Rinku devi

Bangalore Football Stadium: Striker Fredrica Torkudzor struck a hat-trick as HOPS FC put in a clinical performance to beat Kickstart FC 5-1 in their Indian Women's Football League (IWL) at the Bangalore Football Stadium, here on Monday.

After Karishma Shirvoikar had put Kickstart FC in the lead in the fifth minute, Fredrica scored a hat-trick, which she completed in the second half injury time as he scored in the 28th minute, 59th and 90+5 minutes. Shailja and Gladys Amfobea added one each to make it a big win for HOPS FC.

While Kickstart got off to a quick start with Karishma opening the scoring, Fredrica and Gladys threatened the Bengaluru side’s defence in a bid to help HOPS get back into the game, which created quite the spectacle for the viewers who were treated to some end-to-end action.