Semis with England tomorrow

Oct 11, 2010 - Harpreet Kaur Lamba |

New Delhi

Participants ride along Rajpath as they compete in the women’s 112-km cycling race in New Delhi on Sunday. PHOTO: PTI

India dished out dream stuff outclassing arch-rivals Pakistan 7-4 in a nerve-wrecking men’s hockey encounter Sunday evening. Cheered wildly by a 20,000-strong crowd, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and son Rahul among them, the Men in Blue pumped in seven goals that pierced the Pakistani defence — and hearts.
It was déjà vu for Team India, which beat Pakistan 4-1 in the Hockey World Cup opener in March. India enter the semi-finals, and face England Tuesday.
The atmosphere was electric and decibel levels beyond belief as the Men in Blue exuded their class from the start. Sandeep Singh and Shivendra Singh struck a brace each, while Sarvanjit, Danish Mujtaba and Dharamvir scored one apiece.

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Gold for Somdev
Age Correspondent
New Delhi

Oct. 10: Top seed and world number 97 Somdev Devvarman lived up to expectations, winning India’s only tennis gold medal, defeating Australia’s Greg Jones 6-4, 6-2 in the men’s singles final at the R.K. Khanna Stadium here on Sunday in an hour and 27 minutes. “This is the biggest thing in my career. People underestimated the event ... but winning gold is really tough. It’s really hard work,” he said afterwards.

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