Ruslan Three Star Club defeated Nepal APF 2-1 to enter semifinals of Madan Bhandari memorial Itahari gold cup.

Ajayi Martins scored both goals (38', 48') for Lalitpur based club. Three Star defender Peter Segun scored in an own post (67') to make the score line 2-1.

Two goal hero Martins was declared the man of the match and he received Rs 10,000 cash.

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Three Star Club: Alan Neupane, Peter Segun, Ananta Tamang, Bijay Dhimal, Ranjit Dhimal Bikram Lama (C), Nirajan Khadka, Sunil Bal, Buddha Chemjong, Bimal G Magar, Ajayi Martins

Nepal APF: Amrit Chaudhary, Top Bista (C), Rajendra Rawal, Shyam Nepali, Nabin Lama, Ram Kumar Kumal, Roop Bahadur Lama, Anjan Bista, Ranjan Bista, Ramesh Dangal, Sudeep Sikhrakar

MMC will play against Jhapa XI on Sunday.

Rastriya Jagriti yuwa club is organizing the championship, which has a winning purse of Rs 12 lakh.