal on the second day of the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Asia.