Pakistan gets embarrassing defeat in Olympic hockey opener

Pakistan gets embarrassing defeat in Olympic hockey opener

BEIJING: Pakistan began their Olympic hockey campaign with a disappointing performance against England when they were beaten by an embarrassing score of four goals to two in the first match of the pool B in the Beijing Olympics 2008 here on Monday.

England’s Tendil scored first goal in the first minute of the match followed by another goal in the 13th minute to extend the lead by 2-0.

Pakistan wasted several chances of scoring goals while England’s Jackson hit third goal in the 28th minute to take the lead 3-0 lead by the end of first half.

However, Pakistan’s Shakeel Abassi scored a goal followed by another goal by Waqas, which reduced the England lead.

Later, England scored one more goal in the 28th minute of second half and maintained the lead in rest of the match to secure a convincing 4-2 win.

Pakistan will play Canada on August 13.