Hockey players clashed in Commonwealth Games: Angered by a stick, one player grabbed another's throat, and pulled T-shirt; The referee kicked off the field

Posted on 5th Aug 2022 by rohit kumar

The men's hockey match was played between England and Canada at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday. During this, there was a fierce fight between the two players. Canada's Balraj Panesar and England's Chris Griffith grabbed each other's necks and clashed on the field. The fight between the two escalated so much that the players and the referee had to intervene.

 

Fight between Balraj Panesar and Stick Griffith

 

It happened that the England team was showing continuous attacking games to score goals against Canada. Then Balraj Panesar's hockey stick hit Griffith's hand and got stuck. This enraged Griffith and pushed Panesar. Due to this Paneshar got furious and he grabbed the neck of the England player. Then both of them grabbed each other's T-shirts and started pulling. It seemed that the playground had become a battlefield.

 

Then the players of both the teams came and separated the two. The referee then showed Canada's Balraj Panesar a red card and sent him out. At the same time, Chris warned Griffith by showing him the yellow card.

 

Canada lost

 

Talking about the match, England beat Canada 11-2 and finished second in the group. Team India stood first. In the semi-finals, England can face world champions Australia and India can face the winning team between New Zealand and South Africa. India had defeated Wales 4-1.

 

India also beat Canada 8-0

 

Earlier on Wednesday, the Indian men's hockey team defeated Canada 8-0 to make it to the semi-finals. Harmanpreet Singh and Akashdeep Singh scored the highest two goals for India. Apart from this, Amit Rohidas, Lalit Upadhyay, Gurjant Singh, and Mandeep Singh scored one goal each for India.

 

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