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Indian hockey team’s first Olympics victory against Ireland

In Rio Olympics, a big relief to Indian camp with victory over Ireland in an Olympic hockey match after 12 years as they held back resurgent debutants Ireland to prevail 3-2 and pick full three points.”It’s a big relief to emerge winners after some late Irish resurgence,” said Rupinder Pal Singh, who converted two penalty corners to shine out as India’s hero in the first outing, which ended a lean run for India whose last victory at an Olympic hockey match came in 2004 at Athens.