Olympic XI win 7- 2 in clash of veteran hockey players

IN a match between veteran hockey players, Olympics XI trounced World Cup XI 7- 2 at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Betul, Madhya Pradesh.

The match was organised by a local Social and Cultural Association named Pratidhwani to promote hockey in which players who helped India clinch the 1975 Hockey World Cup and the 1980 Moscow Olympic took part.

Dhanraj Pillai of Olympics XI scored three goalsto be declared man- of- the- match. Govinda scored the first goal in the 10th minute while Ashok Dhyanchand scored the second for World Cup XI. Pillai struck three goals in the 20th, 45th and 51st minutes forcing the opponent team to play a defensive game.