Saturday, July 19, 2008

Indian Junior Hockey Team wins Asia Cup

Indian junior Hockey team has won the Asia cup. They beat Korea by the score line of 3-2. The match was played at Hyderabad. Koreas lead for most part of the game by 2 goals. While Indians struggled to score even one goal. Their lead continued till 52nd minute. Diwakar Ram and Sunil S P scored the two goals in the regulation and drew with Koreans. After that the match entered into the extra time and one goal was all India needed to clinch the cup. Diwakar Ram scored the golden goal for India. Diwakar Ram converted the penalty corner to lead India to the victory path. Earlier Nam Hyan Woo scored the two goals for Koreans. Though the senior team struggles in the international circuit the junior team is making a good way forward promising a good team for the future. In another match fot 3rd and 4th place Pakistan defeated Japan by 7-2.


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