Tokyo Olympics hockey: Great Britain men off to fast start

Fast starts in both halves propelled Team GB to an opening 3-1 Pool B win against South Africa at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The masked Sam Ward fired home from a penalty corner after two minutes then Liam Ansell also scored two minutes into the third quarter.

GB’s early lead was immediately scrubbed out by Hampstead & Westminster top flicker Matthew Guise-Brown in the third minute, also from a penalty corner, but it was the only time the South Africans troubled the scorers.