Hockey World Cup

It was the first-ever World Championship win for Israel's women's team, who joined the international arena last year, reports Xinhua. Israel thus completed their games in the three-team group with a 1-3 win-loss record, while Bosnia are currently 1-2 in the tournament.

In the first game of the day, HAR Hockey Academy recorded a 2-2 draw with SAI BAL Team. Sushmita Panna (2') and Himanshi Gawande (29') netted one goal each for HAR Hockey Academy. SAI fought back through a brace from Pooja (37', 42') to rescue a point from the match.

It was the second game in the three-team group after Serbia beat Israel 5-1 on Sunday, reports Xinhua. At the end of the double round-robin tournament, which is played in the Israeli village of Tenuvut, one team will qualify for Group A. Saves by both goalkeepers, Israel's Yael Fatiev and Hana Sadovic of Bosnia, kept the first period scoreless.

A match, much closer than the previous encounters between both teams, ended in a draw after either team failed to score in regulation time. This resulted in a shootout that ended 4-3 in the favour of the Indian junior women's hockey team. Having won all their matches against the U-21 team they now focus on playing the A team, twice in quick succession.

Following the conclusion of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023, there were major movements at the top of the World Rankings in the Men's Outdoor category. Germany, who were placed fourth in the rankings before the World Cup, moved to the top of the World Rankings with 2912 points, the FIH informed in a release on Sunday.

The hotly contested final match was graced by the presence of Governor of Odisha Ganeshi Lal, Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren and Odisha Sports Minister Tusharkanti Behera. As 44 matches of high-octane action unfolded, the response to the event as a whole has been tremendous, with fans from all over the world flocking to Odisha to soak in the atmosphere and support their teams.

Germany made a remarkable comeback to beat defending champions Belgium 5-4 in the sudden death shoot-out after playing a 3-3 in the regulation time to win the FIH Odisha Hockey Mens World Cup 2023, here on Sunday. This is Germany's third Hockey World Cup title after they won it in 2002 and 2006. With this, they draw level with Netherlands and Australia.

This is the fourth medal for the Netherlands in the men's World Cup as they had finished runners-up in the last two editions in 2014 and 2018 and were third in the 2010 World Cup played in New Delhi. Australia opened the scoring in the 13th minute when drag flicker Jeremy Hayward converted their first penalty corner.They maintained their one-goal advantage in the second quarter too as they led 1-0 at half-time.

While reigning Olympic and World Champion Belgium are hoping to capture their second title, Germany will be trying to regain the title they had won at consecutive editions in 2002 at Kuala Lumpur and in 2006 at home in Mnchengladbach, joining Netherlands and Australia, who will clash for the third place earlier in the day, as teams to win the World Cup thrice.

India lost to New Zealand 5-3 in a sudden death shoot-out in the Crossover stage match after holding the hosts 3-3 in regulation time. India missed a bagful of chances including a 2-1 and 3-1 lead to concede two goals in the fourth quarter.