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| May 04, 2008 | Sunday | Rabi-us-Sani 27, 1429 |
China face Australia in hockey final
DARWIN (Australia), May 3: China will play Olympic champions Australia in the final of the four-nation field hockey tournament after a 3-1 upset victory over South Korea on Saturday.
The 17th-ranked Chinese denied the Asian Games champions passage into Sunday’s final to give their Beijing Olympic hopes a tonic with a championship decider against the Australians.
Australia, who beat Korea in last weekend’s final of the first of two four-nation tournament in Perth, remained unbeaten with a 1-0 win over India.
Yubo Na was China’s hero scoring all three goals, two in the first half and the other in the last minute. Australia’s hard-fought winner came from a penalty corner from Jamie Dwyer in the 49th minute.—AFP
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