Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing Phil Roper and Great Britain sank to a heartbreaking hockey quarter-final exit, beaten 3-1 by India as their Olympic journey came to a crushing end.
Defensive lapses led to goals in the first and second quarter and left them chasing the game, with a Sam Ward penalty corner late in the third unable to spark a late comeback.
It means Britain’s wait for a men’s hockey medal stands at 33 years and goes back to the gold medal at Seoul 1988. “It’s just one of those days,” said Ward after the match broadcast live on Eurosport and discovery+. “The ball didn’t quite drop over the line, and the chances came, the nibbles and bits and bots didn’t go our way. “Some days,
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