India indulge in Belgian bashing

Berlin, Aug 26: Indian juniors trounced Belgium 4-0 to virtually book a semifinal berth but Egypt stunned favourites Germany 4-3 in the J...

Berlin, Aug 26: Indian juniors trounced Belgium 4-0 to virtually book a semifinal berth but Egypt stunned favourites Germany 4-3 in the Junior Challenge Hockey Tournament in Poznan, Poland.

India, who had beaten Egypt 8-2 in their opening tie, moved to the top of Pool A ahead of their last league clash against Germany, Waled Mohammed emerging the hero with three goals.

India scored all their goals in the first half.

Half-back Arjun Halappa drew first blood with a penalty stroke conversion in the sixth minute. India scored two more goals in the next four minutes with Prabhjot Singh guiding home off a rebound following a penalty corner and Paramjit Singh scoring a field goal.

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Len Aiyappa completed the tally with a penalty corner conversion, five minutes before half-time.

NZ beat India

MUMBAI: Two late goals by second-half substitute Kylie Foy led New Zealand to a 5-1 win over India in the first of the three women’s hockey Test matches at Wellington, New Zealand on Thursday.

Jyoti SunitaKullu scored India’s only goal in the fourth minute of the second half. The second Test will be played on Saturday in Levin with the third in Wellington on Sunday.