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England Commonwealth hockey descends into vicious brawl with player sent off for 'choke'
Commonwealth Games hockey match with Canada descended into chaos after a vicious scrap broke out.The hosts were leading Thursday’s match-up 4-1 before ugly scenes put a dampener on proceedings just minutes before half-time. England’s Chris Griffiths tangled with Canadian rival Balraj Panesar after the latter made an excellent tackle to deny a scoring opportunity.Griffiths then continued to grab hold of Panesar’s hockey stick in aggressive fashion, resulting in the situation escalating dramatically.