Blind Football, Men's Team Event: India loses 1-6 to Japan in second group match

India suffered a heavy defeat against the hosts Japan in their second group match, losing 1-6. Sovendra Singh scored the first goal of the tournament for India to level the score at 1-1 in the first half.

But then Japan came back even stronger in the second half, scoring five goals to claim a massive win. Taichi Hirabayashi scored four goals, while Kenta Hiyashi and Ryo Kawamura scored one each.

Japan fully dominated the match, having taken 41 shots in comparison to India's just 4 shots. They also had a good conversion rate, with 20 shots on target while India had only 1.