Indian men in hockey semifinals

India breezed past South Africa 5-2 and qualified for the semifinals of the men’s hockey competition on Thursday. India will now take on New Zealand in the last four while Australia will meet England.

V.R. Raghunath and Rupinderpal Singh were on target for India in the fourth and eighth minute respectively. Ramandeep Singh made it 3-0 in the 22nd and it became 4-0 thanks to S.V. Sunil’s goal in the 26th. Manpreet Singh rounded off the tally in the 58th minute.

Taine Patton deflected one in the 42nd minute while Austin Smith was on target in the 46th for the loser.

Indian women lose

The Indian women went down 3-2 to South Africa.

The results: Men: India 5 (V.R. Raghunath, Rupinderpal Singh, Ramandeep Singh, S.V. Sunil, Manpreet Singh) bt South Africa 2 (Taine Patton, Austin Smith).

Women: South Africa 3 (Tarry Bright, Dirkie Chamberlain, Illse Davids) bt India 2 (Jaspreet Kaur, Rani Rampal).