India men go down 1-2 to Spain; women hold England 1-1

Harmanpreet Singhh

The Indian men's hockey team put up a spirited fight before going down 1-2 to Spain in its opening game of the 100th Anniversary Spanish Hockey Federation international tournament here.

Captain Harmanpreet Singh (59th minute) scored for India after Pau Cunill (11th) and Joaquin Menini (33rd) had put Spain ahead on Tuesday night.

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Meanwhile, in Barcelona, the Indian women's team held England to a 1-1 draw in their opening game of the same 100th Anniversary Spanish Hockey Federation celebration on Wednesday.

For India, Lalremsiami (41st minute) scored the equaliser after Holly Hunt (7th) gave England the lead.

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