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Commonwealth Games 2018 – Indian Women Hockey Team Go Down Fighting 0-1 Against Australia in the Semi-Final

Indian Hockey Admin — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 09:27:03 +0000

Heartbreak news for Indian Hockey lovers. Women Hockey team lost 0-1 against Australia in semi-final. The Indian team had chances to convert match in favour but they failed. After this result, Australia will go into the final match against New Zealand while India would face England in the bronze medal match on Saturday.

In the first half Indian queens fended off the Australian attacks but in the second half they go down and it was heartbreaking for the Indian crowd. Grace Stewart received a high ball inside the D and hit it straight. Indian team retaliated but Australian team was too strong.

India’s coach Harendra Singh recalled goalkeeper Savita Punia when only four minutes were left in the match but the players could not cash in on the chances that came their way.

Navneet missed out a sitter from a Monika-cross from the right flank while Rani could not slam in a through pass from Vandana Kataria.

In the fourth quarter, India earned back-to-back penalty corners but squandered both as the opportunity to score an equaliser went a begging. They got another penalty corners but could not utilise that also.

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Commonwealth Games 2018 – Indian Men Hockey Team Defeated England 4 -3

Indian Hockey Admin — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 06:12:27 +0000

The Indian Men’s Hockey team defeated England 4-3 in their final Pool B match at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on Wednesday and reached semi-final. After this glorious win Indian Men Hockey team got 10 points that are more than the no. 2 ranked England.

The Indian Hockey team scored two goals in the final three minutes to beat England 4-3 in a thrilling match. Mandeep Singh found the winner when he deflected a cross from the right into the goal with just half a second left for the final hooter. But the Indians were not willing to give up and pounded the opposition goal with moves from both flanks. Manpreet Singh, Varun Kumar, Rupinder Pal Singh, Mandeep Singh played well for India.

The win, India’s third in a row after a draw against Pakistan in the opening encounter, took them to a total of 10 points and ensured that they avoided defending champions Australia in the semi-finals.

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Commonwealth Games 2018 – Indian Men Hockey Team Beat Malaysia 2 – 1

Indian Hockey Admin — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 05:41:47 +0000

Indian Men Hockey Team Beat their Asian Rivals Malaysia 2-1 and qualify for the semi final of Commonwealth games 2018. India was at strong position from start and Harmanpreet Singh scored both goals for India in the first and third quarter which help the India to win and confirm their presence in semi final.

India have played three games in Commonwealth Games 2018 and won two of them. In their first game, India drew 2-2 against Pakistan. After the controversial end of last match with Pakistan Indian team was full of passion and anger. They beat Wales 4-3 in the second game and finally on Tuesday, they beat Malaysia to qualify for the final.

With this win India is on top with seven points from three matches and play its last pool match against England on Wednesday. With the top two teams advancing to the last four stage, both India and England will go through irrespective of the result of that match. Good performance in Commonwealth Games 2018 is necessary to confirm the position in upcoming Hockey World Cup 2018. So Indian Team will reach in play ground with full of Energy and passion.

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Commonwealth Games 2018 – Controversial End of India Vs Pakistan Hockey Thriller

Indian Hockey Admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 09:24:25 +0000

Indo -Pak Rivalry set to light up each competition between both teams. The two teams squared off most recently at last year’s Asia Cup in Bangladesh where India claimed the honours.
But in Commonwealth Games 2018 India Men’s hockey team campaign began much same as the women with some disappointing results. India was held to a 2-2 draw by arch-rivals Pakistan in the Men’s Hockey match on Saturday.
Commonwealth India Vs Pakistan Hockey Match was of great interest. In the first two quarters India was in a dominant position by holding two goals at half time. But in the second half, Pakistan Came back into the match and put India under tremendous pressure in the second half and Mohammed Irfan Jr reduced the arrears with a 38th – minute field goal after few seconds PR Sreejesh produced some brilliant saves to keep India’s one-goal lead intact.
with just seconds left there was high drama. with 7 seconds left, Pakistan earning themselves a penalty corner and again benefited in the dying moments with yet another referral. Mubashar Ali scores from the penalty corner for Pakistan, leaving the Indian team shell-shocked and the old fears turned out to be true.
Former India player Viren Rasquinha was also left surprised with the decision. He said “Both the referral decisions were very surprising. To my eyes, I have been trying to watch this as closely, there was no foot. Very, very controversial decisions. I think the video umpire was watching something else.”
The Indians ended up conceding one to let slip what should have been a comfortable win. It was really surprising not only for Men Hockey Team but also for the Hockey Lovers. At the end Match declared draw due to controversial decision,otherwise Indian Team’s victory was confirmed.

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Commonwealth Games 2018 – Indian Women Hockey Team Crush Malaysia 4 – 1

Indian Hockey Admin — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 08:04:13 +0000

Indian women’s hockey team came up with a much improved performance on 2nd day of Commonwealth Games 2018 and crush Malaysia 4 -1. the Asian champions ensured their position back as they scored three goals in the second half to complete the tally. The Rani Rampal side had lost their group stage opener against Wales 2-3 on Thursday and needed full points from their second outing to stay in contention.
The Indians queens began on the front foot with Vandana Kataria bagging their first penalty corner in the very first minute and it looked like the Indians could register a big win, when Gurjit Kaur converted the third with a drag flick.
And it looked like the 2002 CWG gold medallists could once again pay for their profligacy when Nuraini Rashid found the equaliser through a penalty corner in the 38th minute.However, the Malaysians were still in celebration mode but the India launched a quick attack and Gurjit converted yet another penalty corner to restore the team’s advantage.
In the fourth quarter Indian Queens Vandana Kataria, Poonam Rani, Neha Goyal and Lilima Minz changes the side with launching attacks from both flanks. Goyal made a brilliant run from the right to dribble past two defenders and then passed the ball to an unmarked Rampal to tap the ball home in the 56th minute. After three minutes Lalremsiami rounded off the score with a quick one-two with Katariya one minute from time to also improve India’s goal difference.
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Commonwealth Hockey Games 2018 – Complete Schedule

Indian Hockey Admin — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 13:33:31 +0000

The 21st Gold Coast Commonwealth Hockey games officially begin from 5 April Thursday 2018 in the Gold Coast city of Queensland, Australia. India have sent 200 plus athlete in this year. Here is the Complete schedule of Gold Coast Commonwealth Hockey Games 2018.
All times in this guide are listed in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) or IST.

	DATE	POOL	TIME	TEAMS
			(AEST/IST)
WOMEN’S	5 April 2018	A	9:30 (5:00)	INDIA – WALES

WOMEN’S	6 April 2018	A	14:30 (10:00)	INDIA – MALAYSIA

MEN’S	7 April 2018	B	14:30 (10:00)	INDIA – PAKISTAN

WOMEN’S	8 April 2018	A	9:30 (5:00)	INDIA – ENGLAND
MEN’S		B	19:30 ( 15:00)	INDIA – WALES

MEN’S	10 April 2018	B	9:30 (5:00)	INDIA – MALAYSIA
WOMEN’S		A	19:30 (15:00)	INDIA – SOUTH AFRICA

MEN’S	11 April 2018	B	19:30 (15:00)	INDIA – ENGLAND

		SEMIFINALS

WOMEN’S	12 April 2018	CLASSIFICATION 9 -10	13:30 (9:00)	5th POOL A – 5th POOL B
		CLASSIFICATION 7 -8	15:45 (11:15)	4th POOL A – 4th POOL B

		SEMIFINAL 1	19:00 (14:30)	1st POOL A – 2nd POOL B
		SEMIFINAL 2	21:15 (16:45)	1st POOL B – 2nd POOL A


MEN’S	13 April 2018	CLASSIFICATION 9 -10	8:30 (4:00)	5th POOL A – 5th POOL B
		CLASSIFICATION 7 -8	10:45 (6:15)	4th POOL A – 4th POOL B
WOMEN’S		CLASSIFICATION 5 -6	14:00 (9:30)	3rd POOL A – 3rd POOL B
		CLASSIFICATION 5 -6	16:15 (11:45)	3rd POOL A – 3rd POOL B

MEN’S		SEMIFINAL 1	19:30 (15:00)	1st POOL A – 2nd POOL B
		SEMIFINAL 2	21:45 ( 17:15)	1st POOL B – 2nd POOL A

		MEDAL MATCHES

WOMEN’S	14 April 2018	BRONZE	10:30 (6:00)	LOSER SEMIFINAL 1 – LOSER SEMIFINAL 2
		FINAL	12:45 (8:15)	WINNER SEMIFINAL 1 – WINNER SEMIFINAL 2

MEN’S		BRONZE	19:00 (14:30)	LOSER SEMIFINAL 1 – LOSER SEMIFINAL 2
		FINAL	21:15 (16:45)	WINNER SEMIFINAL 1 – WINNER SEMIFINAL 2

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Commonwealth Games 2018 – Wales Defeated India in a thrilling opening encounter

Indian Hockey Admin — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 11:50:47 +0000

Today was the first day of the Gold Coast 2018 commonwealth games and in women’s Hockey Wales, New Zealand, England and Australia open their accounts with the first win.
Giant killer wales defeated Asian Champion Indian queens by 3-2 in a thrilling encounter. Wales placed in world rank 16 and Indian Women team ranked 10th place but Wales queens were very aggressive and full of energy. The match was interesting, Wales came out firing and led 2-0 at half-time thanks to goals from Lisa Daley and Sian French.
Indian Women Team looked inactive, Captain Rani admitted :” lacked Energy in first Half and after the break they were a different side, pressing higher and played more aggressively.”
in the 33rd minute, captain scored a brilliant diving deflection, before Nikki Pradhan levelled the match with 19 minutes to go. But Wales Striker Natasha Marke-Jones scoring the winning goal with three minutes left on the clock to record a memorable win. This is the major victory for Wales.
The women’s hockey event at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games is one of the last major international events before the Hockey Women’s World Cup London 2018. Indian team has to pay more attention in Gold Coast Commonwealth Games to make their presence and position strong in upcoming Women World Cup 2018.

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