AMBITION Hockey 2024. It’s the mission document of the Federation Francaise de Hockey’s (FFH). It consists of the exact steps the Federation aims to take in their bid for achieving glory in the sport when they host the Olympics in 2024.
Well, they are on course to achieve that. At the Kalinga Stadium on Wednesday, they served notice of their unquestionable talent with a 5-4 win over India on the opening day of the junior World Cup.
Three years after a motley crew of men comprising doctors and musicians among others took down then Olympic champions, Argentina, 5-3, at the senior World Cup, the juniors claimed a more impressive victory. Fifty seconds in, the scoreboard read: India 0-1 France. In fact, the first meaningful thing the hosts did in the match was to retrieve the ball from the back of the net. Even as the volunteers and guests were still adjusting to the realities of watching top-level hockey in a largely empty stadium (tournament is played in a biobubble), it was India 0-2 France with 53 minutes remaining.
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