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Tokyo Olympics: Hockey Day 12 — India BEAT Germany 5-4 TO WIN BRONZE!!!!!!
Welcome to our Live Blog coverage of the Bronze Medal Match of the Field Hockey competition of Tokyo 2020 between India and Germany
Indian men's hockey team (Source: Hockey India)
Can the Indian Men's Hockey Team win an Olympic medal in Tokyo after a gap of 41 years?
Manpreet Singh and co. are up against four-time gold medalists Germany who are aiming for their fifth successive podium finish.
Germany have won bronze in Athens 2004, Gold in Beijing 2008, Gold in London 2012, and Bronze in Rio 2016.
The Indians last won gold in Moscow in 1980, but Graham Reid's team have already achieved what no other side could in the last four decades by reaching the knock-out stage.
Get set for an epic contest as two great hockey-playing nations battle for the coveted Bronze Medal in Tokyo.
The match begins as 0700 IST. Stay with us as we bring you live updates and interesting trivia.
Stay tuned with us.
Live Updates
- 5 Aug 2021 1:38 AM GMT
GERMANY ALMOST HAVE A SECOND!!!!!!!!!!!
7' SREEJESH PALMS ONE AWAY - AS GERMANY MANAGE TO FIND A SHOT FROM THE GOALMOUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 5 Aug 2021 1:37 AM GMT
PC WASTED BY THE INDIANS!!!!
RUPINDER FLICKS WIDE OFF A DEFLECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 5 Aug 2021 1:35 AM GMT
PC FOR INDIA THANKS TO POACHER MANDEEP
4' CAN INDIA SCORE IN TOKYO?????????????
- 5 Aug 2021 1:34 AM GMT
GERMANY 1 - INDIA 0
TUMUR ORUZ UPSETS INDIA'S PLANS AFTER EARLY AGGRESSION FROM THE GERMANS !!!
- 5 Aug 2021 1:33 AM GMT
GERMANY SCORE EARLY!!!!!!!!!!!
2' ORUZ SCORES FOR THE GERMANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE INDIAN DEFENCE CAUGHT NAPPING!
GERMANY 1 - INDIA 0
- 5 Aug 2021 1:31 AM GMT
PUSH BACKTO HISTORY
1' GERMANY HAVE THE BALL IN THE STRIKING CIRCLE - NO DAMAGE DONE THOUGH!!!
- 5 Aug 2021 1:27 AM GMT
GERMANY IN ALL WHITE - INDIA IN BLUE AT THE OI HOCKEY STADIUM
MEN IN BLUE SING THE ANTHEM WITH GUSTO AS THE ACTION BEGINS
- 5 Aug 2021 1:23 AM GMT
ACTION BEGINS IN TEN MINUTES
WE ARE TEN MINUTES AWAY FROM THE START OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST MATCHES IN INDIA'S HOCKEY HISTORY!
- 5 Aug 2021 1:14 AM GMT
GOALKEEPERS FOR THE BIG MATCH
ALEXANDER STADLER WILL BE IN GOAL FOR GERMANY
PR SREEJESH WILL GUARD INDIA'S CITADEL
- 5 Aug 2021 1:12 AM GMT
MOST IMPORTANT DAY FOR INDIAN HOCKEY IN THE LAST FOUR DECADES
THE DREAM MEDAL FOR THE INDIAN MEN'S HOCKEY TEAM IS NOW WITHIN REACH
CAN MANPREET SINGH AND CO. CREATE HISTORY?
