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After the Indian men's team cruised to an easy victory over New Zealand by 5-0, it was the turn for the Indian women's team as won a closely fought match against Japan by 2-1 in the summit clash at Olympic Test event at Tokoyo on Wednesday.  In the 1 st quarter, the Indian team dominated the first 10 minutes. Navneet Kaur gave India the lead with a fine finish in front of the goal. Japan levelled the score in the next minute with a brilliant field goal by Shimizu. At the end of the 1 st quarter, the scores were level at 1-1. The second quarter the Indian team having few chances in the first few minutes with the likes of Vandana Kataria and Navjot but could not produce goals. Japan also tried to score a goal as Shimizu created a chance as Indian team defence remained solid. The scores at half time were 1-1. It was an attacking start for the Indian team in the 3 rd quarter, earning a penalty corner in the 33 rd minute but was well saved by Japanese goalkeeper. T...

The Indian men’s and women’s team defeated their opponents to win the Olympic Test event played at Tokyo on Wednesday. It was a dominating performance from the Indian men’s hockey who took revenge from the league stage crushing New Zealand 5-0. Both teams were cautious at the start of the match India earned a penalty corner in the 7 th minute. Harmanpreet Singh could not convert the shot into a goal but did not miss on a re-awarded penalty corner with a powerful drag-flick shot to give India 1-0 lead. The Indian continued to attack the New Zealand defense. India ended the first quarter with a 1-0 lead. In the 2 nd quarter, Shamsher scored a goal from the penalty corner in the 18 th minute to give India a 2-0 lead. India made it 3-0 for India with a brilliant field goal from Nilkanata.  Gurshabjit scored the 4 th  the goal for the Indian team with a brilliant assist from Vivek Sagar. Mandeep Singh converted penalty corner into a goal to give India a commanding 5-0 l...