The Indian men's hockey team dished out a dominant performance to launch its title defence with a commanding 3-0 win over hosts China in the Asian Champions Trophy here on Sunday. India were slow off the blocks as China created an early counter attack opportunity but an alert Krishan Pathak saw the ball sail wide harmlessly. A rare counter by …
India head coach Craig Fulton hailed his side’s “structured” and “consistent” game in the 4-0 thrashing of arch-rivals Pakistan in their Asian Champions Trophy hockey match here and he’s looking for his players to continue in the same vein in the semifinal against Japan. Pakistan coach Muhammad Saqlain later complained that India’s first penalty corner from which the hosts took …