BUTWAL, Feb. 26 -- Dauphins Family of Cameroon defeated Nepal Police Club (NPC) in sudden death penalty shootout in the final of the Tilottama Gold Cup football tournament to claim third back-to-back titles in Butwal on Monday.

Dauphins, who were deemed unauthorised to play by the football governing body All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) on Sunday, defeated NPC in the shootout after the regular period finished in a goalless deadlock. The tiebreaker also failed to separate the two teams as it ended 5-5. In the sudden death penalties, Dauphins shot-stopper Priso Ndjanga denied Tej Tamang while Nia converted his shot to seal victory. In the tiebreaker, Ajeet Bhandari, Bharat Shah, Rabi Paswan, Tirtha Rana Magar and Suman Lama converted ...