India defeats Pakistan to clinch Asian Games hockey title
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INCHEON: India defeated defending champions Pakistan in a thrilling penalty shootout on Thursday to clinch the Asian Games Men’s Hockey final after a gap of 14 years.
India scored four goals in the shootout, with Pakistan only managing two.
India had earned a spot in the finals of the Asian Games after 12 years. The two teams have clashed in the finals of the Asian Games on eight previous occasions of which Pakistan has won 7.
Pakistan opened the scoring as early as the third minute with Mohammad Rizwan Sr’s field goal and dominated possession thereon in.
India hit back with a goal in the 27th minute through Kothajit Singh taking the game into and goal-less extra-time, leading to a penalty shootout.
India and Pakistan last met in an Asiad final at New Delhi in 1982 where the Indians suffered a stunning 1-7 rout in front of their own fans that included then prime minister Indira Gandhi.
In Beijing in 1990 when Pakistan claimed the gold and India the silver, there was no final since the winner was decided after a round-robin league.
Pakistan had defeated Malaysia 6-5 in a semi-final that entered the penalty shoot-out stage on Tuesday to face arch-rival India in the final. India beat South Korea in the other semi-final to reach the final.
Pakistan had defeated India 2-1 earlier on in the group stages, which lifted the Greenshirts to the top of the pool, sealing a place for the defending champions in the semi-finals.
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Oct 02, 2014 04:46pm
Congrats India................ Well Done!!!
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Oct 02, 2014 04:46pm
Congratulations to India. Good Game by Pakistan too.
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Oct 02, 2014 04:47pm
Congrats Sardar Singh and his team..well done.
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Oct 02, 2014 04:47pm
Thrilling match with a great victory for India..... Feeling very happy and proud to be an Indian.
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Oct 02, 2014 04:47pm
Woohooo .. Great job India .. Proud of you guys !!!!!
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Oct 02, 2014 04:48pm
Men in blue sail to Olympics with this Gold :) congrats
And congrats to Pakistan for Silver in Asiad
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Oct 02, 2014 04:48pm
Well played India...
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Oct 02, 2014 04:50pm
Well done Team India. Good game. Lets be competitive in all sports !!!
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Oct 02, 2014 04:50pm
Proud of my Indian team....Asian Champion. This article contains only Pakistan's previous victory....seems it was already prepared assuming Pakistan win ....lol.....consolation :)
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Oct 02, 2014 04:53pm
BCCI fixed the match
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Oct 02, 2014 04:54pm
Finally.....................
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Oct 02, 2014 04:55pm
now for India only happy days ahead, congrats pakistan for silver well played
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Oct 02, 2014 04:57pm
Awesome! Congratulations to Team India...very proud! If I were Zak I would say, India defeated Pakistan....hence it is more than winning the Olympic gold, but am not. India raise your bar high....beat Aussie and EU teams. Good luck!!
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Oct 02, 2014 04:58pm
I heard religious sloganeering in the match from Pakistani fans - pakistan ka matlab kya etc. Indias rhyming response is 'bhai Teri marzi, main toh Olympics chala'
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Oct 02, 2014 04:58pm
Great.and another gold after 2 mins by woman relay team
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Oct 02, 2014 04:58pm
Lets treat sports as a sports and cheers for both teams. Pakistan being a team with very limited resources and preparation did show great courage and played very good game. On the other hand Indian goal-keeper did a fabulous job to stop the storm. Congrats India and congrats Pakistan too.
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Oct 02, 2014 04:59pm
Well done India......more medals to come in Kabaddi...how many medals pakistan warriors have won? Felling ashamed
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Oct 02, 2014 04:59pm
Congratulations, India and well played, Pakistan.
The article has more lines for the past than for the current game. Surprising that it has no details on who scored the goals during penalty shootout.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:01pm
Probably fixed due to the lucrative India Hockey league. Pakistani hockey team is way better than India's and it should have never reached the cliffhanger finish.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:01pm
It was a great feat by Punjab Hockey Club to play a final against Indian national team. Lets hope Pakistan sends its national team in future tournaments.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:01pm
well played India! ! well played pakistan! !!
great game! one wins.other does not win..no one loses..
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Oct 02, 2014 05:02pm
Hey! It was anybody's game.
Winning in penalty shootouts is more of a chance thing than skill. That doesnt however discount Shreejesh skills. He is a brilliant Goalie.
We won..But you didnt lose either.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:02pm
When India defeated Korea in the semi final, it was an alarm bell for Pakistan. Its time both teams bring back the glory to Asia.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:03pm
@Samira Jameel Thanks. Good to see good spirits on this forum rather than ranting against each other as is a common on many other fora. BTW good innings by Shoaib Malik against KKR. Hope to see more Pakistani players in IPL and CL.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:03pm
I knew it when Pakistan managed 2-1 victory in pool match a few days back that India would beat them if they cross India's path to gold as India missed many easy chances and that cannot happen always. Congratulations India and take ut easy Pakistan.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:04pm
@NORI takes time to do aproper writeup
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Oct 02, 2014 05:04pm
congrats india, and well played green-shirts, despite all the difficulties and corruption facing the institution of hockey in Pakistan, BRAVO!
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Oct 02, 2014 05:05pm
@NORI
well said
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Oct 02, 2014 05:05pm
Great game...but I have a complain....for so much of hype ,the stadium was empty.......Fans can't travel ????????
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Oct 02, 2014 05:06pm
Congratulations... Well done...
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Oct 02, 2014 05:09pm
Well done India. Better team won.
Next time, I don't know when the chance come. I am watching t matches since 1960.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:09pm
Well done India. Better team won.
Next time, I don't know when the chance come. I am watching t matches since 1960.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:09pm
@Md Imran Haha Sad loser Md. Imran. You didnt say that when you won in round robin league
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Oct 02, 2014 05:09pm
Loved the match. Could have been anybodys game. thoroughly entertaining and congrats to India on winning. Well played Pak as well
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Oct 02, 2014 05:10pm
won over Pakistan in Asian hockey final after 46 years.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:11pm
Well done India. Well played Pakistan. It was a tensed penalty shoot out. Great game. For a change there is no automatic qualifying for Pakistan. India has won it after 16 years so that's a relief. Hope we can meet again in Olympics finals
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Oct 02, 2014 05:12pm
CONGRATULATIONS..Mera Bharat Mahaan...
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Oct 02, 2014 05:12pm
@M. Siddique this is Asian games.not Olympics! !!
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Oct 02, 2014 05:14pm
@Md Imran .. Who Fixed??? You know Who Fixes it... I don't care if your player Fixed it.. India Won... Accept the truth...
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Oct 02, 2014 05:14pm
@Md Imran : pls don't be sore looser. Try to accept defeat gracefully. Don't insult your own team by calling it fixed.
Congrats for silver medal. Better luck neXt time....!!!
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Oct 02, 2014 05:15pm
@edwardian with no money...u r still fortunate to send ur team ...... cant stop laughing at such excuses...show the spirit...
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Oct 02, 2014 05:16pm
Yes, we done it.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:16pm
@NORI It's the FIRST version of the report...clearly u have no idea of the concept of speed in journalism. Dawn DESK gets the flash news, maybe one or two sentences, and sends out a report based on that whatever it had from before.
The updated report will be filed later....
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Oct 02, 2014 05:16pm
Yes we done it.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:17pm
Yeah, it's a weird article considering 80% of it contains info about past events??
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Oct 02, 2014 05:17pm
@jssidhoo
You stole my line. I was planning to write that.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:18pm
We all knows where India is standing now and the pace at which they are moving is far better than Pakistan in every field.
LOLZZ...
http://www.dawn.com/news/1135533/asiad-final-pakistan-india-set-for-firecracker
Pakistan are the most successful team in the continental games with eight golds, highlighted by four successive wins over India in a final from 1970 to 1982.
Just remember your old days :) to be happy....and "please can't compare yourself with India"
First be an open minded country..and we will always with you to eradicate terrorism.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:20pm
A very well fought filed hockey battle between the traditional rivals. In the end, luck played a major role in deciding the final winner.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:20pm
*****Congratulations INDIA*************
Pakistan team you guys play good but not good enough, well try next time, wish you all good luck.
India enjoy the victory and its party time for you all Indians hockey fans, well wishes from Pakistani Friends
Jai Hind
Jai Pakistan
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Oct 02, 2014 05:21pm
I didnt get to see the match; barely managed to see the penalty shootout.
Well done team India. Pakistan will need to qualify for the olympics...........wow!!
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Oct 02, 2014 05:21pm
Good and Congratulation, But we should aim to stand with china 131 Gold , India -9 Gold, That is due to Only one game in India is important and that is Cricket. Hope Modiji focus in this area also. One good point is that from last 5 Years performance has been slowly boost up and hope in next Asian Games we may stand not before but next after china.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:24pm
Go India.....!
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Oct 02, 2014 05:25pm
Indeed a great final. Chak De India. Pakistan played well too.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:25pm
both teams are good but jo jeeta wohi sikander.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:25pm
CONGRATS BOTH THE TWIN NATIONS.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:26pm
Yeaahh india!!by the way i thought the pakistani goalie was a superman,before the shootouts
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Oct 02, 2014 05:26pm
Pakistan went 1 ut, yhen I thought may its pakistan's day today. India then levelled and from then onwards it was anybodies game. Happy that India came on top but Pakistan did well in getting to tge final. Both team deserve credit. Well played both teams.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:28pm
Cong India. But Pakistan did well in over all matches.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:29pm
@azeem mohammed
Mera Bharat mahaan ... !!!
On its path to glory in the 21st century ....
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Oct 02, 2014 05:29pm
@Md Imran People like you are the real reason why pakistan is drowning today... you guys never see your fault ... its just all others are bad and they did all the bad things to your... you are pure like honey...lol.. it was a great match and decided on penalty ...
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Oct 02, 2014 05:31pm
Congrats to the Indian Hockey Team. The match was breath taking and the two saves by Sreejesh were invaluable
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Oct 02, 2014 05:31pm
@Vivek oye take it easy man ,no need to pick fight with pakistanis
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Oct 02, 2014 05:32pm
@joe
Bhaiyyaji
Jai HInd tak theek hai ye jai pakistan kahaa se aa gaya.
Kabhi kisee Pakistani ko Jai Hind kahate suna hai ...
Ye unilateral pyaar muhabbat se duniya nahi chalti ...
Jai HInd is beyond doubt... Jai Pakistan only if it stops spitting venom of terror and behaves well with India
JAI HIND... WELL DONE INDIA ... JEEYO MERE SHERO ....
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Oct 02, 2014 05:33pm
If Pakistanis win, they think as if they have won a war. Anyway, INDIA hurt their dream. After win over Korea itself the winner is predicted. Great work from INDIAN team.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:34pm
HAHAHAHA.......for those who still think this was fixed....keep on hoarse crying as we march to RIO and
What a dominating performance by Sardara and company..!!
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Oct 02, 2014 05:34pm
Get hockey back on grass grounds and restore lost glory. Hockey on turf is single reason for dismal performance by India-Pak in hockey. One place to use your clout together India-Pak. Did you know that Neitherland has more hockey turf than entire India? How our young can practice if we dont have turf. Thats why hockey in grass "maidan" is essential.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:36pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad
Skill and NOT luck that India has won this match - just learn to accept the reality dactar saab!
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Oct 02, 2014 05:37pm
Jeto ya haro hamay tm se piyar hai....love you green shirts...
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Oct 02, 2014 05:37pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad
Luck? hahahahaha, you are too much, good sense of humour....
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Oct 02, 2014 05:39pm
The article is more about the past achievements of Pakistan rather than the outcome of this match. Shame Shame.... !!!
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Oct 02, 2014 05:39pm
@Abbas Ali don't worry u shall see the 2060 match
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Oct 02, 2014 05:40pm
Pakistan lost the match due to Sharif brothers and Zardari. The funds for development of hockey are sitting in their bank accounts in Switzerland. Pakistan lost due to the jagirdari system and the rigging in the elections. When the Pakistani players were hitting the ball, the hockey sticks were making a sound "go Nawaz go" (Imran khan speech for today).
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Oct 02, 2014 05:41pm
@Md Imran it is not correct to say this.
It was a great match and as we saw there was little to choose from except the sreeajith the Indian goal keeper. He was briliant.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:41pm
Congrats India but wish to see we stand first in world afterall hockey is our national national game.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:44pm
National team winning gold in national game on the occasion of birthday of nation's father.....
Congratulations INDIA.....
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Oct 02, 2014 05:44pm
Good game india. Meri Bharat mahaan!
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Oct 02, 2014 05:46pm
@Vivek Indians open minded !!!! , you have proved your open mind in the next sentence by forgetting your slums and low per capita income and Kashmiris rights of freedom.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:46pm
Congrats India! Well fought and won match. Good luck to Pakistan for next tournament. Two golds today for India and two more expected tomorrow will lift us up on the medals table.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:49pm
Congrats to India. Though it reflects the Decline of Asian hockey when a game between Ind-Pak goes to Shootouts! I miss the good old days of real past paced field Sub-continental hockey
Chak de Hockey...Chak de India.....!! Burrrraahhhh...
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Oct 02, 2014 05:49pm
Good lesson for Zak who after Pakistan beat India in the prelims, stated that this made the whole Asian Games a success and as good as winning everything!
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Oct 02, 2014 05:49pm
@Md Imran
Have you heard of the frog in the well? There was this little frog living in a little well, and one day.....ahh, never mind. You are right --- BCCI cheated.
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Oct 02, 2014 05:50pm
@Md Imran Exactly- You wise owl!
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Oct 02, 2014 06:03pm
Congratulations INDIA on this well deserved achievement. Proud to be an Indian :)
Well played Pakistan too Cheers!
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Oct 02, 2014 06:04pm
There are rumors on the twitter that Indian players were on steroids and FIH may conduct tests.
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Oct 02, 2014 06:05pm
Congrats India..
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Oct 02, 2014 06:06pm
guys its just a game and to be taken in right spirit.
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Oct 02, 2014 06:07pm
Since Narendra Modi became prime minister luck turned in INDIA's favor. This best is the best gift from Indian hockey team to the indians on mahatma gandhi's birthday. Modi cleaning streets by BROOM and our hockey players CLEAN SWEEP PAKISTAN with thier hockey sticks. what a coincedence.
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Oct 02, 2014 06:07pm
@Md Imran
More nonsense from you.
When you guys keep screeching "FIXED",do you realise that you are insulting your own Pakistan and Pakistanis??
If you are so sure about fixing please make your complaints to the Pakistan Hockey Board and to your own government for A) apparently allowing this to happen and B) having no safeguards from this recurring ( as we have seen in cricket) !!
You,sir,are a JOKER .
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Oct 02, 2014 06:09pm
Well played Green Shirts. We are proud of you. Congrats to India for a good win.
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Oct 02, 2014 06:15pm
Congrats India and Pakistan. Its great feat that both of us are in finals!.. It just re-assures that we ( with our physical ,mental makeup, technic, sports setup ) can dominate the world. Now we need to beat EU , Oz ,etc. if we bring OLMPICS gold, then we are in right path
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Oct 02, 2014 06:15pm
@Jay Please stop making me a god , i am just an ordinary man from Pakistan, i am now most popular person in the dawn comments section thanks to people like you quoting me everywhere as if i have some extraordinary personality.
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Oct 02, 2014 06:19pm
@Md Imran : LOL .U mean all Pak hokey team players or the refree were bought out by India.So what will u do now ?.Not let Pak team enter their homez ! Gentleman it is a game.think broadly .Come out of shell & see the world with a healthy head.
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Oct 02, 2014 06:21pm
A closely fought match. India was lucky. When you go to the shootout, only 2 things count: luck and the ability of the goalkeeper. India seemed to have a better goalkeeper and better luck.
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Oct 02, 2014 06:21pm
We got another good news to celebrate.. Our girls are making us proud. Mary Kom won Gold in boxing yesterday. Today, Asian Games: India win women's 4x400m relay gold
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Oct 02, 2014 06:21pm
I think now is the right time to sack and suspend Captain Sardara Singh and Goalkeeper Sreejesh Ravindran so that we can show them their place and they dont ask for a raise..
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Oct 02, 2014 06:26pm
It was expected as Pakistan does this always, beat them in the round game and loose in the one that matters....Guess why?
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Oct 02, 2014 06:26pm
@Md Imran "Probably fixed due to the lucrative India Hockey league"
There you go. I would have been disappointed if a pakistani did not make this claim since that would have been out of character. Thanks for not letting me down. :-)
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Oct 02, 2014 06:26pm
Sorry girls , I forgot to mention, Sania Mirza won gold in mixed doubles few days back. She is bridge between two nations..
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Oct 02, 2014 06:29pm
@Calcutta Man All yours
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Oct 02, 2014 06:29pm
@M. Siddique well said. but lets admit that both teams have yet to match the skills of Australian-European teams. Both are happy to defeat each other and least bother their declining position in world hockey.
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Oct 02, 2014 06:30pm
India played awesome and pakistan played like champions. Both goalkeepers were fantastic but pakistan showed way low performance in shoot out, surprising. Congratulation Pakistan for Silver and Thanks Sardar Singh and team for Gold.
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Oct 02, 2014 06:32pm
Congrats India.. u are awesome... great goalkeeping by India...
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Oct 02, 2014 06:35pm
Good fight team green. Let's get em next time.
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Oct 02, 2014 06:35pm
@Vivek stop the rhetoric pls.. no one needs it..
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Oct 02, 2014 06:36pm
@Sattiya
Please google per capita income among the counties
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Oct 02, 2014 06:41pm
@zak
ZAK good to hear from you again and well played Pakistan.Sorry for your loss but both teams played well.
You are read and quoted a lot because many people think you are the NEW Johnnie Walker or Mehmood (very popular Indian film
comedians of yesteryear). Ever thought of a career as a comic in Bollywood? It is very lucrative,as many of your country men and
women have discovered.
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Oct 02, 2014 06:43pm
"India and Pakistan last met in an Asiad final at New Delhi in 1982 where the Indians suffered a stunning 1-7 rout in front of their own fans that included then prime minister Indira Gandhi."
Are we the same people? We are losing in every game, not to speak of the overall national activities. Something has gone out of us.
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Oct 02, 2014 06:45pm
Congrats to India well played and deserving victory to them, better luck next time Pakistan.
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Oct 02, 2014 06:46pm
In every condition every format India beating Pakistan
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Oct 02, 2014 06:46pm
India might have won, but Asian hockey is dead. It was looking like a match between 2 school teams each not knowing to pass the ball, hold it, dribble past people or score good goals when it came their way... As an Indian, the BEST hockey match i saw was when we were trailing Pak 4-2 in Champions Trophy and managed to beat them 6-4. Dhanraj Pillay mesmerised with his dribbling, Gagan Ajith rocked with his hatrick, Prabjot and Deepak Thakur fired goals... For Pak Sohali Abbas was in rollicking form. That was the match which had flair, passion, talent and technique. This match, I can't even compare anywhere near that. One thing to note is that though India (or for the matter Pak) would have been the first team to qualify for the Olympics, in reality we would fight for the 11th or 12th place. Its a sad sad state of affairs. India with a richer hockey india and a decent structure might do well than a 11th or 12th place finish, but for Pakistan without international matches, budget or exposure it was great to see you guys in finals and were of equal strength but lost on penalties. Better luck, till now we had the hard way of qualifying. Hope to see you guys there @ Rio with some stars like Sohail Abbas and Tahir Zaman who were the only ones whom i knew in my limited time as a hockey follower !!! Hurray I'm the 100th commentator :)
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Oct 02, 2014 06:49pm
@Md Imran You peoples never accept realities. Especially when India is there.
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Oct 02, 2014 06:50pm
@NS Great final. India won, however, the short article of Dawn keeps harking back to the 1982 match. Alright then, please also mention that India have since stunned Pakistan by a margin of 7-4 twice - in 2002 at Monchengladbach and in the 2010 CWG at the same New Delhi stadium. As to the defending champions, remember that you had won gold last time in Asiad 2010 despite losing to India 2-3 in the league matches. I have great respect for the Pakistani team but this kind of reporting leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Please be humble in victory and graceful in defeat.
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Oct 02, 2014 06:53pm
One team had to win and other had to lose. No worries. I look forward to next game. I hope we play more sports against each other than trade gunfire.
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Oct 02, 2014 06:54pm
Congrats to both teams but my question is--- will these two teams can stop teams like Holland W. Germany and Australia from scoring 3-4 goals in first 10 minutes against them.
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Oct 02, 2014 06:56pm
Allah favored India this time
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Oct 02, 2014 06:57pm
In spite of defeatin final, well played team Pakistan. congratulation to India
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Oct 02, 2014 06:58pm
So, Pakistan chokes in front of India in Hockey finals too. Not only during cricket world cups. Pak will be India's bunny in every sphere of life for years to come.
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Oct 02, 2014 06:58pm
well done india...love you india.....
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Oct 02, 2014 07:01pm
Asif I hope you remember my prediction I made a week ago. Sad to see Pakistan loose. Well played India.
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Oct 02, 2014 07:08pm
Can anyone please tell me who won?
Article is all about historical data.
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Oct 02, 2014 07:10pm
@bloggervat : Dont worry Bro..We will never let our sub-continent down..Its a promise
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Oct 02, 2014 07:12pm
@Suyog It is not about how many golds a country wins, it's about competing and giving your best you have for your country. Both cannot win, one has to be on the loosing side that is the beauty of competing. Loosing is not an insult or being ashamed of, it is about to get up and win the next time. People like you should be ashamed of your self for such unhealthy remarks.
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Oct 02, 2014 07:16pm
@amit yaar please ab overdo mat karo .lets hope modi does good work par unhe har baat mein mat ghusao
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Oct 02, 2014 07:18pm
@Md Imran really?? You are calling your own countrymen traitors?
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Oct 02, 2014 07:19pm
@Sattiya , Do you know Indian economy is 16 times bigger than Pakistan and in next 5 years it will be 25 times of yours ? you really don't anything about India ...kabhi border cross karke duniya bhi dekh lo ?
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Oct 02, 2014 07:22pm
This is great news. But I would leave you guys with a thought. Are both indian and pakistani teams at the level of world champions. We find victory defeating each other. The world looks at us the same way we would look towards a cricket match between kenia and Zimbabwe.
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Oct 02, 2014 07:23pm
@Md Imran , I know you wont be able to understand this ... but still I would like to tell you ...Fixing is not possible if opposition is not on same page ...so indirectly you mean to say Pakistani player were also involved in the fixing ....? you fixers ?
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Oct 02, 2014 07:24pm
Both team are history.There ranking is bottom most in world even below Argentina.Both team should be in museum.There is nothing to cheer about both team.
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Oct 02, 2014 07:30pm
I congrats Pakistani team that without having any facilities and fund they did tremendous job and shame on hockey federation.
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Oct 02, 2014 07:31pm
My Two cents
India and pakistan should have lot of Astro turf in each cities and town. Otherwise it is difficult to retain the past Glory. This is a good performance from both sides. If it is really played on Grass not on artificial no team on earth can beat this duo.
However good going both teams.
From Sports Lover
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Oct 02, 2014 07:31pm
Against all odds. Congrats GREEN shirt.
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Oct 02, 2014 07:32pm
Two countries got Independence in 1947..........One reached Mars, while the other is still trying to enter India.
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Oct 02, 2014 07:33pm
@Calcutta Man
"@NORI It's the FIRST version of the report...clearly u have no idea of the concept of speed in journalism. Dawn DESK gets the flash news, maybe one or two sentences, and sends out a report based on that whatever it had from before.
The updated report will be filed later...."
Thanks for the clarification but it seems nothing changed in the content even after 3 hours. What did you say - concept of speed in journalism ??
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Oct 02, 2014 07:34pm
@Md Imran
"There are rumours on the twitter that Indian players were on steroids and FIH may conduct tests."
is it?/
when you beat India 2-1 in group match where your players on some thing
Please learn to be a sporting looser..
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Oct 02, 2014 07:35pm
I am amazed to see that people are still making conspiracy theories like "Match fixing"..
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Oct 02, 2014 07:38pm
@Luke Furtado were you at the stadium ?
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Oct 02, 2014 07:41pm
Well done India. This takes me back to 1982, I was 9 years old and the India Pak final was to be played in National Stadium. The match had just started but we had to go to some relatives place, so we only saw the first few minutes. Then as we reached our relatives place, the match was in its final moments and were down seven goals. It was quite a shock - the goal keeper was some one called Rawat and he became infamous for years after. Every match that Rawat subsequently played, commentators would bring up the 1982 final. This memory, along with the Miandad six are two abiding memories of losses in the 80s. But they are made up by 193 win, Benson and Hedges win in 1985 as well so I can't complain.
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Oct 02, 2014 07:48pm
Since Modi has become PM, Allah is showering happiness on India
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Oct 02, 2014 07:53pm
All credit to the Pakistani team for playing brilliantly despite being short of practice games at international level which India had, who played recently at Commonwealth games beating higher ranked teams such as England, New Zealand and claiming silver medal behind Australia. India, however did not put up a good performance during these games which should be a matter of worry for the coach Terry Walsh, the famous penalty specialist from Australia. But still full credit to him for preparing this young team to reach this level in a very short time and has enough time to add skills in the weak departments.
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Oct 02, 2014 07:57pm
narendra modi is responsible for it but any way well played india.
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Oct 02, 2014 08:01pm
@Md Imran Please dont insult your fellow pakistani players... in a way you are trying to say pakistani are chats and will do any thing for money. Its a shame and shows ur uplifting. Even I am Indian , I am proud of the way pakistani played in this tournament.
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Oct 02, 2014 08:03pm
@zak I agree. guys pls ignore him
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Oct 02, 2014 08:04pm
Congrats to India from a Pakistan hockey fan. Hope this victory raises the level of hockey in this region. Sad for Pakistan, but this happens in a game. You win some you lose some.
Again, congrats to the Indian side!
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Oct 02, 2014 08:05pm
@Vivek
Your small mindedness is so typical. Even in sports, you have to drag in politics. Enjoy the win, well played by India and Pakistan both! For a change, get over the need to portray yourselves as better than others. It wreaks of insecurity.
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Oct 02, 2014 08:06pm
@jj Nice execuse......would u have said the if Pakistan would have won????
Its winning and holding nerves that matter and in hockey too we have shown that we are better...so try to win ...till then console urself
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Oct 02, 2014 08:11pm
To be frank, I'm really seeing the changed attitude of Pakistan towards India. Its a good feeling. Now from bottom of my heart, I'll say thank Pakistan.
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Oct 02, 2014 08:14pm
Awesome stick work. Asians playing hockey is a treat to watch. Congrats to both sides. Well played.
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Oct 02, 2014 08:14pm
it was closely fought contest. India and Pakistan should feel ashamed as they have to fight to their tooth to reach to world group. They have lost their contest when world team comes down. They have lot to blame for themselves than others for pathetic showing in olympics or champions league.
Pakistan n India should play more and have to increase their might not with one another but with world teams.
Atleast gold to india should see it off to play in olympics but they have to do a lot more in becoming world beaters and not just take pride against pakistan and it applies vice versa.
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Oct 02, 2014 08:15pm
now for India only happy days ahead, congrats pakistan for silver well played.
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Oct 02, 2014 08:17pm
Next time for Pakistan, dont get heart broken.
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Oct 02, 2014 08:20pm
Mostly Indian bloggers here, hurts when their team loose.
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Oct 02, 2014 08:29pm
Sad news, but congratulations India. Enjoy the victory :)
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Oct 02, 2014 08:31pm
Did n't get an opportunity to watch the game on TV, must be a thrilling event. Indian goalkeeper certainly did outstanding job.
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Oct 02, 2014 08:36pm
Congrats India for winning the gold...
Beating our enemies and that too in the final was the icing on the cake....
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Oct 02, 2014 08:43pm
@Md Imran
sour grapes... keep whining.....
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Oct 02, 2014 08:45pm
Pakistan is use to defeat by India be it cricket hockey economy or war. Keep it up INDIA
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Oct 02, 2014 08:47pm
@Md Imran The hockey team is far superior...The cricket team is better...theboxers are better....but the tally speaks the other story...Don t be a bad looser...Be a sport dude
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Oct 02, 2014 08:50pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Can the same be said about Pakistan's victory over Malaysia in the semi final?
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Oct 02, 2014 09:03pm
Congratulations India & Pakistan for playing a wonderful game. I cannot understand why the scoring ability reduced as Pakistan progressed in the game. It is the same old story. Pakistan started very strong and then seemed to get under spell or earlier victory goes to the head of players and they feel that they do not need to play good game any more and that they will go forward on past laurels and victories. I believe Pakistani players already conceived that they will loose before thegame starts or they forget that they represent Pakistan and want to blow their own trumpet.
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Oct 02, 2014 09:19pm
@Md Imran you jealous!!......try to appreciates ones efforts.
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Oct 02, 2014 09:20pm
More training and hard work to be done by Pakistan. In Asian games there are basically couple pf games to win the gold. Malaysian and Indian matches were drawn. In Malaysian match good luck helped and in the Indian match bad luck took place. As compared to the past the team has not improved and progressed. Secret weapons or secret game plans only look good on the paper. It is all in the field. So I will rate the team's result card a " D " conditional pass.
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Oct 02, 2014 09:38pm
Loser against loser doesn’t really matter who won
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Oct 02, 2014 09:40pm
@Sarah1 ...its just a game... Nothing more and nothing less. One wins and other loses. Both teams played well...alas only one can win.
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Oct 02, 2014 09:40pm
congrats india aswell as pakistan
live the sportsman spirit though its a game but bringign india-pak closer
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Oct 02, 2014 10:01pm
I follow dawn as well as Indian sites. What I have seen is that most of the times our pakistani brothers are more polite and don't use vulgar terms. The general pakistani ( atleast dawan readers and commenters) are more moderate in their comments.
We indians are the one to start the abuse and use filthy language . Lets be more polite and humane in our comments. There is of course no comparison between India and Pakistan. They have miles to go and hopefully someday they will catchup. Lot of issues in both country are similar.
For the moment
Jai hind and congrats India for gold medal. More to follow in kabaddi .
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Oct 02, 2014 10:07pm
Well done Pakistan team, you thrashed all the teams including India, but the final day was not yours. You have come up with lightning progress and left the Asian Games spectators in awe of your performance. Next round, you will overwhelm the opponent.
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Oct 02, 2014 10:16pm
Congrats Pakistan for silver. You played well. Good luck for next time. Love from India.
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Oct 02, 2014 10:37pm
So we have 9 gold medals now!..a total of 55 medals combined! yay! Pakistan did well too. they have got one gold medal as well. congratulations.
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Oct 02, 2014 10:53pm
article is more like don't be upset..... we have defeated India in the past
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Oct 02, 2014 11:37pm
While feeling humiliation at the hands of, our arch enemy / rival in Hockey, I ask our Coach Shahnaz Sheikh, where our hidden game weapon went and why it was not utilised?????????????????????
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Oct 02, 2014 11:43pm
Pakistani team was better in skill and stamina but the goal keeper chocked under pressure whereas the Indian goal keeper upped his performance during the shootout. Hope our cricketers do not fall a victim to the same malady.
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Oct 02, 2014 11:43pm
Pakistani team was better in skill and stamina but the goal keeper chocked under pressure whereas the Indian goal keeper upped his performance during the shootout. Hope our cricketers do not fall a victim to the same malady.
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Oct 02, 2014 11:54pm
Well played India and good luck Pakistan for the qualifying rounds for Olympics.
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Oct 03, 2014 12:00am
CONGRATULATIONS INDIA. Shabash Pakistan, next stop RIO, even if we have to go through the qualifying rounds. Miss the glory days when we had Islah and Sami flying down the flanks, only undefeated in the 1978 world Cup. The Europeans have turned hockey into a dull sport made for super fit athletes.
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Oct 03, 2014 12:15am
@Suyog What is there to feel ashamed about? When two lions fight, one has to go down. Doesn't make anyone less or more.
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Oct 03, 2014 12:19am
@M. Siddique Korea is also part of Asia :P
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Oct 03, 2014 12:38am
@Sarah You can not do post-graduation before completing high school. One thing at a time.
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Oct 03, 2014 12:41am
@singh What's wrong with Wahay Guru, hain ji? He's got a cold or something?
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Oct 03, 2014 12:43am
The difference between Gold and Silver was just SREEJESH, the Indian Goal Keeper. Otherwise, both the teams are average and do not deserve a place in the Rio Olympics
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Oct 03, 2014 12:45am
@zak we are not mentioning about you just because you making a positive impact in here... India and Pakistan equally makes news... but who is for what is the matter!
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Oct 03, 2014 12:45am
@Kartik Absolutely......
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Oct 03, 2014 12:51am
Indian Hockey has improved a lot.........
What a game, both teams played their heart out & gave their best to win the match.
Plz don't accuse ur own team by saying it was fixed. They played really well.
But at last the better team won the match.
Dil do hockey ko.........
Jai hind
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Oct 03, 2014 12:52am
@zak : in the group match, pak beat india by just 1 goal, hardly the "thrashing" that u claim. Stop exaggerating!
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Oct 03, 2014 01:11am
Congratulations India!!!...and well played Pakistan!!!...
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Oct 03, 2014 02:18am
@JustanotherCommenter I second you
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Oct 03, 2014 02:42am
@zak : Good to see you commenting even after Pakistan loosing to India in final. I hope you know understand that win & loose is part of the game. you should never take any win for granted (or loose for your heart). And you are right, Pakistan played splendidly throughout the tournament; but end of the day, it proved they are only second best team of Asia.
Congrats & cheer up...!!! :)
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Oct 03, 2014 04:26am
@Md Imran So you think Pakistanis sold their country again! Sad that not even Pakistani citizens trust their national team member in any sports
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Oct 03, 2014 04:40am
Winning any match against Pakistan, Bhutan or Nepal etc. should not be considered a big thing anymore. Why so much hype? We should now try to compete with China in terms of total medals haul. Best of luck to India in next Asia game 2018
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Oct 03, 2014 05:21am
@Md Imran
Here start the conspiracy theories. Its pity to denounce a well performed team without any evidence.
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Oct 03, 2014 05:27am
@zak
What you mean by 'thrashed', any idea? You don't stop making a fool out of yourselves.
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Oct 03, 2014 05:45am
Any hockey final without India and Pakistan as opponents is no fun at all.
Thanks for being a fun opponent, Pakistan! And may we both meet in all the important finals!!!
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Oct 03, 2014 05:57am
Its a reporting or what... Rather than describing the details of the match these paper goes on remembering the past.....whatever it is Pakistanis have to understand that past is past ..let's face the present...unless they realize this they cannot make progress in any field
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Oct 03, 2014 07:17am
Both Pakistan and India, have to put a solid hockey program together and improve a LOT if they are to have hopes of giving a tough fight to Europeans and Australia. The rest of the world is way ahead of Asia in field hockey.
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Oct 03, 2014 08:30am
It took me bit of time to find the news about Hockey final on this web site. May be I am not that young anymore or !!!!!!!!!! The writer like to cover the past performance for some strange reason and left the article bit short for international readers across the World and cross the border.
Any way, good to see many positive comments and well done both teams.Better luck next time in the penalty shoot out.
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Oct 03, 2014 09:13am
@Md Imran : Well you started the rumour regarding steroids....It is OK you go ahead with the rumours....
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Oct 03, 2014 09:51am
Its all due to imran khan and his dharna!! *pun intended*
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Oct 03, 2014 10:35am
Congratulations to India, they played better and deserved victory... Sadly all none of Asian teams are at par with Australians or Europeans hockey skills...
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Oct 03, 2014 11:48am
@zak being popular for objectivity and postivity is better rather than injecting hatred and venom into the comments column each time.
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Oct 03, 2014 01:13pm
@Md Imran
you guys never disappoint. Lage raho
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Oct 03, 2014 02:32pm
Lawengay Lawengay, Every Gram of Gold Lawengay. :)
Well played both the teams !!!!
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Oct 03, 2014 03:04pm
Thank you Pakistan for letting us win a gold in Hockey this time, we getting a bit tired playing second fiddle to you guys and thinking of giving up Hockey altogether. However, I can assure you, I'll write to Modi for giving up Kashmir to Pakistan. Now this is how much we love taking this gold medal from you. If Modi doesn't give up Kashmir voluntarily, we will ask China to get it for you
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Oct 03, 2014 03:20pm
@ALI ; superb..hats off to your comment !!!
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Oct 03, 2014 04:13pm
India is by far a better nation than ours and for past two decades had a better sporting infrastructure be it any sport. We The Pakistan have destroyed our structure in past two decades; thanks to some international politics with support from local The Popular leadership. But the Change is On here too, we will be back to normalization in few years and there are going to be good contests between two nations like there were in 80's. I wish lesser money to be involved in sports so that events like attack on Srilankan cricket team in Lahore few years ago due to which WC Cricket rights were taken away never happens again.
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Oct 03, 2014 04:20pm
Indians try to accommodate Pakistanis in there comments, while Pakistani despite the loss boasts their superiority.
Article is pathetic, seems to written with the fear, otherwise Pakistani mob will attack their headquarter. Poor country in self destructive mode.May God bless you
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Oct 03, 2014 05:52pm
@jssidhoo : Your statement is so hilarious Sidhoo sahib. Did you think of what it actually imples? It means that Pakistan team was ready to get fixed (by whomsoever it may be) ....... I am sure a proud and confident team like that of Pakistan and that of India shall never ever agree to this kind of self-inflicting agreement. (No offence meant)
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Oct 03, 2014 06:14pm
@Md Imran Be a good sport. Take defeat as a lesson learned and move on......
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Oct 03, 2014 07:21pm
India well done. Both teams played well and clean. It is good two teams from Indian subcontinent in the top three.
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Oct 03, 2014 07:30pm
Shouldn't have gone on defensive after scoring so early.This defensive mind set let our team down. Well played India. Stronger nerves in crunch time.
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Oct 03, 2014 07:36pm
@jssidhoo It is too much ... Win or Lose Hockey ha swon. It.s the pride of Indopak.
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Oct 03, 2014 07:39pm
@Md Imran
I don.t think so. It is insulting the players of Pakistan's dedicated Hockey players.
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Oct 03, 2014 10:39pm
@Imran Akram : But you produce such a fast bowlers which we are not able to emulate. You have 2 great players in your name ..:-)
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Oct 04, 2014 02:25am
Well done pakistan .. you were impeccable just fell short of luck, however not taking the credit from indian goal keeper kudos for tremendous goal keeping.. pakistan is a very good side. good luck for future venture... india cheers .... you were awesome ... indian hockey team will be giant slayer for sure just remain focused. keep your feet on ground and believe in your self miracles will happen
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Oct 04, 2014 06:09am
Blame for Pakistan's defeat should go to their coach. It appeared from the new format of penalty shoot out that strategically indian goal keeper was better prepared than Pakistani goal keeper.
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Oct 04, 2014 04:12pm
@zak : u r mistaken!! U r nt famous rather infamous for speaking only ill about India and spewing venom against Indians. All your posts are motivated by hatred and has hardly any facts. You are nt popular but detested because you can only disrespect Indian sport teams, Indian policies, Indian people and most of all Indian PM
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Oct 04, 2014 08:24pm
@Mortal India was left stymied by Pakistan's pace and skill, they themselves missed a few, and India was outclassed. So for the finals, where they should not have been but came by default, there only plan was to play the whole game defending to avoid Pakistan scoring. Then hoping to better Pakistan in penalty shoot out. Which by big luck they just managed. Pakistan was the better team, but at times the fate favor s the minions.
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Oct 04, 2014 08:34pm
@Tina you are wrong, I have nothing against India, but I detest and despise ' self righteous people like you and your likes' who come from poverty stricken country with multiple evils in it. Yet most of you have the audacity to come on this professional forum and regurgitate 'falsified pretentious make believe statements' gleaned from your propaganda mouth piece media. Firstly we don't want the likes of you, but if you come appreciate the truth you learn here, if not then go away but if you stay, we Pakistanis know how to deal with you, just like I am dealing with you.
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Oct 04, 2014 08:35pm
@Indian Pakistan has won over India 7 times , India only 2 times. We are the better. Next we will make it 8.
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Oct 04, 2014 11:05pm
@Zak Dear Zak, India was by far the better team here. More possession, more penalty corners, more shots on goal. Terry Walsh was indignant coz India missed sitters galore. Pakistanis in contrast looked deflated from the second quarter onwards. Please accept it and move on otherwise it is only going to cause you more heartburn. It happens in sports. As far the 7 Asiad golds you are counting, we will close in on them but you can't touch our 8 Olympic golds ever!
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Oct 05, 2014 03:40am
India is the best !
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Oct 05, 2014 12:00pm
@Md Imran Yeah We sent BCCI to fix it. Fortunately Paki players were only too happy to oblige not having been paid their salary by Pakistan for the last 7 months.
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Oct 05, 2014 01:53pm
@Zak ZAK_ Tina comes from a poverty stricken country but you come from a even more poorer country! India is part of G20 and amonst the top 10 economies of the world! A cricket player in India makes more than the entire Pakistan cricket team 10 times over for example!
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