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India were beaten 0-3 by Argentina on day 9 of the World Hockey League Semi- Finals in Johannesburg. The defeat meant that the Indian eves finished second in Pool B, behind Argentina who claimed top-spot. The ongoing event is also a qualification tournament for next year's World Cup in India.

The Indian women's team were hammered 1-4 by their counterparts from the United States of America on day three of the competition in Johannesburg. With the win, the Americans virtually guaranteed themselves a place in the quarter-finals of this World Cup and World League Final qualification event.

After gaining confidence from a scintillating 5-0 whitewash in the Series against Belarus earlier this month, the Indian Senior Women's team led by striker Rani departed for West Vancouver in the early hours of Thursday morning to take part in the World League Round 2 starting on 1 April 2017.

Striker Vandana Katariya has been appointed skipper at the women’s Asian Champions Trophy hockey to be held in Singapore later this month in what will be India’s first international assignment post the disappointment of Rio Olympics. Sunita Lakra is appointed as the vice-captain of the side.

The Indian Railways has slammed media reports that had stated the Rio-returned Indian national women's hockey team were made to travel sitting on the floor of the compartment. Stating that the reports are completely false, they said that the women were provided seats despite coming without tickets.