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Page10 Sports.Qxd (Page 1) WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2019 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Mandeep hat-trick helps India enter Real Kashmir look to continue dream run; final in Olympic Test Event hockey Mohun Bagan, East Bengal start favourites KOLKATA, Aug 20: pions Chennai City FC, who had But their real big test will be TOKYO, Aug 20: Japan tried to make inroads in Japan attacked the Indian come with a reserve side. when they take on the 16-time the last few minutes of the first defence in the the fourth quarter Mohun Bagan and East "Real Kashmir is all about champions Mohun Bagan, a Striker Mandeep Singh struck quarter as they won a penalty cor- and scored their third goal Bengal will enter as favourites being against the odds and com- Spanish-flavoured side coached a fine hat-trick to help the Indian ner. Gurinder Singh positioned through Kazuma Murata in the but the limelight will be on Real ing up trumps. We play with by Kibu Vicuna. men's hockey team beat hosts himself brilliantly and defended 52nd minute. Kashmir in the semifinals of the heart and soul," coach The Mariners have recruited Japan 6-3 and book a summit the shot on the goal line. India led India were awarded a penalty 129th Durand Cup here tomor- Robertson said. four Spaniards with Salva clash berth in the Olympic Test 3-0 at the end of the first quarter. corner with five minutes left on row. "A lot of players had come Chamorro spearheading the India's Ankita Raina in action at US Open Qualifiers in New Event here. India continued their attack- the clock, but the shot went wide East Bengal will take on from long journeys from Africa, attack, while Francisco Gonzalez York. The Indian team bounced ing game in the second quarter off the post. India also saved a Gokulam Kerala followed by Europe and wherever... and Joseba Beitia will be in back from their 1-2 loss against with Jarmanpreet Singh taking a penalty corner in the dying min- Real Kashmir's clash with Regardless of whom you play charge of the midfield, with New Zealand with an impressive shot on goal, but putting it wide utes of the match. Ankita progresses to 2nd round at US Mohun Bagan in the double- against, to do that and on the Morante holding the backline. display in their third match at the of the post. Captain Harmanpreet The win put India in the sec- header at the Salt Lake Stadium. first day or the second day of While Mohun Bagan effort- Oi Hockey Stadium here. India Singh had a shot on target, but the ond spot in the points table and Open qualifying, Ramkumar ousted The summit clash is slated seeing each other is an incredi- lessly entered the semifinals again face New Zealand in the Japanese goalkeeper Takashi they face toppers New Zealand in NEW YORK, Aug 20: "I changed my racquet think- for Saturday. ble achievement." with three wins in a row, they summit clash on Wednesday. Yoshikawa pulled off a brilliant the summit clash on Wednesday. ing new balls and it didn't work Seven months after they had Their situation was aptly have been winless from two Mandeep found the target in save. (PTI) India's Ankita Raina in my favour actually so I beaten them 2-1 in an impres- summed up by Chennai City FC matches in the Calcutta Football the 9th, 29th and 30th minutes Japan managed to open their knocked out ninth seed Belgian switched back to the previous sive debut season in the I- coach Akbar Nawas who drew a League Premier Division A, Indian women Ysaline Bonaventure to progress one but she got her rhythm," she League, Real Kashmir will be parallel with war-ravaged Iraq's where they are the defending to the second round of the US added. meeting the Mariners at the Asian Cup triumph in 2007. champions. enter final of Olympic Open Qualifiers but Ramkumar Ankita said she was aware of same venue. "If you remember Iraq won "I've not seen Mohun Bagan Ramanathan bit the dust in the the strength of her rival but was The Snow Leopards, who the Asian Cup by having similar play this time but got an idea. It test event men's singles here. prepared for a battle. finished third in their debut I- circumstances. So that means will be different from last sea- League season, did not have a when you have such circum- son," the Scot coach said. TOKYO, Aug 20: The 194th ranked Ankita was "It was different (from 2014) up against a higher-ranked play- as it was on clay back then. I pre-season back home due to the stances, it might motivate you," In the first semifinal of the restrictions in the valley follow- Nawas had said after their 0-1 day, East Bengal will be hot Following an impressive per- er but prevailed 6-1 1-6 6-2 for knew she can play incredible her second win against the tennis but was ready for it and ing the revocation of the state's loss. favourites against Gokulam formance against Australia, the special status. Real Kashmir edged out Kerala, even as the Malabarians Indian women's hockey team on Belgian on the Pro Tour. was confident through out even She had beaten the 111th after losing the second set. The Real Kashmir players Indian Super League franchise have been in rampaging form secured its place in the final of the were cut off from their family FC Goa on goal difference after having scored the maximum Olympic test event by playing out ranked Bonaventure in her own "I felt she was also getting country in 2014 on clay. affected by the heat so in the due to the communication clam- both finished with seven points. goals -- 11 from three matches. a 0-0 draw against China here. pdown in the valley. While their star striker Of them, eight have been The Indian team looked in Ankita converted five of the third set I made sure to keep her six breakpoints and saved five of longer in the points." Still, the David Richardson- Danish Farooq has been reliable scored by Marcus Joseph, India's Mandeep Singh celebrating hat-trick against Japan in good rhythm during the initial coached 29-member contingent, up front, it's their defence that including two hat-tricks. the Olympic Test Event at Tokyo. stages of the first quarter, and the eight chances on her own her Ankita has not gone beyond serve. the second round at the Grand with five players from Kashmir has stood out. "The morale of the group is constantly built pressure on the and one from Jammu, kept its Their 21-year-old goalkeeper very high. We are ready for the while Nilakanta Sharma (3rd), account through a field goal Chinese defense. "I started solid. There were a Slam qualifiers and she has a Nilam Sanjeep Xess (7th) and through Kentaro Fukuda in the very few unforced errors in the good chance to better that stat as date with the Durand Cup. from Sikkim, Phurba Lachenpa, challenge. I'm proud of my The World No. 10 side looked They had one practice ses- has stood tall under the bar and effort but not just me, everyone Gurjant Singh (41st) were the 25th minute, but Mandeep scored comfortable in possession, and first set. I stayed longer in the she is up against Czech other scorers for India. two field goals in quick succes- points and kept her moving. She Republic's Denia Allertova, who sion before their season-opener is yet to concede a goal in three has contributed to our success," rotated the ball well to threaten against reigning I-League cham- matches. Joseph said. (PTI) Kentaro Fukuda (25th), Kenta sion to help India take a big 5-1 the opponents in the opening 10 had aggressive forehand and is placed 85 places below her at Tanaka (36th) and Kazuma lead. The Indian vice-captain minutes, which also reflected when she was in position she 279. Murata (52nd) scored the goals scored just before the half-time when it won its first penalty cor- would absolutely kill so I had to In the men's singles, for Japan. whistle in the 29th and 30th min- ner in the 8th minute. make sure to keep her on the Ramkumar Ramanathan bowed Nilakanta gave India an excel- utes. India's penalty corner expert run," Ankita said, explaining out with a 5-7 6-7(9) defeat lent start through a field goal in Japan started the third quarter Gurjit Kaur stepped up to take the how she brought about the fall against Italy's Filippo Baldi. the third minute. Buoyed by the on an aggressive note. They took set-piece, but could not find the of the Belgian. (PTI) early lead, the Indian team put a shot on goal, which was back of the net as the Chinese tremendous pressure on the Japan blocked out brilliantly by goal- Goalkeeper Dongxiao Li deflect- Laksh, Sudipty, Sneha win gold in defence as Gurjant Singh took a keeper Krishan Pathak. However, ed the ball away from danger. shot on goal, but saw his effort the Japanese team kept putting India started the second quar- Gymnastics; KCIS lifts Korfball titles going wide of the post. pressure on the Indian defence ter also with great attacking flair, Excelsior Sports Correspondent In Korfball Under-17 years However, a penalty corner and found a field goal through and won themselves their second final at Green Field Gandhi was awarded to India in the sev- Kenta Tanaka in the 36th minute.
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