Australia beats India 7-1 in Men’s hockey at Tokyo

(Hockey news) Olympic 2021 Live Update: The Kookaburras gained a huge victory over the Indian men’s team in the Pool A match at the Oi Hockey Stadium North Pitch in Tokyo Olympics. The Indian men in their opening match beat New Zealand 3-2, but could not repeat it against the Australians.

In the first quarter saw the Australian side take the lead in the 10th minute when Daniel Beale netted the first goal from a penalty corner shot,in the second quarter saw the Australians scoring three goals. The first one as Jeremy Hayward scored from a penalty corner in the 21st minute,the second goal came in the 23rd minute by Flynn Ogilvie and the third goal of the quarter by Joshua Beltz in the 26th minute.

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In the third quarter, Dilpreet Singh struck a goal in the 34th minute giving a slim hope but that was soon crushed as  Govers Blake struck two penalty corner goals in the 40th and 42nd minute making the overall score 6-1. In the final quarter Brand Tim struck the 7th goal for his team and the 8th of the match in the 51st minute. India will face Spain in their third pool match on 27th.

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