Now, to stop India's march

DEFENDING champion South Korea hammered Singapore 12-1 in the field hockey competition at Asian Games on Sunday to set up a semifinal against Pakistan.
Se Jong-ho scored three field goals and Nam Hyun-woo was on target as many times off short corners as the big victory helped South Korea to top Pool A on better goal difference.
Malaysia — which also finished with 10 points with a 4-2 victory over China — will take on India in the other semifinal.
South Korea had a plus-21 goal difference as compared to Malaysia’s plus-15 after its four pool matches.
In the other matches, India had to fight back through two short corner goals by its star striker Sandeep Singh to beat Japan 3-2.
Japan’s Hiroki Sakamoto had stunned the Indian defense with a 21st-minute field goal before captain Rajpal Singh leveled four minutes from halftime.
Sakamoto pulled one back with another brilliant field attempt in the 63rd minute, but India managed to hang on to its narrow lead in the last seven minutes.
India led Pool B with 12 points after registering victories over archrival Pakistan, Bangladesh and Hong Kong.
Pakistan (9 points) finished behind India with a 6-1 win over Bangladesh on Sunday.
Ace penalty corner striker Sohail Abbas, who missed a crucial penalty corner against India in a 3-2 loss on Saturday, scored twice on Sunday while Shakeel Abbasi and Mohammad Imran also scored two goals each.