Kamalraj Pathak Memorial 22nd Lisnu Cup National Football Tournament got underway at Kotihawa, Rupandehi.

Sampurna Youth Club, Supauli has made a great start as they beat Devdah Boys 5-0 at Pashupati Ma Vi grounds.

Srijan raj Gautam scored the first hat-trick of the tournament in Sampurna's victory. Similarly, Purna Bahadur Gurung scored two more goals. Sampurna's Sirjan raj Gautam who scored a hat-trick in the match was elected man of the match.

With this win, Sampurna has also entered the quarterfinals of the competition. As part of the competition, the pre-quarterfinal match on Sunday will be played between Sanjivani Yuva Club, Devinagar and Nawalparasi-11, informed the match coordinator Krishna Gurung.

Before that, the chief guest of the program was the inauguration of the competition by Member of the Representative Assembly of Constituency No. 1 Chabilal Bishwakarma. On this occasion, the organizer Lisnu Youth Club, the patron of Kotihawa, the Ward President of Tathatilottama-15, Khemraj Gurung, the president of the organizing club, Tirtharaj Malla, the main sponsor himself. Kamalraj Pathak's wife and proprietor of Siddharth Brick Industry Lakshmi Pathak, son Abhishek Pathak and daughters Deepa Pathak, Kriti Pathak and Aakriti Pathak as well as President of Rupandehi District Football Association Lok Pun and others were present.

Organized by Lisnu Yuva Club, Tilottama-15, Kotihawa, the winner of the inaugural competition will receive a cash prize of 3,25,000 and the runner-up will receive 165,000. A total of 12 teams are participating in the event.