Taken From Yahoo News.
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Pakistan’s Aziz Tariq, foreground right, tries to control the ball as he is tackled by Nigerian Markus Peter Izang, left, during the men’s hockey preliminary match at the Afro-Asian Games in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2003. Pakistan won 4-3. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh)
I don’t like Pakistani wearing these colors. I know it’s always hard to accept change, but I still like Pakistani in Green Top and white shorts!
Pak barely won this match.
Pak plays Egypt womorrow and India on 27th.
Chances are PAK will lose since we are not playing with our orignal squad, some of the top players are not playing in this tournament but if they win that be awesome 
Pakistan beat Egypt 3-1. :k: :k:
Pakistan plays India next on 27th.
India 4, Pakistan 2.
congratulations to india. Pakistan was leading 1:0 till the half time.
Pakistan has shown this great tendency of falling behind in 2nd half and India has shown otherwise in recent past.
India succeeds to grab top place in Group
Good come back from down win for India..
Gagan scores twice as India down Pakistan
India awoke from a brief slumber in the first-half and scored thrice in the second to beat arch-rivals Pakistan 4-2 in their concluding Group B league match in the hockey tournament at the Afro-Asian Games in Hyderabd on Monday.
The victory gave the hosts the top place in the group, ahead of Pakistan, and set up a semi-final meeting with Malaysia, who finished second in Group A, behind South Korea.
In earlier matches of the day, Korea beat Malaysia 2-1 and South Africa routed Ghana 5-0 in Group A, while in Group B, Egypt defeated Nigeria 4-2.
Matches between India and Pakistan are always nerve-racking. Today’s was no different as both teams set up a hot pace from the outset. India held a slight edge for much of the first-half, when they forged ahead in the 24th minute. But complacency in the dying minutes of that period saw them concede two soft goals in as many minutes and go into the breather a goal in arrears.
India deservedly scored first in the 24th minute when Sandeep Michael showed fine opportunism. The young striker, who has come to India’s rescue on many an occasion by scoring from the faintest of chances, charged into the circle to deflect a reverse hit from Ignace Tirkey just as a Pakistan defender got poised to clear the ball on the goal line.
But the Pakistanis came back strongly after that reverse and piled pressure on the Indian defence. They were rewarded for their efforts in the 34th minute. The Indian defence was caught napping as it allowed a harmless-looking cross from the right by Pakistan captain Mohammad Nadeem to travel unchecked across their circle. Salim Khalid, who ran down the left, did well to trap the ball at the top of the circle and dispatch a stiff reverse hit which left goalkeeper Devesh Chauhan standing.
A minute later, as the session moved into stoppage time, the Indians conceded another soft goal. This time a corner hit was allowed to travel across the circle to an unmarked Tariq Imran, who trapped the ball and sent it crashing between the feet of an advancing Chauhan.
The Indians came back strongly after the breather and struck twice in two minutes. They restored parity within five minutes through Prabhjot Singh following a free-hit in the 40th minute and then went ahead with a gem of a goal by Gagan Ajit Singh in the 42nd minute.
The junior India World Cup-winning captain received a long pass from Kanwalpreet Singh, ran into the circle and reverse hit into goal.
Pakistan had a chance to draw level four minutes from time when they were awarded a penalty-stroke, but Gazzanfar Ali had the mortification of seeing the crossbar come in the way of his push.
Minutes into injury time, Gagan Ajit put the issue beyond doubt, beating two defenders with a good dribble and slamming the ball home.
Almost at the call of time, Gazzanfar Ali was unlucky again as the crossbar stood in his way from Pakistan’s fourth penalty-corner.
It was the seventh meeting between the Asian giants this year. India had won three and Pakistan two, while one match ended in a draw.
The two arch rivals met twice in the Hockey Australia Men’s Challenge in May-June. In the first leg at Perth, India beat Pakistan 2-0 while in second at Sydney, the match ended in a 4-4 draw.
At the Champion’s Trophy, in the league match, India defeated Pakistan 7-4, but lost in the bronze medal play-off match 3-4.
At the Asia Cup, in the league match, Pakistan defeated India 4-2, but India thrashed Pakistan 4-2 in the final to win the tournament for the first time.
In the juniors too, India leads Pakistan this year. In a six-nation hockey tournament in Poland, India defeated Pakistan 5-0.
Pakistan V India in the final
^ And one of them will win! Hip hip...
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^ And one of them will win! Hip hip...
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Prediciton of the century. :D
^Oh yeah? Try this then - I know who will loose (official GS spelling)!
ummm... the final will be intresting... what time is it starting?
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^Oh yeah? Try this then - I know who will loose (official GS spelling)!
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I don't know which team is loose, but if you want me to guess which team will lose that is another matter. :)
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^Oh yeah? Try this then - I know who will loose (official GS spelling)!
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Big Deal?? Either India or Pakistan
^Saby- You don't say! :D:
Ehsan - The loose team will lose. No prizes for guessing the loser, since we both know who it is...;)
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^Saby- You don't say! :D:
Ehsan - The loose team will lose. No prizes for guessing the loser, since we both know who it is...;)
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Come on now I wouldn't want to embarass you by publicly announcing it. ;)
^It's always embarrassing to upstage the host -after all I'm on a Pakistani site. :)
We don't like upsetting our guests either that's why I wont predicti it. :)
You are a gracious host. Thank you for not predicting the predictable and upsetting me for upsetting everyone else here.:love: