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Rupinder Pal Singh struck twice as India beat Ireland 3-2 in their opening match of the mens hockey competition at the Rio Olympics on Saturday.Drag-flickers VR Raghunath (15th minute) and Rupinder (27th, 49th) converted three out of seven penalty corners as India secured their first win in an opening clash at the Olympics since Sydney Games 2000. Ireland were superior in the second half, finding the net twice through Jermyn John (45th) and Conor Harte (56th) at the Olympic Hockey Centre.Going by world rankings, India (5th) were the favourites in the Pool B encounter against Ireland (12th) and the eight-time gold medallists dominated the first two quarters.While India launched multiple raids, Ireland defended in numbers and relied mainly on counter attacks in the opening period.Indias domination was evident from the fact that they earned six penalty corners in the first two quarters as against Irelands two.Indias first real scoring chance came in the last minute of the first quarter when they earned their first penalty corner, but their variation didnt work and from the resultant build-up Ramandeep Singhs effort was saved by David Harte in front of the Irish goal.Seconds from the end of the first quarter, India earned three more back-to-back penalty corners, the last of which was ably converted by VR Raghunath with a powerful low flick to the right of the Irish goalkeeper.Seven minutes into the second quarter, Ireland had their first scoring chance when they secured a penalty corner and John Jermyn scored from the opportunity but the goal was disallowed as the push was not stopped properly. Gary Sanchez Jersey . A knee to the thigh might have stung him the most, but his sixth straight double-double made up for the brief burst of pain. Joe Girardi Jersey . -- The Missouri Tigers might not have a roster full of superstars. http://www.customyankeesjersey.com/custom-reggie-jackson-jersey-large-654i.html . After dropping their final six games of December, the Wild opened the new calendar year with four consecutive wins. Following a loss to Colorado on Saturday, Minnesota rebounded the following night to blank Nashville 4-0, but then had the tables turned on them Tuesday. Mike Tauchman Jersey . The mixed zone is not a place to make friends. Johnny Damon Jersey . -- Mike Smith never saw his first NHL goal go in. Chandler Parsons anticipates being booed in his first game at the American Airlines Center since leaving the Dallas Mavericks in free agency.But Parsons, whose Memphis Grizzlies play in Dallas on Friday night, believes Mavs fans would have ridiculously flawed logic if they do boo him.Parsons has been bombarded with negative feedback from Mavs fans on social media since signing a four-year, $94 million maximum contract with Memphis in July. Critics have focused on his injury issues -- both of his seasons in Dallas ended prematurely due to surgeries on his right knee -- and accused him of stealing money from Dirk Nowitzki, who took a hometown discount to give the Mavs salary-cap space that ended up being used to pay Parsons.Houston, I get it. I said some stupid stuff on the way out of Houston [after three seasons], Parsons told ESPN, referring to the boos he gets from Houston Rockets fans every time he returns to the Toyota Center as a visitor. Dallas, I dont understand. Its like getting mad at somebody for getting in a car wreck and breaking their arm. Like, how in the world can you be mad at somebody for getting hurt? It makes no sense. Thats just so wrong to get mad at somebody for getting hurt, like they want to go through the rehab, want to go through the pain, want to go through the misery of not playing.ddddddddddddI can never understand that aspect of it.So when it comes to Dallas, youre going to get mad at me because Dirk decided to take less money to bring in a really good player and then unfortunately he gets hurt? Thats why youre mad? Sure, boo.Due primarily to concerns about his knee, Dallas did not make Parsons an offer after he declined to exercise his player option, which would have paid him $16 million this season. Parsons told ESPN he would have taken a lot less than the maximum to re-sign with the Mavs, but hes happy he ended up going to the Grizzlies.I think its a perfect situation for me, said Parsons, who missed the first six games after his rehab extended into the regular season and is trying to work his way into a groove while under a strict minutes restriction. I see so much potential that I can add to this team. It just kind of solidifies that I made the right decision. ' ' '