India Go Down To Ireland For First Time, Out Of Medal Contention

Ipoh: Despite taking lead twice in the 10^th minute and 26^th minute, the Indian men’s Hockey Team went down 3-2 against Ireland, registering their first ever loss against the team. With this loss, India are out of medal contention and will play for the fifth/sixth position tomorrow.

Though Ramandeep Singh gave India the early lead in the 10^th minute, Shane O’Donoghue equalised in the 24^th minute.

Amit Rohidas gave the lead once again at 26^th minute and Sean Murray once again scored at 36^th minute and Lee Cole (42’) scored the winner for Ireland.

India will next play in the 5th/6th place match on March 10.

The women’s team, on the other hand, produced a splendid all-round performance to register a well-deserved 3-1 win in the fourth match of their five-match series against higher-ranked South Korea here at the Jinchun National Athletic Centre on Friday. Two goals in the first quarter by Gurjit Kaur (2′) and Deepika (14′) put India in a commanding position while Poonam Rani’s field goal in the 47th minute secured the victory for the visitors as Mi Hyun Park (57′) scored a consolation goal for South Korea.