Hockey News -
At the Perth 4 Nations Tournament, Australia

India dw Australia 2-2

Goal Scored - William Xalco (IND) 27' PC, Raghunath (IND) 70' PC and Grant Schubert (AUS) 51' & 52'

After poor first match performance against Korea today we gave little improved performance ... We hold Australia 2-2 draw.

China also holds Korea 2-2 ... Coincidently in both matches last goal scored by India and China through penalty corners and that’s also in dying seconds.

China scored both goals through penalty corners in dying seconds of both half to hold Korea ... Against Aussies we take lead through penalty corner at 27 mins, William Xalco ... But Aussie's Grant Schubert scored back to back goals to gave lead ... But when 30 secs were remaining we earned PC and this time Raghunath converted it.

Now all 4 teams having chance to play in championship match, but our task is much harder due to big defeat against Korea ... Currently Korea and Australia having 3 pts ... And we r with China on 1 pt.
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At Womens Olympic Hockey qualifiers 2008, Kazan, Russia

India l USA 0-4

Goal Scored - Jesse Gey (USA) 29', Kelly Doton (USA) 38', Angie Loy (USA) 45', Carrie Lingo (USA) 48'

Other Matches -
Russia bt France 5-2
Belgium bt Netherlands Antilles 3-2

This was 3rd defeat in 4 matches for India ... Our performance is going down match by match.