Paris Olympics: Germany beats India 3-2 in penultimate hockey match to progress to final

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Missing out on gold, the Indian mens hockey team lost 2-3 against world champions Germany in the Paris 2024 Olympics semi-finals on Tuesday...

Despite missing penalties, the team led by Harmanpreet Singh scored the first goal of the match in the first quarter against the German rival who failed to score a goal..

After trailing in first quarter, however, Germany showed their dominance by turned things around and scoring two goals against India...

In the final quarter, however, Germany again won the field by scoring another goal against the Indian team which sealed the former's victory and road ahead to the finals against the Netherlands...

In their last match on Sunday, India secured a victory over Great Britain to advance to the Paris Olympics semifinals, despite playing with only 10 players for more than 40 minutes..