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India will begin their campaign in the Commonwealth Games 2022 on July 31 against Ghana.

The creme de la creme of women's hockey will be in action when top 16 sides of the world will fight for the coveted FIH World Cup crown with record eight-time winners Netherlands eyeing a hat-trick of titles and India aiming for a first

Women's Hockey World Cup 2022: India have historically never performed well in the women's World Cup and do not have a single medal to show. They finished fourth in the first ever World Cup held in 1974.

Hockey India on Thursday reported that two players and three members of the support staff of the Indian men's have tested positive for COVID-19.

Lakra, 32, was part of India's bronze medal winning team at the Tokyo Games and also led the national side at the Asia Cup, where the team won a bronze medal.

Olympic and World Cup medallist Varinder Singh, who was an integral part of some of India's memorable victories in the 1970s, died in Jalandhar.

This is the second time Odisha is hosting the Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.

The side will be captained by goalkeeper Savita Punia while experienced defender Deep Grace Ekka will be her deputy in the Birmingham CWG, to be held from July 28 to August 8.

Argentina have already won the title with Netherlands finishing second.

Danielle Grega gave USA the lead in the 28th minute through a field effort before the Indians forced their way back into the match by scoring through Deep Grace Ekka (31st), Navneet Kaur (32nd) and Sonika (40th) to take a 3-1 lead

Savita Punia will continue to lead the Indian team with Deep Grace Ekka remaining her deputy.

With the World Cup just around the corner, Savita Punia said the Indian team is shaping up really well for the quadrennial tournament.

The Indian men's hockey team's FIH Pro League title hopes went up in smoke after suffering a hard-fought 1-2 defeat against the Netherlands in the second match of the two-leg tie

Indian women's hockey team squandered a one-goal lead to lose 2-3 to Olympic silver medallist Argentina in the second match of the double-leg FIH Pro League tie on Sunday

The Indian men's hockey team produced a lion hearted performance before going down 1-4 to leaders the Netherlands in the shoot-out after both the sides were locked 2-2 at regulation time to virtually crash out of the title race of the FIH Pro League on Saturday

After a 3-3 stalemate in regulation time, India women defeated Argentina 2-1 in the shoot-out.

Hendrickx (49th, 59th) produced two goals in the fourth quarter to go with a 33rd minute goal from Nicolas de Kerpel as the Olympic champions fought back from a 0-1 deficit

Indian women's team had a forgettable day in office as it received a sound 0-5 thrashing at the hands of Belgium in a FIH Pro League match in Antwerpon Saturday.