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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Pakistan beat Spain in Hockey World Cup matchNEW DELHI: England recorded their second successive win in the men’s hockey World Cup on Tuesday as Australia and Pakistan joined the race for semi-final berths from group B. England defeated South Africa 6-4 in a high-scoring thriller, while Australia and Pakistan bagged their first points in the tournament after losing their opening matches. Abdul Haseem scored once in each half as Pakistan, stung by the 1-4 defeat to arch-rivals India on Sunday, recovered to beat Olympic silver-medallists Spain 2-1. Pakistan led 1-0 at half-time through a goal by Haseem, before David Alegre drew level for Spain in the 65th minute after the goal. Pakistan earned their first penalty corner two minutes before the final whistle and Sohail Abbas’ shot was deflected into the goal by Haseem for the winner. Australia brushed aside the 2-3 loss to England as they swept aside India 5-2 in front of a sell-out crowd of 19,000.
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