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Tokyo Olympics: Hockey Day 8 — India BEAT South Africa 4-3 — Updates, score, results, blog
Welcome to our LIVE blog coverage of the Women's Group A match between India and South Africa
The Indians aim for a win against South Africa (Source: Hockey India)
The Indian women's hockey team have a quarterfinal spot in sight but will need to get the better of South Africa and hope that Great Britain does them a favour by beating Ireland later in the day.
For a start though, they will need to play a fiery brand of attacking hockey as they did against the Irish and hope to not just win their final group match against South Africa, but do so with a big margin so as to improve their goal difference should the criteria come into play as a factor to decide the final group standings which will, in turn, determine which team goes through to the knock-outs.
Rani and co were unrelenting against the Irish Green Army and will need to put the South Africans under pressure from the outset in order to give themselves a chance to progress to the quarterfinals.
The action begins at 0845 IST.
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Live Updates
- 31 July 2021 10:09 AM IST
EXTENDED BREAK AND Q4 BEGINS
FIFTEEN MINUTES TO GO - CAN INDIA SCORE??????????
- 31 July 2021 10:06 AM IST
END OF Q3: INDIA 3 - SOUTH AFRICA 3
MARIJNE HAS THE GIRLS IN A HUDDLE - INDIA NEED THREE POINTS BUT THE SOUTH AFRICANS ARE DOGGED IN DEFENCE AND SEEM TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK AT WILL EACH TIME INDIA TAKE THE LEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 31 July 2021 10:04 AM IST
GREAT INTERCEPTION BY INDIA - MBANDE DENIES RANI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
44' GREAT CHANCE FOR INDIA - MBANDE SAVES AS RANI RUNS IN - SAVITA INTO THE ACTION AT THE OTHER END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 31 July 2021 10:02 AM IST
KRISTEN PATON GIVES INDIA A SCARE
43' QUANITA BOBBS GET A GREEN AND PATON GIVES INDIA A SCARE WITH A GREAT RUN
- 31 July 2021 10:01 AM IST
MONIKA GETS A GREEN - SHARMILA TRIES HER TRADEMARK RUN
41' SHARMILA WITH ANOTHER FANTASTIC RUN - CANNOT GET A CROSS IN!!!
- 31 July 2021 9:59 AM IST
INDIA CONCEDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
38' MARIZEN MARAIS SCORES FOR SOUTH AFRICA - SA COME FROM BEHIND AGAIN!!!
INDIA 3 - SOUTH AFRICA 3
- 31 July 2021 9:57 AM IST
RELIEF FOR INDIA
38' SA PUSH AHEAD BUT THE INDIANS CLEAR WITH A LONG OVERHEAD
- 31 July 2021 9:55 AM IST
SIAMI GETS A YELLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
37' SIAMI GETS A YELLOW CARD AND SA COUNTER!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 31 July 2021 9:54 AM IST
HIGH PRESS FROM INDIA
35' INDIA SEARCH UPFIELD - KEEP PUSHING DOWN THE LEFT - CANNOT FIND A WAY THROUGH THE SA DEFENCE
- 31 July 2021 9:53 AM IST
32' India start the third quarter by converting a Penalty Corner into a GOALLL! 😍
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) July 31, 2021
Neha scores her first of the game and we are leading again.
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