Late Ram Bahadur Shrestha gold cup football tournament got underway at Thori, Parsa on Saturday.

Hamro football club, Birgunj defeated Rapti River FC Makwanpur 1-0 in the opening match. Srijan Chaudhary scored the match winning goal in 3rd minute. He became the player of the match.

Yug Jyoti club Chitwan will play against Mahabir club on Sunday.

Bijayabasti FC is organizing the championship, which has a winning purse of NRs 2 lakh.