Hockey Olympic qualifiers: Indian men's team to lock horns with Russia; Women to take on USA

The Indian men's Hockey team will take on lower-ranked Russia, while their female counterparts will play against the USA in the two-legged Olympic qualifiers at Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, tomorrow.

Both the Indian teams will play back-to-back matches against Russia and USA on Friday and Saturday and the aggregate winners at the end of the two-match qualifier (each for men and women) will seal their places in the 2020 Tokyo Games.

While the Manpreet Singh-led men's team which is ranked 5th, is up against world number 22 Russia, the 9th ranked Indian women will face America, ranked 13th, in the final round of the FIH Olympic Qualifiers.

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