Friday, February 22, 2013

Hockey News
At the Hockey World League Round 2, New Delhi, India

Women's - February 22nd, 2013
India l Japan 2-2 (0-2) (2-3 PS)
Goal Scorers - Soundraya Yendala (IND) PC 62', Napa Barla (IND) 64' and Shiho Sakai (JPN) 4' PC, Akiko Ota (JPN) 31' PC

Russia bt Kazakhstan 8-1 (2-0)
Malaysia bt Fiji 12-0 (4-0)

Indian women fought back in the second half after 0-2 down ... They made 2-all but lost against Japanese women in penalties ... Before last round both teams r tied with 10 points ... But India remain on top of the table by virtue of having won more games in the competition to date and so they r having chance of winning the competition on Sunday if they beat Russia.

Japan dominated the first half ... They were attacking and got 2 goals from penalty corners ... In the second half our team played more organised and were attacking on Japanese goal ... India scored their first goal through deflection by Soundraya in Jaspreet's hit ... In 2 minutes we equalized through Barla who received excellent pass from Rani ... In penalty shoot-out Soundarya Yendala and Rani Rampal scored while Chanchan Devi, captain Ritu Rani and Vandana Katariya were off target for India ... Mazuki Arai, Yuri Nagai and captain Rika Komazawa scored for Japan.

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