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			Hockey World Cup 2018 today match: Canada vs South Africa and India vs Belgium</div>
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In today's first hockey match, Canada hold South Africa to 1-1 draw to keep the cross-over chances wide open.

Hockey World Cup 2018 today match: Canada vs South Africa and India vs Belgium

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	Day 5 of <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/hockey-world-cup-2018" target="_blank"><strong>FIH Men&rsquo;s Hockey World Cup 2018</strong></a>&nbsp;Hosts India produced a spirited effort to eke out a 2-2 draw against Olympic silver medallists Belgium in an evenly-contested Pool C match of the men&#39;s hockey World Cup here on Sunday. Pegged back by&nbsp;Alenander&nbsp;Hendricks&#39; goal in the eighth minute, India made a valiant comeback after the change of ends, scoring two goals in the third and fourth quarter through Harmanpreet Singh (39th) and Simranjeet Singh (47th) to take the lead. But the&nbsp;hosts&nbsp;defence faltered in the final minutes and conceded a late goal when Simon Gougnard scored in the 56th minute to draw level. The draw, however, enabled world no. 5 India to take the top spot in Pool C ahead of Belgium on goal difference. Both teams have a win and a draw from two outings.<br />
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<strong><span style="color:#800000;">Hockey World Cup 2018 highlights, Day 5, Match 2: India vs Belgium</span></strong><br />
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	Hosts India produced a spirited effort to eke out a 2-2 draw against Olympic silver medallists Belgium in an evenly-contested Pool C match of the men&#39;s hockey World Cup here on Sunday. Pegged back by&nbsp;Alenander&nbsp;Hendricks&#39; goal in the eighth minute, India made a valiant comeback after the change of ends, scoring two goals in the third and fourth quarter through Harmanpreet Singh (39th) and Simranjeet Singh (47th) to take the lead. But the&nbsp;hosts&nbsp;defence faltered in the final minutes and conceded a late goal when Simon Gougnard scored in the 56th minute to draw level. The draw, however, enabled world no. 5 India to take the top spot in Pool C ahead of Belgium on goal difference. Both teams have a win and a draw from two outings.</p>
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	India had earlier blanked South Africa 5-0 in their opener, while world no. 3 Belgium pulled off a close 2-1 win over Canada. India will play Canada in their last pool match on December 8, while Belgium will be up against South Africa on the same day. Contrary to their last match, the Indians completely looked out of sorts in the opening two quarters against Belgium. The hosts lacked co-ordination in the midfield and that gave them hardly any scoring opportunities.</p>
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	The Indians were slow to get off the blocks as the Red Lions dominated the proceedings in the first two quarters, threatening the&nbsp;hosts&nbsp;defence on a number of occasions. Belgium got their first scoring opportunity in the second minute in the form of back-to-back penalty corners but failed to get past the Indian defence. Another penalty corner in the eighth minute resulted in Belgium&#39;s first goal through Hendricks, who sounded the board with a ground flick in between the legs of Indian custodian P R Sreejesh.</p>
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	Seconds from the first quarter, India had their first real scoring chance when Mandeep deflected wide a Dilpreet Singh lay over from Birendra Lakra&#39;s inch-perfect pass from the midfield. Five minutes into the second quarter, Dilpreet Singh shot wide from top right after being fed by skipper Manpreet Singh. Two minutes from half time, Tom Boon came tantalisingly close to doubling Belgium&#39;s lead when his neat deflection struck the post and went out. But after the change of ends, the Indians changed gears and looked a completely different side.</p>
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	The home team looked more organised and their mid-field finally started to create opportunities. Three minutes into the third quarter, Dilpreet was denied by Belgium goalkeeper Vincent Vanasch from close range after being fed by Simranjeet. Two minutes later India earned their first penalty corner and it took a gem of&nbsp;save&nbsp;from Vanasch to keep Harmanpreet Singh&#39;s powerful high flick out of the target. Minutes later, Belgium had a chance but an alert Sreejesh denied Cedric Charlier.</p>
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	India&#39;s relentless pressure earned them back-to-back penalty corners in the 39th minute, the second of which resulted in a penalty stroke which was ably converted by Harmanpreet to drew parity for the hosts. Two minutes into the fourth and final quarter, Simranjeet scored his third goal of the tournament by tapping in from close range after being set up by Kothajit Singh&#39;s fine stick work from the left flank to hand India the lead. Thereafter, the game witnessed end-to-end attacking stuff with both the teams pressing hard in search of the decisive goal. Belgium withdrew their&nbsp;goal keeper&nbsp;for an extra player with little less than five minutes from the hooter and their move struck gold when Gougnard scored with a slap shot in between Sreejesh&#39;s legs late into the game. The Indians made a few impressive moves in the remaining few minutes but Belgium defended stoutly despite the absence of their goalkeeper to share the spoils.</p>
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		<strong>Hockey World Cup 2018 highlights, Day 5, Match 1: Canada vs South Africa</strong><br />
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		Canada and South Africa played out a 1-1 draw in their second Pool C match to stay afloat in the men&#39;s hockey World Cup here on Sunday.</div>
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		It was a hard-fought battle with little separating the two teams.</div>
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		In the contest between world no 11. Canada and world no 15. South Africa, both teams fought hard in the opening two quarters and did not give each other an inch of advantage to remain goalless at half time.</div>
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		It was South Africa who took the lead in the 43rd minute through a fine reverse stick field goal by Nqobile Ntuli.</div>
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		But South Africa&#39;s joy was shortlived as Canada equalised two minutes later when they were awarded a penalty stroke and skipper Scott Tupper took the onus on himself to level the match.</div>
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		Thereafter, both Canada and South Africa pressed hard in search of the winner but they failed to breach the rival defence to eventually share the spoils.</div>
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		The result kept both the teams in the hunt for a place in the knock-out round.</div>
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Hockey World Cup 2018 highlights: India and Belgium settle for a 2-2 draw

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34th minute: A brilliant pass from Harmanpreet but Dilpreet again fails to score just in front of Goalkeeper

33rd minute: A&nbsp; 3 D skill from Dilpreet but Free Hit Belgium as Dilpreet hit the stick of Belgium player

32nd minute: India on attack with Akashdeep and mandeep but India lost the ball

<strong>We are eager to score a goal but we have to protect the centre, says India head coach Harendra Singh</strong>

<strong>Quarter 2 Statistics<br />
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<strong>Quarter 1 Statistics</strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color:#008000;">AT HALF TIME: </span>Belgium lead by 1 goal to NIL against India thanks to their early strike from Penalty Corner. India did create some chances but Mandeep fails to score while Dilpreet selfish shot on the far post.</strong>

29th minute: India have only 2 circle penetration in comparison to Belgium&#39;s 7

26th minute: India losing ball possession after the interception a major worry for India and coach harendra Singh

<strong>22nd minute:</strong> Belgium: 68% ball possession and India 32%

<strong>GREEN CARD:</strong> Akashdeep has to sit out for 2 minutes as India down to 10 players

<strong>20th minute:</strong> A selfish shot by Dipreet evade India of a goal. lalit was present at the far post

19th minute: Varun flash have no support from India in the circle. Free hit Belgium