Sunil Chhetri, Farukh Choudhary strike in India’s 2-1 win over Nepal

Kathmandu: Farukh Choudhary and skipper Sunil Chhetri struck in the second half to guide India to a 2-1 win over Nepal in their second international friendly here today. It was Choudhary who put India ahead in the 62nd minute while Chhetri (80th) doubled the lead for the visitors. Tej Tamang (87th minute) found the net for the hosts in dying minutes of the match.

ZANDVOORT (Netherlands)

House party: Verstappen wins Netherlands GP

Max Verstappen won his home Dutch Grand Prix for Red Bull today and took the Formula One championship lead in front of a roaring, dancing army of fans hailing their hero with orange flags and flares. The 23-year-old dominated from pole position to take the chequered flag, in the first Dutch Grand Prix for 36 years, 20.932 seconds ahead of Mercedes’ seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton’s Finnish teammate Valtteri Bottas completed the podium, moving up to third in the championship, with the rest of the field all lapped by Verstappen.

Washington

WC qualifiers: France held at Ukraine; 4-star Holland

Reigning champions France missed the injured Kylian Mbappe in a 1-1 draw at Ukraine in the World Cup qualifying but still stayed atop Group D. Also, Portugal beat 2022 Qatar 3-1 in a friendly. Memphis Depay scored a brace in the Netherlands Montenegro 4-0. agencies