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Mamelodi Sundowns were made to work extra hard against 10-man Moroka Swallows to secure a 1-0 victory and book their MTN8 semi-final spot at the Lucas Moripe Stadium on Saturday.
Arsenal are 2-0 up in their Premier League opener against Nottingham Forest.
Spain and Sweden became the first sides to reach the World Cup semi-finals on Friday.
Sweden held off a late Japan fightback to reach the semi-finals of the Women's World Cup for the fifth time with a 2-1 win at Eden Park on Friday, leaving the tournament without a former winner in the last four. Five days after ousting four-time champions the United States in the last 16, the Swedes dominated the 2011 title winners for most of the evening to set up a semi-final against Spain at the same stadium on Tuesday. Defender Amanda Ilestedt gave Sweden the lead with her fourth goal of the tournament in the 32nd minute with Filippa Angeldal adding the second from the penalty spot just after the break. Japan never gave up the fight but Riko Ueki missed a 76th-minute penalty and her fellow substitute Honoka Hayashi's goal 11 minutes later proved too little, too late as Sweden held firm under immense stoppage-time pressure to progress.
India vs Japan, Asian Champions Trophy Semi-final Highlights: India defeated Japan 5-0 in the second semi-final of the Asian Champions Trophy at Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai on Friday. The win helped India set up a final clash with Malaysia, who beat South Korea 6-2 in the first semi-final. For India, Akashdeep Singh's field goal broke the deadlock before Harmanpreet Singh's superb drag flick doubled the lead for the hosts. Later, an amazing hit from Manpreet Singh touched the stick of Mandeep Singh and entered the post to put India 3-0 up. Sumit then made it 4-0 with a magical goal in the third quarter. Karthi Selvam then put one into the post in the final quarter to help India end the game on a high.
A dominant India mauled reigning Asian champions Japan 5-0 to enter their fourth Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament final at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai on Friday. While three-time champions India adopted a high-press hockey from the onset, Japan played deep into their defence to thwart the home team's attacks. India got the first scoring chance of the match in the form of a penalty corner but Japan goalkeeper Takashi Yoshikawa made a confident save to deny home team skipper Harmanpreet Singh.
Spain and Sweden will face off in the first semi-final of the Women’s World Cup on Tuesday as both sides ground out 2-1 wins.
India vs Japan, Asian Champions Trophy semi-final Live Updates: India's focus will be on the penalty corner conversion rate when they take on Japan in the semi-final of Asian Champions Trophy 2023 on Friday. The match will take place at the at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai.