Indian eves defeated defending champions Korea 2-0 to win the bronze medal in the 3rd Girls U-18 Asia Cup hockey tournament at Bangkok.
Indian trounced New Zealand 3-2 in their opening match of the 22nd Lal Bahadur Shastri Under-21 Four-Nation women's hockey tournament, in Delhi, on Tuesday. Earlier, Germany rode on an early strike by Rebecca Grote to score a convincing 3-1 victory over Australia.
India rallied from a goal down to beat Malaysia 2-1 in their final league match and make it to the semi-finals in the sixth Junior Women's Asia Cup Hockey Championship in Bangkok on Tuesday. India finished second in Group A, behind China.
Skipper Ritu Rani led form the front with a hat-trick as India spanked Singapore 9-0 for their second successive Group A win in the sixth Women's Junior Asia Cup Hockey Championship in Bangkok.
India lost 2-5 to China in a Group A league match of the sixth Junior Women's Asia Cup hockey tournament in Bangkok on Monday.
Striker Anupa Barla scored two as India twice came back from a goal down to beat Australia 3-2 and finish third in the 22nd Lal Bahadur Shastri under-21 women's hockey tournament, in New Delhi, on Saturday.
It rained goals as India mauled Sri Lanka 13-0 in a lop-sided match of the 3rd Girls Under-18 Asia Cup hockey at Bangkok on Saturday.
Anupa Barla's late goal salvaged a 1-1 draw for India against hosts Spain in the second game of the five-match women's hockey series, at the Consejo Superior de Deportes Hockey Stadium, in Madrid on Wednesday.
In an encouraging development for the Indian women's hockey team, all the squad members are set to be included in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) when the review committee will identify a core group for the government-funded programme, next month.
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