| Medal Standings |  |  |  | Total |
| 1 |  CHN | 20 | 7 | 5 | 32 |
| 2 |  USA | 10 | 9 | 13 | 32 |
| 3 |  KOR | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 |  GER | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 |  AUS | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
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BEIJING: Pakistan came back from a goal down to beat Canada 3-1 in the Beijing Olympics field hockey match on Wednesday. It was Pakistan’s first win in the competition after going down 4-2 to Britain on Monday. Stunned by Bindi Kuller’s opener at the stroke of half-time, Pakistan fought back in the second session through goals by Muhammad Imran, Shafqat Rasool and Muhammad Waqas. “The win will help our confidence in the tougher games to follow,” said Pakistani coach Naveed Alam.
In the other matches of the day, World Cup holders Germany hobbled to a 1-1 draw against nemesis Belgium and defending champions Australia pulverised South Africa 10-0. The Germans, whose loss to Belgium in the European championships last year forced them to play the Olympic qualifiers, were once again caught napping as Cedric Charlier equalised Matthias Witthaus’s opener. The draw left Germany with four points from two matches in pool A, while Belgium gained their first point after losing their opening match against Spain. With Spain, South Korea and New Zealand breathing down their necks, Germany can ill-afford another draw in their bid to take one of the two semi-final spots from the pool. There were no such worries for Australia, whose thrashing of South Africa equalled their previous best victory margin against Mexico in the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Eli Matheson slammed a hat-trick and Jamie Dwyer and David Guest scored two goals each as the Kookaburras, who routed Canada 6-1 in their first match, recorded their second successive win in Pool B. Meanwhile, Asian Games champions South Korea were given a scare by Games debutants China before romping to a 5-2 win in Pool A with Jang Jong-Hyun scoring three penalty corner goals. China snatched a 2-0 lead by the eighth minute before the Koreans hit back to follow up their 3-1 win over the same rivals in the Asian Games final in Qatar two years ago. Australia displayed their awesome strike power with five goals in each half as the 13th-ranked South Africans wilted under the onslaught. Dwyer opened the floodgates with a second-minute goal. Grant Schubert, Fergus Kavanagh and Des Abbott were the other scorers for Australia, who clash with Pakistan in their next game on Friday. afp
Wang Shipeng takes on Carlos Morais and Armando Costa
of Angola. (Photo credit: Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
In the other matches of the day, World Cup holders Germany hobbled to a 1-1 draw against nemesis Belgium and defending champions Australia pulverised South Africa 10-0. The Germans, whose loss to Belgium in the European championships last year forced them to play the Olympic qualifiers, were once again caught napping as Cedric Charlier equalised Matthias Witthaus’s opener. The draw left Germany with four points from two matches in pool A, while Belgium gained their first point after losing their opening match against Spain. With Spain, South Korea and New Zealand breathing down their necks, Germany can ill-afford another draw in their bid to take one of the two semi-final spots from the pool. There were no such worries for Australia, whose thrashing of South Africa equalled their previous best victory margin against Mexico in the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Eli Matheson slammed a hat-trick and Jamie Dwyer and David Guest scored two goals each as the Kookaburras, who routed Canada 6-1 in their first match, recorded their second successive win in Pool B. Meanwhile, Asian Games champions South Korea were given a scare by Games debutants China before romping to a 5-2 win in Pool A with Jang Jong-Hyun scoring three penalty corner goals. China snatched a 2-0 lead by the eighth minute before the Koreans hit back to follow up their 3-1 win over the same rivals in the Asian Games final in Qatar two years ago. Australia displayed their awesome strike power with five goals in each half as the 13th-ranked South Africans wilted under the onslaught. Dwyer opened the floodgates with a second-minute goal. Grant Schubert, Fergus Kavanagh and Des Abbott were the other scorers for Australia, who clash with Pakistan in their next game on Friday. afp
Wang Shipeng takes on Carlos Morais and Armando Costa
of Angola. (Photo credit: Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
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