Skipper Harmanpreet Singh scored both goals in the 11th and 19th minutes of the game respectively. India then survived some anxious moments and absorbed the pressure created by the Irish, thanks mainly to goalkeeper P.R Sreejesh, to claim three points.
It was a golden day for Canada on the judo mat. Christa Deguchi captured the country's first gold medal of the Paris Olympics with a victory over South Korea's Huh Mimi in the under-57 kilogram final on Monday.
Canada's team is poised for a banner Olympic Games in Paris despite safe-sport and financial turmoil since a record performance in Tokyo. Preliminary competition got underway Wednesday in Paris ahead of Friday's opening ceremonies that will feature a parade of countries on the River Seine. Decorated sprinter Andre DeGrasse and weightlifting champion Maude Charron were named Canada's flag-bearers Wednesday.
The Canada Cup International Field Hockey Tournament was hosted by the West Coast Kings Field Hockey Society over 4 days at Tamanawis Park in Surrey. The Canada Cup tournament now in its 13th year drew over 40 teams from all over the globe. Players were in Canada from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, England, Holland and Argentina.
Argentina defeated Colombia 1-0 in the Copa America final Sunday evening in a match that was delayed more than an hour because of crowd issues, including fans breaching security gates. Hours before Argentina won its record 16th Copa America title, fans got past the gates at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, one of the host sites for the 2026 World Cup.
With the next edition of the T20 World Cup to be hosted by India and Sri Lanka in 2026, the T20Is against Zimbabwe mark the beginning of a new two-year journey for the current world champions in the shortest format.
