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Round of 16 matches line-up

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 The FIFA World Cup 2022 has seen many upsets as teams like Germany, and Belgium did not progress into the next round. Here we look at the results of league stages and line-up of Round 16 matches of FIFA World Cup 2022. Group A Netherlands finished top of Group A with 7 points. They defeated Senegal in their first match by 2-0 on 21 st November before being held for a 1-1 draw by Ecuador. Their last encounter saw them defeat hosts Qatar. Senegal started their tournament 0-2 loss on 21 st November. They produced great performance getting rid of hosts Qatar by 3-1. Senegal won their last match against Ecuador by 2-1 to finish 2 nd in Group A. Group B England finished top of Group B with an impressive performance. They began their campaign with dominating 6-2 win over Iran. England could not go past the United States of America with a 0-0 draw. It was another commanding performance as they defeated Wales by 3-0. United States progressed into the Round of 16 finishing ...

FIH Pro Hockey League Match 3: Indian team stunned by France

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 After two successive wins, the Indian men’s hockey team lost their first match to 13rd ranked France side in the Pro Hockey League tournament played at Northwest University, Potchefstroom on Saturday. It was a cautious start by both teams with attacking play missing quite a few chances. Varun Kumar missed a deflection shot that went wide off the goal. At the end of the first quarter, the scores remained 0-0. India started the 2 nd quarter on a good note with a penalty corner, but the trap was missed by the dragflicker. France showed great skills with counterattack as umpire gave penalty corner, but French decided to review the decision and was overturned to a penalty stroke. Victor Charlet converted into the goal in the 16 th minute to give France a 1-0 lead. Soon after the goal by France, India put pressure on the French defense and was awarded a penalty corner. The shot was well saved by the French goalkeeper. India made a good comeback into the match as the shot hit the...

FIH Pro Hockey League Match 1: India starts the tournament with a resounding win

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 The Indian men’s hockey team started their FIH Pro Hockey League on a resounding note defeating France played at Northwest University, Potchefstroom on Tuesday. France started the first quarter on an aggressive note with more attacks on goals, more possession, and put Indian defense under pressure. After the first 10 minutes, India earned two back-to-back penalty corners, but France's defense was solid enough. Despite rebound chance, France failed to convert chance into a goal. At the end of the first quarter, scores remained 0-0. The second quarter began well for the Indian team as Harmanpreet Singh converted a penalty corner into a goal in the 21 st minute to give bronze medallists 1-0 lead. It was an attacking style by the Indian forward to put enough pressure on France's defense. Varun Kumar converted India’s second penalty corner in the 24 th minute doubling the lead. France was awarded a first penalty corner, but India converted defense into attack and Shamser made...

Euro 2020 Quarterfinals line-up decided

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  The Euro 2020 Round of 16 matches saw some brilliant action with top teams like Portugal, Germany, Netherlands, France, and Sweden being knocked out. Teams like Ukraine, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Denmark showed great fighting spirit to reach the quarterfinals stage. After losing the first two matches against Finland and Belgium, Denmark proved their worth defeating Russia by 4-1 to book a place in the round of 16 against Wales. It was a dominating performance by Danish side who outplayed Wales played on 26 th June at Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam. Denmark dominated the possession before Dolberg scored a brilliant goal in the 27 th minute to give them a 1-0 lead. Both teams played attacking football but could not convert anything. Denmark went into the half-time break at 1-0. Dolberg made a great move to score his 2 nd goal in the 48 th minute giving Denmark a 2-0 lead. Denmark continued their domination over Wales as Mahele made it 3-0 in the 88 th minute and Braithwa...