Great Britain v Germany: Hosts men win but women lose in Pro League
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Great Britain are due to face Germany in the group stages of the rearranged Tokyo Olympics this summer
Great Britain's men overcame Germany but the women lost in their first home games in 18 months in the FIH Pro League.
The men recovered from conceding after only 42 seconds to lead 4-3 at half-time before eventually winning 5-3.
The women, who are Olympic champions, led twice but conceded with three minutes to go to suffer a 3-2 defeat.
The two sides had not played at home since securing Olympic qualification in November 2019.
The men's game saw Liam Ansell, Brendan Creed, Phil Roper and Christopher Griffiths and Harry Martin score for GB.
Germany, who are ranked third in the world, pulled their keeper Mark Appel and GB's Jack Waller was yellow-carded in the final minutes, but the hosts defended two penalty corners to hang on for the win.
In the women's game Sarah Robertson, who was making her 150th international appearance, and Susannah Townsend put GB ahead either side of a Jette Fleschutz goal.
Fiona Crackles saw yellow for GB which allowed Germany to move level in quarter three, before Charlotte Stapenhorst secured a late win.
Both sides are action again on Thursday with the men's game at 17:30 BST and the women's at 20:00.
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