Olympics: Indian men's hockey semi-final for the first time in 49 years (Congrats)

[Raj-Hindustani]

Tokyo 2020: India beat Great Britain 3-1, reach men's hockey semi-final for the first time in 49 years
Tokyo Olympics: India came up with a dominant performance to beat Great Britain 3-1 in the men's hockey quarter-final on Sunday. Manpreet's side are the first team since the victorious 1980 side to reach the top 4 at the Games.
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India Today Web Desk New DelhiAugust 1, 2021UPDATED: August 1, 2021 19:17 IST

Manpreet Singh's men ended India's 49-year-long wait for a hockey semi-final berth at the Olympic Games (Reuters Photo)

HIGHLIGHTS

• India defeat Great Britain 3-1 in the men's hockey quarter-final on Sunday
• India will face Belgium in the semi-final on Tuesday
• Goals from Dilpreet, Gurjant and Hardik helped India end their long wai

India ended their 49-year wait at the Olympics on Sunday by reaching the men's hockey semi-final after a comprehensive 3-1 win over Great Britain in their quarterfinal at Tokyo 2020.

Tokyo 2020: India beat Great Britain 3-1, reach men's hockey semi-final for the first time in 49 years

Tokyo Olympics: India came up with a dominant performance to beat Great Britain 3-1 in the men's hockey quarter-final on Sunday. Manpreet's side are the first team since the victorious 1980 side to reach the top 4 at the Games.

www.indiatoday.in

 

[Goenitz]

good... I hope they can win the final..

 

[Raj-Hindustani]

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Happy to see that other sports are doing good in India.

Still a long way to go..

 

[KedarT]

Tokyo 2020: India beat Great Britain 3-1, reach men's hockey semi-final for the first time in 49 years
Tokyo Olympics: India came up with a dominant performance to beat Great Britain 3-1 in the men's hockey quarter-final on Sunday. Manpreet's side are the first team since the victorious 1980 side to reach the top 4 at the Games.
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India Today Web Desk New DelhiAugust 1, 2021UPDATED: August 1, 2021 19:17 IST

Manpreet Singh's men ended India's 49-year-long wait for a hockey semi-final berth at the Olympic Games (Reuters Photo)

HIGHLIGHTS

• India defeat Great Britain 3-1 in the men's hockey quarter-final on Sunday
• India will face Belgium in the semi-final on Tuesday
• Goals from Dilpreet, Gurjant and Hardik helped India end their long wai

India ended their 49-year wait at the Olympics on Sunday by reaching the men's hockey semi-final after a comprehensive 3-1 win over Great Britain in their quarterfinal at Tokyo 2020.

Tokyo 2020: India beat Great Britain 3-1, reach men's hockey semi-final for the first time in 49 years

Tokyo Olympics: India came up with a dominant performance to beat Great Britain 3-1 in the men's hockey quarter-final on Sunday. Manpreet's side are the first team since the victorious 1980 side to reach the top 4 at the Games.

www.indiatoday.in

If you follow a little hockey for the past 2-3 years, you'll notice that India has consistently done well recently. India is currently ranked 4th and also came 4th in the incomplete 2020-21 FIH Pro League.

2020–21 Men's FIH Pro League - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

So India was expected to reach the semis but it's still a big moment for us to see our team reach this stage after such a long time.

If we get a medal(with a golden color), you might even see a revival of sorts for Indian hockey.

 

[Raj-Hindustani]

If you follow a little hockey for the past 2-3 years, you'll notice that India has consistently done well recently. India is currently ranked 4th and also came 4th in the incomplete FIH Pro League recently.

2020–21 Men's FIH Pro League - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

So India was expected to reach the semis but it's still a big moment for us to see our team reach this stage after such a long time.

If we get a medal(with a golden color), you might even see a revival of sorts for Indian hockey.

Yes, agreed!

Cricket is Still the Centre of the Sport but other supports are surviving.

Thanks to few people who are doing great work and individual those are doing good performance in the sports i .e Tennis, Badminton etc... and financially Sponsorship by few organizations.

Indian Super league
hockey league india
Pro Kabaddi League
The Champions Tennis League .. etc

 

[Arulmozhi Varman]

Kannada should be in Olympics. I mean sports like Baseball which is played in even less nation's than cricket is in damn Olympics. But if we can beat Belgium who are current world. champs and not in too good form at the moment, it would be great. I honestly don't think India can win gold. Aussies are favs at the moment. We are definitely good enough for silver this edition. Great for subcontinent hockey. I hope it can revitalise Pakistan too.

 

[KedarT]

Kannada should be in Olympics.

What do you mean by this?

I mean sports like Baseball which is played in even less nation's than cricket is in damn Olympics.

Kabaddi too should be in Olympics along with cricket. The Olympic Committee should consider more of Asian origin games as well.
A website that lists Asian origin sports that could be included in the Olympics. This website also contains Malkhamb which too can be a possible inclusion. @Raj-Hindustani @Arulmozhi Varman

10 Asian Sports That Would Spice Up the Olympics

Gymnastics, archery, swimming and volleyball are all well and fine. But these Asian sports would definitely give the world something to talk about.

asiasociety.org

 

[Cash GK]

Tokyo 2020: India beat Great Britain 3-1, reach men's hockey semi-final for the first time in 49 years
Tokyo Olympics: India came up with a dominant performance to beat Great Britain 3-1 in the men's hockey quarter-final on Sunday. Manpreet's side are the first team since the victorious 1980 side to reach the top 4 at the Games.
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India Today Web Desk New DelhiAugust 1, 2021UPDATED: August 1, 2021 19:17 IST

Manpreet Singh's men ended India's 49-year-long wait for a hockey semi-final berth at the Olympic Games (Reuters Photo)

HIGHLIGHTS

• India defeat Great Britain 3-1 in the men's hockey quarter-final on Sunday
• India will face Belgium in the semi-final on Tuesday
• Goals from Dilpreet, Gurjant and Hardik helped India end their long wai

India ended their 49-year wait at the Olympics on Sunday by reaching the men's hockey semi-final after a comprehensive 3-1 win over Great Britain in their quarterfinal at Tokyo 2020.

Tokyo 2020: India beat Great Britain 3-1, reach men's hockey semi-final for the first time in 49 years

Tokyo Olympics: India came up with a dominant performance to beat Great Britain 3-1 in the men's hockey quarter-final on Sunday. Manpreet's side are the first team since the victorious 1980 side to reach the top 4 at the Games.

www.indiatoday.in

Congratulation neighbours I hope you guys will win

 

[Adecypher]

Congrats to Indian hockey team… once upon a time we use to have a team led by Shehbaz Ahmed (Legend) which was a force to reckon with in International hockey …..

BTW in the video above at 1:53 min Shahbaz was pushed … … if India can beat these farangis …

 

[yuba]

Congrats to the team hope we go all the way . Would love to see kabbadi in the olympics

 

[Black Tornado]

Congrats to the team hope we go all the way . Would love to see kabbadi in the olympics

Gold, Silver and Bronze all from South Asia then, haha.

 

[Arulmozhi Varman]

What do you mean by this?

Kabaddi too should be in Olympics along with cricket. The Olympic Committee should consider more of Asian origin games as well.
A website that lists Asian origin sports that could be included in the Olympics. This website also contains Malkhamb which too can be a possible inclusion. @Raj-Hindustani @Arulmozhi Varman

10 Asian Sports That Would Spice Up the Olympics

Gymnastics, archery, swimming and volleyball are all well and fine. But these Asian sports would definitely give the world something to talk about.

asiasociety.org

Meant kabbadi offcourse

 

[Zapper]

cricket

Cricket is a sh*thole of a game. We already allocate way too many resources and money to cricket which most commonwealth countries already stopped playing except for South Asia

Just divert the damn resources to other sports and track & field events

Congrats to Indian hockey team… once upon a time we use to have a team led by Shehbaz Ahmed (Legend) which was a force to reckon with in International hockey …..

BTW in the video above at 1:53 min Shahbaz was pushed … … if India can beat these farangis …

I was looking at some old Indo-Pak hockey matches and it was really heart wrenching to see pakistanis play shoeless in the 1980 Moscow Olympics

Both India & Pak were formidable teams in the world of hockey with legends on both sides. Sadly, we focused more on cricket with our sports associations putting hockey on the backburner which lead to western countries taking over top spots. Though Indian hockey has picked up and we're currently ranked 3rd, I wish we could bring back old glory and ignite our rivalry

 

[Adecypher]

western countries taking over top spots.

In addition to our corruption and nepotism in sports organizations the western countries took the top spot by bending and or changing rules to suite their style and likings …

 

[fallstuff]

I'm happy for India. They need to win gold at the very least in one game.