Day 13, Asian Games: India Lose Women’s Hockey Final to Japan

Follow live updates from Day 13 of the Asian Games here.

• Amit Panghal has entered the gold medal match of the 49kg men’s boxing event.
• India beat top seeds Malaysia to enter the final of the women’s squash team event.
  
• Indian women’s hockey team settled for a silver medal after losing 1-2 to Japan in the final.

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Women's Hockey: India Settle for Silver

The Indian women’s team settle for silver after losing 1-2 to Japan in the final. India had a great chance to equalise in the final minute of the match, but the Japanese managed to keep the Indians at bay.

Shimizu Minami and Motomi Kawamura scored for Japan, while Neha Goyal found the back of the net for India.

FT| The Indian Women's Hockey Team were put to the test by a challenging Japanese side as they claim the Silver medal at the @asiangames2018 after a valiant effort by the Eves goes unrewarded on 31st August.#IndiaKaGame #AsianGames2018 #INDvJPN pic.twitter.com/lxEMBNLauV

— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) August 31, 2018

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GOAL! Motomi Kawamura converts the penalty corner brilliantly to put Japan ahead in the final. Kawamura slots the ball into the bottom right corner. The ball goes past the Indian goalkeeper.

It’s 2-1 at the end of the third quarter.