Hockey World Cup  

Mumtaz Khan is an international hockey player. She earned a spot on the Junior National Hockey team in 2017. In 2022, Mumtaz was honoured by the FIH as the Rising Star of the Year. Mumtaz played exceptionally well in the Junior World Cup scoring 8 goals in 6 matches, including a hat-trick against Malaysia.

Spain and Netherlands have been confirmed as the co-hosts for the 2022 FIH Hockey Women's World Cup. The Men's Hockey World Cup would be played from January 13-29, 2023 in India while the Women's World Cup would be played from July 1-17, 2022

From hockey to athletics, shooting to cricket, here is a list of seven incidents where the sportspersons made India proud in these seven decades.

While India qualified directly for the quarter-finals by being the toppers, Belgium and Canada will play in the cross-overs for a place in the last-eight round. Canada, too, overcame South Africa by virtue of a better goal difference. Both the teams finished their pool engagements with one point apiece

While India are placed at an advantageous position at present, the pool is still wide open. The hosts would not want to leave anything on chance and they would seek a comprehensive win on Saturday to cement their place atop the pool and directly qualify for the last eight round