Indian Hockey women’s team beat United States of America 5-1 in Olympic qualifiers at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Friday.  At half time, India was leading by 1-0.

A short-while from now, the Indian men’s team will face Russia.

Both the Indian teams will play matches against Russia and USA tomorrow also. The aggregate winners at the end of the two-match qualifier (each for men and women) will seal their places in the 2020 Tokyo Games.