Women's hockey team finish 5th at World Cup, best result since 1974
A 3-1 win over Germany in the classification match sealed a historic finish.
India's women's hockey team finished fifth at the FIH World Cup in August after beating Germany 3-1 in their classification match. It was the team's best World Cup finish since 1974.
The squad had qualified as runners-up at the qualifier earlier in the year. The men's team finished eighth at their World Cup after losing a shootout to Belgium in the placement match.
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Source: Wikipedia: 2026 in Indian sports
