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India beat Spain 3-0 in Olympic men’s hockey

Drubbed 1-7 by Australia in their last match, India produced a spirited performance against world No.9 Spain.

By PTI

Published Date - 27 July 2021, 10:05 AM

India beat Spain 3-0 in Olympic men’s hockey — India's Harmanpreet Singh (L) and Spain's Pau Quemada vie for the ball during their men's pool A match of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games field hockey competition, at the Oi Hockey Stadium in Tokyo.

Tokyo: The Indian men’s hockey team defeated Spain 3-0 to register its second win at the Tokyo Olympics here on Tuesday.

Drubbed 1-7 by Australia in their last match, India produced a spirited performance against world No.9 Spain and scored through Simranjeet Singh (14th minute) and Rupinder Pal Singh (15th and 51st) to record a comfortable win in their third Pool A match at the OI Hockey Stadium.

India had earlier defeated New Zealand 3-2 in their opening fixture. Spain, on the other hand, are yet to register a win in the competition.

Spain drew 1-1 against Argentina before losing 3-4 to New Zealand.

The Indians will next play reigning Olympic champions Argentina on Thursday.

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