Australia rout India to
win Four-nation tournament

Australia trounced India 6-0 in the final of the Four-nation field hockey tournament in Melbourne on Sunday, to finish unbeaten after seven matches.

The Kookaburras made a fast start, racing to a 3-0 lead after just nine minutes and effectively ended the match as a contest.

Troy Elder opened the scoring in the fourth minute from a penalty-corner; Michael McCann added another a minute later and Craig Victory latched on to McCann's backhanded pass to score in the ninth minute.

Jamie Dwyer beat Indian goalkeeper Devesh Chauhan to complete the four-goal first half onslaught and then scored his second goal in the 48th minute when he flicked home a pass from Nathan Eglington.

Aaron Hopkins completed the rout in the 65th minute.

Dwyer was denied a hat-trick when Chauhan saved his back-handed shot with less than two minutes remaining.

South Korea beat Malaysia 3-2 in extra-time in the third- place play-off, with Woon Kon-Yeo scoring the deciding goal from a penalty-corner.

Woon's second strike of the match proved decisive after the teams were level at 2-2 at the end of regulation time.

The Koreans opened the scoring through Woon's penalty stroke in the 17th minute but Malaysia levelled the scores just before the break when Mohd Fakrul Razi Bahruddin lunged to tap in an equaliser.

Sung Hoon-Yoon put the Koreans ahead for the second time before Malaysian skipper Kuhan Shanimuganathan's late equaliser.

Earlier reports
India go down fighting to Australia
India beat South Korea again