: Tokyo 2020, men’s hockey: India face Olympic champions Argentina with an eye on quarter-final berth #IndiaNEWS A resurgent Indian men’s hockey team would look to seal a quarter-final berth but

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Tokyo 2020, men’s hockey: India face Olympic champions Argentina with an eye on quarter-final berth #IndiaNEWS
A resurgent Indian men’s hockey team would look to seal a quarter-final berth but defending champions Argentina won’t be an easy challenge to overcome when the two sides clash in their penultimate pool match of the Olympics in Tokyo on Thursday.With two wins out of three games, world no. 4 India are sitting pretty at the second spot in Pool A, which is being headed by the unbeaten Australians which boast of a perfect record till now from three games.Argentina, currently ranked seventh in the world, are placed at the fourth spot with one win, a draw and a loss respectively.After a hard-fought 3-2 win over New Zealand, the Indians, who are in pursuit of their first Olympic medal in more than four decades, were drubbed 1-7 by Australia before the eight-time champions bounced back to outplay Spain 3-0.India’s last of the eight Olympic golds came way back in 1980 Moscow Games.The Los Leones, on the other hand, drew their first game 1-1 with Spain, won 2-1 against hosts Japan and lost 2-5 to Australia.The 3-0 win over Spain has definitely raised the confidence level of the Manpreet Singh-led side, especially after the morale-shattering loss to Australia but according to India’s chief coach Graham Reid, a...Read more

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