Haryana to clash with up in the National Hockey Championship

Monday, April 24, 2006, 21:35 [IST]

Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, Apr 24 (UNI) Haryana will clash with Uttar Pradesh in the finals of the 12th sub-junior National Hockey Championship being held at the DNR College grounds here today.

In the semi finals, Haryana dominated the proceedings against Orissa right from the beginning and registered a facile 2-0 victory in the other match Uttar Pradesh beat hosts Andhra 2-0.

For Haryana, Nikhil Soroha score the first goal in the fourth minute and later Satya Van Singh increased the lead in the 50th minute.

Deepak Yadhav of Uttar Pradesh scored a fine field goal in the 13th minute to put his team in the lead. Abhinav increased the lead in the 55th minute to seal the fate for the hosts.

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