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Tokyo Olympics: Hockey LIVE — India loses to Belgium in semi-finals, will play for bronze
Welcome to our Live Blog coverage of the Men's Hockey Semi final between India and Belgium

India on the verge of history (Source: Getty)
The Belgians first played an Olympic Games when Antwerp hosted the competition in 1920. Interestingly, the Belgians also won an Olympic medal in hockey even before the Indians did as India were not part of the 1920 Antwerp Games. Four teams competed and Belgium won the bronze medal before the Indians began their six-gold streak from 1928.
In 1928, the Indians thrashed Belgium 9-0 in the group stage and though the Belgians never reached the podium, they kept competing until the 1976 Games in Montreal but went off the Olympic radar for a good 32 years to return in Beijing 2008. Ten years after their reentry, the Belgian Red Lions stunned the hockey world by winning the Olympic silver in Rio.
Now, its a bigger stage than ever before. It's an Olympic semifinal which India has reached for the first time since Munich 1972, hoping to make it to the finals for the first time since 1980 (The Moscow Games did not have a semifinal).
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Live Updates
- 3 Aug 2021 2:31 AM GMT
BELGIUM TRY TO MUSCLE INDIA OUT OF THE STRIKING CIRCLE
34' INDIA IN THE BELGIAN CIRCLE - POWER FROM THE BELGIAN DEFENCE ON DISPLAY
- 3 Aug 2021 2:29 AM GMT
ANTIONE KINA TAKES HIS TIME IN THE CIRCLE!!!
32' NO INTERCEPTION FROM THE INDIANS AS KINA LINES UP, STANDS AND SHOOTS WIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 3 Aug 2021 2:25 AM GMT
FAST AND FURIOUS!!!
THE PACE HAS BEEN RIVETING WITH END TO END HOCKEY ON DISPLAY
WHAT WILL THE SECOND HALF BRING ON???
- 3 Aug 2021 2:24 AM GMT
Nothing to separate the two sides at Half-Time. ⌛
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) August 3, 2021
All to play for in the final 3⃣0⃣ minutes. 💪#INDvBEL #HaiTayyar #IndiaKaGame #Tokyo2020 #TeamIndia #TokyoTogether #StrongerTogether #HockeyInvites #WeAreTeamIndia #Hockey pic.twitter.com/DykNxz5iKC - 3 Aug 2021 2:21 AM GMT
PC TALE AT HALF-TIME
FOUR PCs FOR INDIA - ONE CONVERTED
SEVEN FOR THE RED LIONS - TWO CONVERTED
- 3 Aug 2021 2:18 AM GMT
DOCKIER WITH A REVERSE - SREEJESH SAVES!!!!!!!!!!!!
29' SUPERB REVERSE FROM SEBASTIEN DOCKIER BUT THE INDIAN GOALIE PALMS IT AWAY!!!
- 3 Aug 2021 2:17 AM GMT
HARMAN SHOOTS WIDE!!!!!!!!!!!
29' HARMANPREET SHOOTS JUST TOO WIDE - BELGIUM IN THE ATTACKING THIRD
- 3 Aug 2021 2:16 AM GMT
HARMAN TAKES A TUMBLE IN THE INDIA CIRCLE - BUT INDIA LAUNCH A COUNTER!!!
28' INDIA HAVE A PC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!