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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
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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- 3 Aug 2021 1:59 AM GMT
BRAVO AMIT!!!!
INDIA DEFENDED WITH THREE AFTER RUPINDER CHARGED OUT EARLY BUT AMIT DOES WELL FOR INDIA
- 3 Aug 2021 1:58 AM GMT
FOLLOW UP PC!!!
RUPINDER SENT OFF AFTER HE LEAVES HIS MARK EARLY - AMIT STOPS ONE - FOLLOW UP PC
- 3 Aug 2021 1:56 AM GMT
EXTENDED BREAK AND Q2 BEGINS
16' INDIA IN THE LEAD AS Q2 BEGINS - THE BLUE SHIRTS USE THE WIDTH OF THE FIELD BUT BELGIUM INTO THE ATTACK
- 3 Aug 2021 1:52 AM GMT
END OF Q1
INDIA 2 - BELGIUM 1
THE INDIANS COME BACK AFTER AN EARLY GOAL FROM LUYPAERT. HARMANPREET SCORES OFF A PC AND MANDEEP FROM OPEN PLAY!!!!!
- 3 Aug 2021 1:50 AM GMT
AMIT CUTS OFF THE RED LIONS
13' AMIT ROHIDAS INTERCEPTS AFTER THE WHITE SHIRTS MAKE A FORAY INTO THE STRIKING CIRCLE!!!!
- 3 Aug 2021 1:46 AM GMT
INDIA HAVE A PC!!!!!!!!!!!
11' INDIA HAVE A CHANCE TO SCORE - RUPINDER LINES UP!!!!!!!!!!!
- 3 Aug 2021 1:44 AM GMT
HARMANPREET IN THE 7TH MINUTE
MANDEEP IN THE 8TH MINUTE
INDIA AHEAD IN TOKYO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!