Ireland
Olympic Games: Ireland go down to opening hockey defeat against defending champions Belgium
Ireland goalkeeper David Harte put in an outstanding performance to deny Belgium a number of goals
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It wasn’t to be three in a row for Ireland in their first Pool A match of the Olympic Games against reigning Olympic champions Belgium. Ireland had twice beaten the gold medallists from Tokyo earlier in the ye... [3904 chars]