Right from the start, New Zealand was able to establish a stronghold over Chile and made a lot of pressure on debutants. Chile also showed some solid resistance to brutal attacking by their opponents. Sam Hiha proved to be a major difference between both sides
Following his team's win over Spain in the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup, attacking midfielder Hardik Singh, one of the goalscorers in the match, lauded the team for their performance, calling the win a 'team effort'.
England started off their World Cup campaign with a thumping 5-0 win over Wales. India also clinched a 2-0 win over Spain in their campaign opener. Both teams will lock horns on Sunday at Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela
The hosts opened the scoring in the early minutes of the game through Cleiton Silva. However, the Men of Steel turned the tide in the second half with the help of substitutes Harry Sawyer and Germanpreet Singh as the two were involved in the goals to seal the game with a win.
A scuffle broke out between two groups of women in a Ghaziabad housing society on Tuesday over the removal of stray dogs, according to police officials.
The Indian duo, who had lost the first set, was trailing 17-10 in the second and appeared poised to defeat but the ace shuttlers ranked fifth in the world in men's doubles, made a stunning comeback to win the match 17-21, 22-20, 21-9.
They are just two points behind leader Sreenidi Deccan but Staikos Vergetis's men have played two matches less. Kenkre are third from the bottom right now, with ten points from as many matches.
Actress Shruti Haasan missed the pre-launch event of 'Waltair Veerayya' and several reports cited that she had mental problems. The reports did not go down well with Shruti as she skipped the event as she is down with viral fever.
The marquee Hockey event will be held in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela from January 13 to January 29. India are placed in Pool D along with England, Wales and Spain.