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”Where, in their first match, Malaysia defeated Kazakhstan by 8-0, their second match against Russia ended with a 3-0 victory.New Delhi, 09 March 2015: Before entering into the Quarter Finals of the ongoing Hero FIH Hockey World League Round 2 (Women), the eight participating teams were seen gearing up to play their last pool match of the tournament, scheduled to take place tomorrow at Major Dhyan Chand National Hockey Stadium in New Delhi. But now we want to keep going with full efforts to position ourselves so as to top our pool. I am sure the future matches will be better.Where Poland has secured one win to their name in their first match against Thailand by 4-1, they lost by 2-0 to India in a close contested match.”Speaking on the preparations of the team, Malaysian Captain Siti Ruhani said, “The practice today was quite satisfactory.”Post their training session, Thailand Captain Boonta Duangurai said, “We have our plans and strategies in place for our match against India tomorrow.

Where India thrashed Ghana with a whooping 13-0 on day 1, they also bagged their second match of the league against Poland by 2-0.Sitting at the top of their pool table, in Pool B, Malaysia has had an outstanding start to the tournament as they concluded both their matches with a win. Malaysia will now be taking on Singapore with an aim to continue their winning streak. Average percentage of penalty corner conversion is around 20-30 percent amongst women, considering we converted 4 out of 12 making it 33 percent, I am happy with the team’s performance. In the last match our target was to win and we accomplished that.”Excited on playing the next match against Singapore, Coach of Malaysia  Fatin Sukri Mahd said, “I am happy with the matches played so far. Sweating it out on the field in order to better their skills, Poland is showing signs of being a tough contender in the tournament and that they are ready to take on bigger challenges. We keep motivating each other and work on our communication during the game, which is an integral part. Tomorrow, India will be seen battling it out with Thailand, which has only one win to its kitty out of the two matches played so far. The team is putting in their best effort for the upcoming game against Russia. India is a strong team so we need to work really hard.”Commenting on China Corn cob Wholesale the team’s structure and the strategies, Hockey India High Performance Director, Roelant Oltmans said, “Looking at the less number of openings we gave away to the opponents, I think the team is doing very good in terms of structure and defence as well.

Poland will be playing their last pool match against Ghana, tomorrow.Speaking after their practice session today, Head Coach of Kazakhstan Serik Kalimbayev said, “The practice session went really well.Having lost their first match of the tournament against Malaysia on the opening day, Kazakhstan made an impressive comeback in their second match against Singapore, where they defeated the latter with a 4-0 on board and are now preparing to take on Russia, tomorrow. The next match is as important as the final match and we are motivating ourselves to perform better in the match. Our target is to win the tournament and we are planning our strategies accordingly.

Both the teams gave their level best to score the winning goal but they lacked the finishing touch and the match went to penalty shoot-out. With this win, India finished third and clinched Bronze Medal after 2012. After a hard battle, the quarter went goal-less. After receiving the jolt, South Korea attacked again and managed to earn three back-to-back penalty corners in 29th minute. South Korea earned a penalty corner in the 9th minute, which was thwarted by one of the world’s best goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, who anticipated the direction of the ball in mili-seconds. For India, Akashdeep Singh, captain Sardar Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh and Birendra Lakra out-foxed Korean goalie Jaehyeon Kim and hit successful goals to register a remarkable 4-1 (2-2) victory over higher-ranked Korea. In the 4th quarter of the match also saw close-fought battles between the players from both sides.

The match started with full force as both the teams locked their horns to finish third position. PR Sreejesh again managed to prevent the shot but the rebound shot was received by Korea’s Hyosik Cho who hit the ball hard into the goal-box. In the 20th minute, they managed to earn another penalty corner and this time they were determined to score a goal. India displayed an excellent team-work and took the 2-1 lead. India claimed five Gold medals in 2010, 2009, 1995, 1991 and 1983 in the tournament. However, after two minutes, Indians counter-attacked again and this time forward player Satbir Singh carried the ball speedily from the left flank and gave a short pass to midfielder Dharamvir Singh, who returned the ball to Satbir. 

This is Team India’s fifth Bronze Medal in the prestigious tournament as they previously won the Bronze in 2012, 2007, 2006 and 1983.The world-class goal-keeper PR Sreejesh showed his mettle again and thwarted two shoot-out attempts of South Korea to become the real hero of the match. Nikkin reflected the shot and send the ball into the nets to take the early lead of 1-0 in 10th minute. By this time, Satbir came in front of the goal-box and send the ball into goal-box.For Sreejesh heroic performance, he was adjudged the Man-of-the-Match. But both the defence line-up played extra-ordinary and failed their opponent’s attempts.In the 3rd quarter, both the teams came on field with better strategies and gave a tough fight to each other. India soon counter-attacked on its opponent and this time midfielder SV Uthappa carried the ball speedily from the right flank and passed towards forward player Nikkin Thimmaiah, who was standing in front of the goal-box. He failed the attempts of Korea’s Kihoon Kim and Juhun Kim to help his team.

With this goal, South Korea managed to equalise the score-line 1-1.          Goal-keeper PR Sreejesh’s displays a brilliant performanceIpoh (Malaysia), 12 April 2015: After registering a thumping victory over Australia, the confident Indian team defeated 8th-ranked Korea by 4-1 (2-2) today, which was ended with penalty shoot-out, and clinched the Bronze Medal in the 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2015 being played at Ipoh, Malaysia. India thwarted Korea’s two attempts but Hyunwoo Nam converted the third attempt and equalise the score-card by 2-2 by Corn cob Wholesale the end of second quarter. Both the teams tussled for the ball possession and continuously attacked on their opponent’s half..In 2nd quarter saw a tough battle between two teams as South Korea came back strongly and kept on attacking on Indian defence.

Making constant endeavours into the opponent’s inner circle, China’s Mang Yuan struck an equaliser in the 16thminute and levelled the scores at 1-1. With boosted spirit, China continued making efforts and it was Mengling Zhong who struck another field goal in the 20th minute taking the scores at 2-1, which remained till the half time. The last minute of the game proved to be fruitful for China as Mang Yuan surged ahead and smacked the fourth goal for her team in the 70th minute. In the 51st minute, China was Corn cob Wholesale awarded with a penalty corner which was efficiently converted by Zixia Ou. The team had last met the New Zealand team in the year 2014 in a 6 match series wherein both the teams drew three matches, New Zealand won 2 and India won one match.India will meet New Zealand tomorrow and will be looking at winning the match against them.

With India unable to score any further goals in the game, the match concluded it favour of China who defeated India by 4-2.Breda (The Netherlands), 23 July 2015: Post levelling the scores against Germany by 4-4, India U-21 Women Team went down struggling and lost to China by 2-4 in the Volvo Invitational U-21 (Women) Tournament 2015 held on 22nd July 2015 at Breda, The Netherlands. In the 9th minute of the game, India’s Punam Barla struck a tremendous field goal to give her team a 1-0 lead.The match began with Indian women possessing the ball and making swift attacks at the goal­post with an aim to take early lead in the game. Our defence even has to come out strong and ensure that we do not give away easy goals”. Indian eves bounced back into the game through Anupa Barla who without any mistakes converted the opportunity in the 66th minute taking the scores to 2-3.Speaking on tomorrow’s crucial match, Chief Coach Mathias Ahrens said “We have to look ahead and aim to win our match against New Zealand tomorrow.

The Volvo Invitational U-21 Tournament 2015 is being played at Breda, The Netherlands from 18-26 July 2015.The second half of the game began with much strength and poise as China continued to dominate India and tried desperately to score and edge past the other. The team will have to convert the penalty corners which will help them out the pressure on the opponents.