Kathmandu, Feb. 10 -- Sushil Thapa of Tribhuvan Army Club (TAC) and Diwana Sherma of Nepal Police Club (NPC) were declared the best players of the Bir Ganeshman National Boxing Championships on Saturday.

On the final day when the Armymen were also declared the team champions in the men's category, Thapa and Sherma won motorcyles which was given for the first time in the history of Nepali domestic boxing. Bir Ganeshman Foundation's Executive Chairman Prakash Man Singh and tournament coordinator Rajeev Shrestha honoured the two boxers.

Out of the eight finals played on Saturday, TAC won five gold medals. Their women's team was also declared the champion on Friday. Thapa won the men's 49kg gold defeating Pradip Maharjan of Nepal Armed Poli...