It is crucial South Africa try and take some points off Belgium and 10th-ranked Japan if they are to make the quarterfinals.
National women's hockey coach Giles Bonnet. Picture: Duif du Toit/Gallo Images
It’s all a bit low-key, but another South African women’s sport enters into World Cup combat this weekend as Giles Bonnet’s hockey team take on Belgium on Sunday in their opening match in Terrassa, Spain.
Hockey team captain Savita Punia is expecting the sizeable Indian community in the Netherlands to come to the venue and cheer the side in its World Cup matches
Savita Punia
National women's hockey team captain Savita Punia is expecting the sizeable Indian community in the Netherlands to come to the venue and cheer the side in its World Cup matches. India will open their campaign against England in pool B match on Sunday, a year after losing to the same opponents in the bronze medal match at the Tokyo Olympics. Читать дальше...
Tess Howard in action against China PIC: World Sport Pics
Amsterdam — Speedster Ellie Rayer says England are out to banish their Women’s World Cup hoodoo when they start their campaign on Sunday for a first medal in 12 years.
Two goals in the final five minutes have given a spirited Hockeyroos a 2-0 victory over Japan in their opening match of the FIH Women’s World Cup 2022.
Germany succeeds in opening the World Cup
At the World Championships in Spain and the Netherlands, the Danas made a successful start to the tournament. In Amstelveen, in the Wagener Stadium, they defeated the World Cup debutants from Chile 4-1. Densie Krimerman met Losada for the South Americans. Pauline Heinz, Anne Schröder and twice Charlotte Stapenhorst, who was also named Player of the Match, scored for Germany.
Argentina scored four times from five penalty corners. That penalty corner efficiency gave the two-time world champion and the biggest challenger of the Orange Women the big 4-0 victory over South Korea over the next two weeks in the battle for the world title.
Rose Tynan scores for the Black Sticks women in their opening World Cup game against China. Dom Thomas/Hockey New Zealand
The Black Sticks have fought back to earn a 2-2 draw in their FIH Women’s World Cup opener against China in the Netherlands on Sunday (NZ time).
The Vantage Black Sticks have secured a 2-2 draw in their opening match of the FIH Women’s World Cup taking place in the Netherlands and Spain.
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Marloes Keetels and Sanne Koolen celebrate the second Dutch goal
Ireland opened their World Cup campaign with a 5-1 defeat by defending champions Netherlands in Amsterdam.
The Dutch ran out 5-1 winners over Ireland PIC: Worldsportpics
Tears rolled down Eva de Goede’s cheeks ahead of the Netherlands’ defence of their title. The Dutch then rolled over an Irish side in what was a repeat of the 2018 final.
Chastening enough scoreline for Ireland in front of crowd of 9,000 in Amsterdam
By Mary Hannigan
Netherlands Laurien Leurink fights for the ball with Ireland Eelena Tice during the match between the Netherlands and Ireland at the Hockey World Cup. Photograph: Sander Koning ANP/AFP via Getty
Four years after their World Cup odyssey in London ended in defeat to the Netherlands in the final, Ireland opened their 2022 campaign by losing to the same opposition in front of a crowd of 9,000 in Amsterdam on Saturday... Читать дальше...
Ireland players before the FIH Women's Hockey World Cup Pool A match between Netherlands and Ireland at Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. Photo by Jeroen Meuwsen/Sportsfile
Ireland’s new look side put in a fearless performance but ultimately came unstuck against the Netherlands at a rocking Wagener Stadium, putting it up to the reigning World Cup, Olympic and European champions.
By Mike Rowbottom
Co-hosts The Netherlands began their defence of the women's FIH World Cup with a 5-1 win over Ireland ©Getty Images
The Netherlands, seeking a third consecutive title at the 2022 Women's International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey World Cup, earned an emphatic 5-1 win in their opening Pool A match on home ground at Amstelveen against the team they defeated in the 2018 final, Ireland.
Australia dig deep to beat Japan; Blacksticks draw with China on return to world stage
Emotions ran high on the second day of action at the FIH Hockey Women's World Cup. Head Coach to Chile, Sergio Vigil fought back tears as his team lined up for their first ever World Cup appearance; Eva de Goede was visibly moved as her dream of a fourth World Cup came true, despite months away from the game through injury.
Terrassa, Spain and Amstelveen, Netherlands
All times GMT +2
Terassa
1 Jul 2022 21:30 ESP v CAN (Pool C) 4 - 1
Amstelveen
2 Jul 2022 14:00 NZL v CHN (Pool B) 2 - 2
2 Jul 2022 16:30 GER v CHI (Pool A) 4 - 1
2 Jul 2022 19:30 NED v IRL (Pool A) 5 - 1
Terassa
2 Jul 2022 18:00 ARG v KOR (Pool C) 4 - 0
2 Jul 2022 21:30 AUS v JPN (Pool D) 2 - 0
Amstelveen
3 Jul 2022 16:30 ENG... Читать дальше...
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Drug pricing regulator NPPA has fixed the retail prices for 84 drug formulations, including those used for treatment of diabetes, headache and high blood pressure. The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has also fixed the prices of formulations indicated to reduce increased cholesterol and triglycerides levels, among others. In exercise of the powers conferred by the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013, the NPPA has fixed the retail prices of the medications, the regulator said in a notification. Читать дальше...
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