PHUNTSOLING, Feb. 23 -- Bhutanese Club Paro FC has stunned A-Division League third-placed team Three Star Club 1-0 to lift the Jigme Dorji Wangchuk Memorial Gold Cup football tournament final in Bhutan on Friday.

Three Star, with an aim to win the first international title of the season, lost to Paro who had already defeated the departmental team Tribhuvan Army Club in the semifinals.

The team, comprising Nepal U-19 team captain Arpan Karki, scored the winning goal in the 73rd minute to win the tournament. Chencho scored a thumping header from the far post getting out of his marking man.

Paro that had defeated Army 1-0 in the semifinals kept Three Star under immense pressure throughout the summit clash.

Paro created one chance after a...