India lose to Egypt

CAIRO, FEB 10: India failed to maintain their fine run, losing to Egypt 1-3 in the final of the five-nation International hockey tourname...

CAIRO, FEB 10: India failed to maintain their fine run, losing to Egypt 1-3 in the final of the five-nation International hockey tournament last evening.

In another match, Canada defeated Malaysia to clinch the third position.

Egypt went into the lead in the 12th minute when left-out Amir Ahmed successfully converted a penalty corner. The hosts went ahead 2-0 two minutes later when I Ibrahim sounded the board as the second string Indian team groped around trying to connect the ball.

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They could have gone 3-0 up in 22nd minute but India, who put up a feeble defence throughout the match, for once managed to successfully deflect the ball.

However, the Indians came back strongly in the second half and scored in the 40th minute to make it 2-1. Left-out Brojen Singh scored from a penalty corner.

Egypt, cheered by their home crowd, made it 3-1 in the 57th minute when Mahmud Sameer swung the ball towards the goal, taking the goalkeeper totally by surprise.

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