Indian Men's Hockey Team defeats Spain 5-1 to continue 100% record

men's Indian hockey team defeated Spain 5-1 in  third match of Tour of Belgium in Antwerp on Sunday. Harmanpreet Singh scored two goals to help India team past Spain in order to register a third consecutive win and maintain a sweet 100% record in tournament. Harmanpreet Singh scored a brace in game on Sunday to help India win.

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Crushing performance

Spain went ahe early in game when Iglesias Alvaro scored opening goal in third minute, which ded slight pressure on India. However, men in blue revocered almost immediately when Akashdeep Singh scored a field goal to make it 1-1. In second quarter, SV Sunil scored to give India a 2-1 le, and team did t look back since. Ramandeep Singh scored India's third goal and Harampreet Singh completed rout with two goals through two penalty corners. 

Harmanpreet scored two goals in game on Saturday as well. team has scored 13 goals in total in tournament, conceding just two in return. results have been impressive for national team, who have been relatively comfortable against World number eight side Spain and Belgium, who are ranked second. team will play host on two more occasions, on Tuesday and Thursday. 

tour will help team to prepare for 2020 Tokyo Olympics qualifier against Russia in vember. India will be playing Russia in Bhubaneswar on vember 1 and 2. India is expected to see off Russia comfortably in two games, with latter being demolished 10-0 during  FIH Series Final in Bhubaneswar earlier this year. Russia is ranked 22 in world. 

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Women's team result

Women's National team, on or hand, drew with Great Britain 1-1 in second match of Tour of England. Lalremsiami scored equalizing goal in 32nd minute after England h taken vant early in match courtesy a penalty corner. Both teams were resilient throughout game to keep score low and try and attempt to edge past opposition. y will play same opposition again on October 1. 

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