Indian women's hockey team secures place in Olympics qualifiers final round
Hiroshima: The Indian women's hockey team Saturday secured a place in the final round of Tokyo Olympic qualifiers after beating lower-ranked Chile 4-2 in the semifinals of FIH Series Finals here.
Chile took a surprise lead in the 18th minute through Carolina Garcia but India restored parity in the 22nd minute through Gurjit Kaur as the two sides went into the half-time at 1-1.
India then took a two-goal lead with Navneet Kaur scoring in the 31st minute and Gurjit Kaur finding the target for the second time (37th) in the match.
Manuela Urroz scored Chile's second goal in the 43rd minute to reduce the gap to 3-2 before Indian captain Rani Rampal took the game beyond the reach of the South Americans with a 57th minute strike.
In the final on Sunday, India will play against the winner of Saturday's other semifinal match between Russia and Japan. The top two teams from this tournament qualify for the final round of 2020 Olympics qualifiers to be held later this year.
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ICSE, ISC results: Girls outperform boys, pass rate over 99%
New Delhi (PTI): The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations on Thursday announced the Class 10 and Class 12 results for 2026, with overall pass percentages of 99.18 per cent and 99.13 per cent, respectively.
A total of 2,58,721 candidates appeared for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), or Class 10, examination.
About 1,03,316 students took the Indian School Certificate (ISC), or Class 12, exam.
Girls outperformed boys in both examinations.
In ICSE, girls recorded a pass percentage of 99.46 per cent compared to 98.93 per cent for boys.
In ISC, girls achieved a 99.48 per cent pass percentage, while those of boys stood at 98.81 per cent.
Students can now access their scorecards on the official website cisce.org.
