In the Asian Champions Trophy Hockey tournament at Kakamigahara, Japan, today, Indian women and men's teams lost their matches.In the women's competition, India suffered their first defeat by losing to hosts 1-2. India had earlier stunned China 4-2 before thrashing Malaysia 5-1. They finished the league proceedings at the second spot behind Japan. Both India and Japan will now face each other in the summit clash on Saturday.In the men's section of the tournament, a young and inexperienced Indian team went down 4-5 against arch-rivals Pakistan.It was their third defeat in the round-robin tournament. India will next play Malaysia in their last league match tomorrow. In their previous matches, India had lost 0-2 to China and 1-2 to hosts Japan. But they won 3-0 against Oman.
News On AIR | November 8, 2013 8:55 AM
Indian women and men's teams suffer defeat in ACT