Commonwealth Games 2014: India Beat New Zealand 3-2 to Set Up Final With Australia in Men's Hockey

It will be a repeat of the 2010 Commonwealth Games final as India will again face Australia here in Sunday's title clash. Australia beat England 4-1 to seal its place in the final. 

The Indian men's hockey team put on a stunning show as they came from two goals down to beat New Zealand 3-2 in the semi-final of the 2014 Commonwealth Games at the National Hockey Centre here on Saturday.

Goals from Simon Child and Nick Haig gave New Zealand a 2-0 lead but India came back strongly with strikes from Akashdeep Singh, Ramandeep Singh and Rupinder Pal Singh to book a place in the final. (Day 10 updates)
It will be a repeat of the 2010 final as India will again face Australia here in Sunday's title clash. Australia beat England 4-1 to seal its place in the final. (Medal tally)

 

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Nijel Amos beats David Rudisha to 800m gold

Glasgow 2014: Nijel Amos beats David Rudisha to 800m gold

Olympic 800m champion and world record holder David Rudisha was dethroned by his young rival Nijel Amos as the 20-year-old took the Commonwealth title in style.

Amos, who won silver in London in the greatest 800m race in history, kicked hard down the home straight to overtake Rudisha and cross the line with his arms outstretched in celebration.
Rudisha as always went to the front at 150m and tried to control the race from there, just as he had in setting that phenomenal record in 2012.

But, after a 2013 wrecked by a knee injury and a summer where he has been chasing fitness as well as his rivals, he could not take it out fast enough. He was powerless as Botswana's Amos accelerated past him with 50m to go to take gold in one minute 45.18 seconds.

Rudisha's 1:45.48 won him silver with Amos's South African training partner Andre Olivier taking bronze, Scotland's Guy Learmonth running a brilliant personal best of 1:46.69 for sixth and England's Michael Rimmer, after an injury-ravaged season, two hundredths of a second further back in seventh.
The 25-year-old Rudisha had gone through 400m in 52.7 seconds, more than three seconds down on his split from the Olympic final.
And it was that comparative lack of gas that allowed Amos, his country's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony, to come through the traffic down the finishing straight to repeat his victory at the Monaco Diamond League.

News: BBC

 

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