Champions Trophy Hockey: England stun Olympic champions Germany 4-1

While Australia braces itself for the Australian Open tennis a month from now, Melbourne is in limelight for the Champions Trophy of field hockey these day.

The jubilant Red Shirts after beating Germany 4-1

And what a stunning defeat Germany, the Olympic Champions, had at the hands of England Saturday. The 4-1 win by England must have stunned the Germans of the outcome of a match that featured two self goals too.

The Germans played with 10 men for the last 15 minutes after Niklas Grell was sent off following his second yellow card of the match, which automatically got converted into a red card. Trailing by two goals and one player short on the pitch, this marked the end of Germany's comeback hopes.

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The victory for England, six of whose players played their maiden international games yesterday in the 1-3 loss to India, was their first against Germany in Champions Trophy.

In othr matches, Four-time defending champions Australia were held to a goalless draw by Olympic silver medalists Netherlands, while Pakistan scored twice in the second session to prevail 2-0 over Belgium.

Read more about it at: IBN

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