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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 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 4:22 AM GMT
INDIA KEEP THEIR FOOT ON THE PEDAL
34' INDIA GIVE THE BALL AWAY AFTER KEEPING THE PRESSURE UP - SA BUILD PATIENTLY
- 31 July 2021 4:20 AM GMT
INDIRECT - NEHA - GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!
33' INDIA TRY A VARIATION - NEHA SCORES!!!!!!!!!!!!
INDIA 3 - SOUTH AFRICA 2
- 31 July 2021 4:17 AM GMT
FANTASTIC RUN FROM NEHA - EARNS INDIA A PC
32' NEHA SPRINTS IN AND EARNS A PC - SA GO UPSTAIRS
- 31 July 2021 4:16 AM GMT
Q3 BEGINS - SA ON THE ATTACK EARLY
31' QUANITA BOBBS TAKES A TUMBLE IN THE CIRCLE
- 31 July 2021 4:11 AM GMT
Nothing to separate both the teams at the end of the first half.
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) July 31, 2021
All to play for in the final 30 minutes. 👊#INDvRSA #IndiaKaGame #Tokyo2020 #TokyoTogether #StrongerTogether #HockeyInvites #WeAreTeamIndia #Hockey pic.twitter.com/SW7bin3brz - 31 July 2021 4:10 AM GMT
LOTS TO DO FOR MARIJNE'S CHARGERS IN Q3
THE INDIANS FINALLY FOUND A PC GOAL THROUGH AN INDIRECT AS VANDANA DEFLECTED ONE IN FROM NEAR THE POST
MBANDE PULLED OFF SOME GREAT SAVES INCLUDING A SHOT FROM NEHA GOYAL FROM CLOSE RANGE
SA PULL ONE BACK BEFORE THE LONG BREATHER AND THE INDIAS HAVE IT ALL TO DO IN THE SECOND HALF
- 31 July 2021 4:07 AM GMT
THE NUMBERS TALE AT HALF-TIME
INDIA HAD SIX PCs -CONVERTED ONE WITH NINE SHOTS ON GOAL IN TOTAL
THE INDIANS SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE LEAD BUT SOME DOGGED GOALMOUTH DEFENDING FROM THE SOUTH AFRICANS FRUSTRATE RANI AND CO IN TOKYO
- 31 July 2021 4:05 AM GMT
HUNTER LEVELS IT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
29' ERIN HUNTER TAPS ONE IN MUCH TO THE DISMAY OF THE INDIANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
INDIA 2 - SOUTH AFRICA 2