Bangladesh emerge as AFC U-14 Girls Regional football champions

The girls in red and green beat hosts Nepal 1-0.They took the lead in the 16th minute through a goal by Maria. Krishna Rani Sarkar and her team kept pressing for more goals, without success, during the rest of the match at the Army Physical Training Centre in Nepal on Sunday.Bangladesh had beaten Iran 2-1 in the semi-final of the tournament in which teams from South Asia and Middle East.The final was scheduled to be played in Nepal April this year.But a devastating earthquake had wreaked havoc in Kathmandu and rest of the country on the day of the final.The match was rescheduled.The Bangladeshi girls, however, achieved their goal eight months later.-bdnews24.com