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Indian men storm into semis of Kabaddi World Cup

Mansa, Dec 11, 2012 (PTI):

The Indian men's team today stormed into the semifinals of the 3rd Kabaddi World Cup, crushing Denmark 73-28 in a completely one-sided match here.

Malaysia's women team surprised everyone by topping the pool after a 39-29 win over Turkmenistan.

England were out of reckoning despite beating Afghanistan 64-21.


Denmark's Major Singh and Loverthy Lundbery got 5 points each.

Malaysia's raiders Manpreet Kaur, Paramjit Kaur and Jaswinder Kaur got 9, 7 and 7 points respectively, while stoppers Mandeep Kaur and Rekha bagged 5 and 4 points respectively.

In another men's match, the England team was leading 34-8 after the first half.

England's raiders Jaskaran Singh, Gurdev Singh, Inderjit Singh and Rajvir Singh scored 10, 10, 9 and 8 points respectively, while stoppers Jagtar Singh and Gurpreet Singh got 10 and 8 points respectively.

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