Rupinder Pal Singh struck twice as India beat Ireland 3-2 in their opening match of the mens hockey competition at the Rio Olympics on Saturday.Drag-flickers VR Raghunath (15th minute) and Rupinder (27th, 49th) converted three out of seven penalty corners as India secured their first win in an opening clash at the Olympics since Sydney Games 2000. Ireland were superior in the second half, finding the net twice through Jermyn John (45th) and Conor Harte (56th) at the Olympic Hockey Centre.Going by world rankings, India (5th) were the favourites in the Pool B encounter against Ireland (12th) and the eight-time gold medallists dominated the first two quarters.While India launched multiple raids, Ireland defended in numbers and relied mainly on counter attacks in the opening period.Indias domination was evident from the fact that they earned six penalty corners in the first two quarters as against Irelands two.Indias first real scoring chance came in the last minute of the first quarter when they earned their first penalty corner, but their variation didnt work and from the resultant build-up Ramandeep Singhs effort was saved by David Harte in front of the Irish goal.Seconds from the end of the first quarter, India earned three more back-to-back penalty corners, the last of which was ably converted by VR Raghunath with a powerful low flick to the right of the Irish goalkeeper.Seven minutes into the second quarter, Ireland had their first scoring chance when they secured a penalty corner and John Jermyn scored from the opportunity but the goal was disallowed as the push was not stopped properly. Freddie Lewis Jersey . "Four now," Carl Gunnarsson told the Leaf Report proudly following a 5-2 victory over New York on Tuesday night, the clubs fifth straight at home. Pacers Jerseys China . Luis Suarezs double powered Liverpool to a 4-0 victory over Fulham, and Southampton easily overcame Hull 4-1 to continue the south coast clubs impressive start to the season. Liverpool and Southampton sent Chelsea down to fourth place as the west London club was held to 2-2 at home. https://www.cheappacers.com/633k-glenn-robinson-iii-jersey-pacers.html .7 million, one-year contract, a raise of $2.2 million. Wieters had asked for $8.75 million and the Orioles had offered $6. Brian Bowen Jersey . Batiste, who briefly signed with the Eskimos in 2006, has spent time with several NFL teams including the Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Redskins. Danny Granger Jersey . Catch all the action on TSN2 at 11pm et/8pm pt. The nine-time Big 12 champion Jayhawks are positioning themselves for another title, as they have run out to a flawless 6-0 mark in conference play thus far. South Africa 415 (De Kock 122, Duminy 97, Amla 51) and 5 for 181 (Rossouw 77) drew with Cricket Australia XI 103 (Short 57, Steyn 2-9, Philander 2-13) Scorecard South Africas bowlers flexed their muscles with the pink ball the day after the touring batsmen had done likewise to round out the warm-up match against a Cricket Australia XI under lights at Adelaide Oval.The local collective lasted a mere 30.4 overs meaning Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander, Morne Morkel and Kagiso Rabada were denied the chance to see how the pink ball would perform after dark.However an even spread of wickets - the aforementioned quartet plus Kyle Abbott all claimed two wickets each - augured well for the South Africa bowlers ahead of the Test series against Australia, even if the CA XI provided modest oppositiion.ddddddddddddOnly the CA XI captain Matthew Short was able to resist for any length of time, battling his way to 57 from 61 balls as wickets fell around him. No other member of the invitational side made it to double figures.The swift collapse of the CA XI innings left the tourists with the remainder of the evening for a second innings, in which Rilee Rossouw made the most of his chance to post a swift 77 before retiring.Faf du Plessis, Temba Bavuma and JP Duminy were all able to indulge in some gentle centre-wicket practice before the close. Arjun Nair, the young NSW spinner, was able to put in a second economical display while also deceiving Bavuma. ' ' '