Goals from Lalremsiami, Neha Goyal and Vandana helped India ease through to the next round. India will now face Ireland in the quarter-finals tomorrow
India players celebrate a goal against Italy during their Womenu00c3u0083u00c2u00a2u00c3u0082u00c2u0080u00c3u0082u00c2u0099s World Cup hockey match in London yesterday. India won 3-0
India sealed their place in the quarter-finals after defeating Italy 3-0 in the Women's World Cup hockey knockout match here yesterday. Goals from Lalremsiami, Neha Goyal and Vandana helped India ease through to the next round. India will now face Ireland in the quarter-finals tomorrow.
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India drew first blood by scoring early in the first quarter. Lalremsiami gave India the lead in the ninth minute. Later, Neha Goyal converted a penalty to double India's lead just before the end of the third quarter. India virtually sealed the match after a deflected goal by Vandana in the fourth quarter. That gave India a comfortable victory.
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