Premier International School Clinches Gold in Football and Basketball Tournaments

Premier International School has secured gold medals in two significant inter-school sports competitions. The boys' team from Premier clinched the championship titles in the Nepal Interschool Sports Association League Football 2026 and the 12th Xavier International U-19 Basketball Tournament.

On their journey to the football title, Premier defeated The British School 2-0 in the semi-finals. In the final, after a 1-1 draw in regulation time against James School, the match proceeded to a penalty shootout. Premier captured the title with a thrilling 5-4 victory in the penalties. The team's goalkeeper, Rejish Neupane, was declared the 'Best Player' of the tournament.

The winning team was led by captain Shyamir Shrestha and included Rejish Neupane, Shyam Shrestha, Nirbik Thapa, Pravesh Tamang, Drishya Ratna Shakya, Nishad Sitoula, Ishan Gauchan, Rishit Mainali, Tenjing Dawa Lama, Aryak Karki, Oliver Karki, Arjal Adhikari, Aarush Karki, Sankalpa Pokhrel, Abhim Roca Magar, Noah Rai, and Arju T Rajbhandari. The team was coached by Suraj Maharjan, Sanjay Shrestha, and Sugat Shrestha.

In the 12th Xavier International U-19 Basketball Tournament, Premier's team remained undefeated on their way to becoming champions. After easily defeating Golden Gate College (46-44), Divya College (70-21), and Xavier 'B' (91-18) in the league stage, Premier ousted Times College 53-11 in the quarterfinals.

Premier defeated host Xavier 73-61 in the semi-finals and then secured the title by defeating the BKSP team from Bangladesh by a wide margin of 67-43 in the final.

The basketball team comprised Dawa T. Lama Tamang, Pranay Man Shrestha, Pratham Shrestha, Jyotsan Joshi, Adamya Maharjan, Ashwin Chalise, Supreme Maharjan, Sayugya Mahat, and Kai Yoshi Prajapati. The team's coach was Sadish Pradhan, the captain of the Nepali national basketball team.