Indian men's hockey team loses bronze medal playoff

IANS  |  Gold Coast 

India's men's hockey team lost 1-2 to England in the bronze medal playoff at the 21st here on Saturday.

Sam Ward's penalty corner conversion led to England's first goal in the sixth minute. But restored parity 20 minutes later with a successful penalty corner conversion from Varun Kumar.

Ward gave England again the lead in the 43rd minute, employing a reverse-hand drive past P.R. Sreejesh after his initial drag-flick was blocked by

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First Published: Sat, April 14 2018. 16:12 IST