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Rutaja Pisal scored four goals while Deepika Soreng struck thrice as India hammered New Zealand 11-1 to enter the semifinals of the FIH Women's Hockey5s World Cup here. New Zealand took the lead courtesy a goal from Oriwa Hepi (2nd minute) but India equalized within fifteen seconds as Deepika Soreng (2nd) found the back of the net with an astonishing finish. Rutaja (9th) put India in the lead before Mumtaz Khan (10th, 11th) quickly fired back-to-back goals. The goalfest continued with India again scoring two more quick goals, this time from Mariana Kujur (13th, 14th) as the first half ended with India leading 6-1. India's control of proceedings continued and Rutaja (22nf) scored her second goal of the match. Deepika (25th) also brought up her second goal before Rutaja (26th, 28th) added two more goals to her tally. Deepika (29th) then scored another goal to complete her hat-trick as India won the game 11-1. India face South Africa in the semifinal.

Mohith Shashikumar was an impenetrable presence under the bar when India recently clinched the Junior Asia Cup hockey title and now the young custodian has set his sights on achieving greater glory during the Junior World Cup scheduled in Malaysia in December, this year. India beat Pakistan 2-1 in the final in Oman's Salalah and the Karnataka man made quite a few stunning saves against arch-rivals during the business end of the summit clash. "It is a great feeling to win the Asia Cup and we are now officially the best team in Asia and it is a proud feeling. I am sure the world will sit up and take notice of us now," Mohith, who was adjudged the Best Goalkeeper in the Junior Asia Cup, told PTI. "This is a confidence booster ahead of the (Junior) World Cup and we now want to play against European teams to expand our experience base," he added. The Karnataka lad said getting an early qualification for the Junior World Cup will give Team India an advantage in terms of strategising in .

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Germany vs Belgium Hockey World Cup 2023 Final Highlights: After it finished 3-3 in regulation time and 3-3 in the five-shot Shoot-out, Germany held their nerves to win it in sudden death.

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Former India men's hockey head coach Roelant Oltmans has blamed the lack of tactical awareness and a non-existent club culture for India's early exit in the ongoing edition of the FIH Men's World Cup. India lost the crossover match to New Zealand and failed to make the quarter-finals after going down 4-5 in sudden death. India's current head coach Graham Reid had also voiced concern about the lack of club culture after the Hockey India League (HIL) became defunct in 2017. "There is no club culture in India, that is for sure. And the players need to continue playing games, that this team is lacking," Oltmans, who was at the helm of affairs of the Indian team from 2015 to 2017, told PTI in an interview. "These Indians are fantastic hockey players, no doubt about that. But you need to know what to do at which moment of the game. If all of a sudden, you are 11 against 10, what are you going to do?" added the Dutchman, who also served as the High Performance Director of Indian hockey fr

Hockey World Cup Semifinal, Belgium vs Netherlands Live Updates: Germany beat Australia in the first semi-final 4-3. Now Belgium take on the Netherlands in second to book a meeting with the Germans

India vs Japan, Men's Hockey World Cup 2023 Highlights: The Indian team, after being 0-0 at half time, scored four each in third and fourth quarter to beat Japan 8-0 in the 9-16th place classification

Hockey World Cup 2023 Quarterfinals Highlights: Germany beat England with a great comeback after being 0-2 down for 56 minutes. They won the shoot-out 4-3. In second game, Netherlands beat Korea 5-1

Hockey World Cup 2023 Quarterfinal Highlights: Australia beat Spain 4-3 in a nail-biting first quarterfinal to march into the semis. In the second game, Belgium defeated New Zealand 2-0

Hockey World Cup 2023, Crossover Highlights: While the first game was an easy affair with Germany going past France 5-1. A surprise was in store in the second game as Korea beat Argentina in Shoot-out

Hosts India made a shock exit from the FIH Men's World Cup after losing to New Zealand in sudden death in their must-win crossover match in front of a relentlessly cheering 15000 home crowd here on Sunday. The loss ended India's hopes of a Wold Cup medal after 48 years. Despite vociferous support from the jampacked Kalinga Stadium crowd, India allowed New Zealand to come back from two-goal deficit in the regulation time as the match ended at 3-3 in the regulation time. In the penalty shootout, the scores were also tied after the first five set of strikes, and the match was finally decided via sudden death. Captain Harmanpreet Singh had the golden chance to take India to victory in sudden death but he failed to do that as he missed the target. Veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh made two saves in the shootout to rescue India after they were 2-3 down. He saved another one during the sudden death and got himself injured and Krishan Pathak replaced him in the next three rounds of ...

India vs New Zealand Crossover, Hockey World Cup 2023 Highlights: India will not finish on the podium once again and all the hype of a World Cup medal has come to an end as hosts lose 5-4 in shoot-out

FIH Men's Hockey World Cup 2023 India vs New Zealand Preview: The Indian hockey team will play in the crossover against New Zealand to try and get into the quarterfinal

India were far from being impressive in their 4-2 win over Wales in their final FIH Men's Hockey World Cup pool game and twin goal scorer Akashdeep Singh said the home team felt the absence of injured midfielder Hardik Singh. Hardik, who sustained a hamstring injury and missed the Wales match, is uncertain for the remainder of the tournament. India needed to beat Wales by a margin of eight goals against Wales on Thursday to top Pool D and qualify directly for the quarterfinals. But they failed to do so and will now face New Zealand in their crossover match on Sunday to make it to the last eight stage. "We could not score too many goals in the first two quarters, we scored only one. But we were able to score three more in the third and final quarters. I was able to contribute for the team, so I am very happy," said the 28-year-old Akashdeep, who has played for more than 200 senior international matches. "We could not make it to the quarterfinals directly but we hope to be there by .

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Men's Hockey World Cup 2023 Day 8 Highlights: Australia topped Group A courtesy of two wins and a draw while France stopped Argentina at a 5-5 draw. Belgium topped Group B and Germany finished second

India vs Wales, Hockey World Cup 2023 Highlights: India needed to win by a clear margin of 8 goals to get directly in the quarterfinal. In the end, they won by just 2 goals and get into cross-overs