Roshan Minz scored a brace as Orissa Steelers beat Sher-e-Jalandhar 2-1 in the second of the best-of-three finals in the Premier Hockey League.
Favourites Indian Oil retained the Beighton Cup hockey title, outplaying Punjab National Bank (PNB) 5-2 in the title clash in Kolkata on Sunday.
Pune Strykers and Sher-E-Punjab will meet in the final of the Bridgestone WSH, at the Mumbai Hockey Association's Mahindra stadium on Monday. The Pune side made the grade after beating Chandigarh Comets 7-6 in the penalty shoot-out after regulation time in the second semi-final in Mumbai ended 4-4.
Defending champions Indian Oil brightened their semi-final hopes with a 5-3 win over Hockey Bhopal in the quarter-final league of the 117th All-India Beighton Cup Hockey Tournament at the SAI artificial turf in Kolkata on Tuesday.
Skipper Ajitesh Roy led from the front with five goals as the Indian hockey team mauled an inexperienced Nepal 21-0 to make a resounding start at the 11th South Asian Games in Dhaka.
India beat Czech Republic 12-0 in their second outing of the under-21 invitation hockey tournament.
India and Pakistan scored resounding victories over Singapore and Bangladesh to finish first and second respectively in their groups.
All the members of the team that won the bronze medal at the Azlan Shah tournament found a place among the probables.
India blew away a 4-0 lead but beat England in he play off match.
India scored a 10-2 victory over Russia in the Under-21 hockey tournament in Poland
Penalty-corner ace Raghunath scored twice in India's opening match of the under-21 hockey tournament at Gniezno, Poland.
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