The Netherlands completed a remarkable double in Olympic hockey on Friday when their women's team, the defending champions, beat China 3-1 in a shootout to take gold just 24 hours after the men's side had triumphed over Germany.

Hardik Singh (38') scored the lone goal for India, while Floris Middendorp (4') was on the scoresheet for the Netherlands in regulation time.

The Indian men's hockey team would look to continue its recent domination over the Netherlands with an outright win when the two sides meet in the return leg match of the FIH Pro League in Rourkela on Wednesday.

Veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh turned out to be the saviour as the Indian men's hockey team defeated world number one Netherlands 4-2 via a shoot-out in the FIH Pro League in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.

Indian women's hockey team's penalty corner woes continued as it fell to its second consecutive defeat at the FIH Pro League.

The World No. 1 Netherlands men's Hockey Team arrived at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar on Sunday ahead of their FIH Hockey Pro League 2023/24 matches in India

India exhibited immense resilience to qualify for the semi-finals, where they will take on Germany on the 14th of December.

Two-time champions Netherlands clinched the bronze medal at the ongoing FIH Men's Hockey World Cup after defeating three-time champions Australia 3-1 in the third-place match

Star drag-flicker Gonzalo Peillat struck a second-half hat-trick as Germany made a sensational comeback after being two goals down to beat Australia 4-3 and enter the FIH Men's World Cup final for the fifth time on Friday

In a bizarre incident, German umpire Ben Goentgen was hit on the face off a penalty corner strike in the FIH Men's World Cup quarterfinal match between Netherlands and South Korea in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.

With this win, Netherlands topped the Pool C with nine points and three wins in three matches. Malaysia ended as second with six points and two wins in three matches