{"id":48720,"date":"2026-05-31T18:52:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=48720"},"modified":"2026-05-31T18:52:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:07:59","slug":"nepal-beat-sri-lanka-to-reach-saff-womens-championship-semi-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/nepal-beat-sri-lanka-to-reach-saff-womens-championship-semi-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal beat Sri Lanka to reach SAFF Women&#8217;s Championship Semi-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>Goa, India, May 31:<\/strong> Nepal secured a place in the semi-finals of the SAFF Women&#8217;s Championship 2026 after defeating Sri Lanka 2-0 in their final Group A match on Sunday. The victory ensured Nepal finished top of the group and advanced to the knockout stage as group winners.<\/p>\n<p>At the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Goa, Nepal produced another disciplined performance, with goals from Rashmi Kumari Ghising and Renuka Nagarkoti sealing all three points.<\/p>\n<p>Nepal took the lead deep into first-half stoppage time when Rashmi found the back of the net to give her side a crucial advantage before the break.<\/p>\n<p>The lead was doubled in the 62nd minute as Renuka Nagarkoti calmly converted her chance, putting Nepal firmly in control of the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka struggled to break down Nepal&#8217;s defense, and no further goals were scored as Nepal comfortably held on for a 2-0 victory.<\/p>\n<p>The win confirms Nepal&#8217;s place in the semi-finals as the winners of Group A. They will now face the runners-up of Group B in the last four.<\/p>\n<p>The final Group B standings will be determined following Sunday&#8217;s match between Bangladesh and India, which will decide the group winner and runner-up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goa, India, May 31: Nepal secured a place in the semi-finals of the SAFF Women&#8217;s Championship 2026 after defeating Sri Lanka 2-0 in their final Group A match on Sunday. The victory ensured Nepal finished top of the group and advanced to the knockout stage as group winners. At the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-main-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48720"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48720"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48723,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48720\/revisions\/48723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}