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‘The Sessions Have Been Sharp And Competitive’: Coach Fulton Confident As India Enter Final Month Of WC Preparations
FIH Hockey World Cup Belgium: With exactly one month to go before the FIH Hockey World Cup Belgium and Netherlands 2026 gets underway, Indian men's hockey chief coach Craig Fulton says the squad has returned to camp refreshed and is steadily building intensity as preparations enter the decisive phase for the sport's showpiece event.
The World Cup, scheduled from August 15 to 30, will be a landmark edition, with the men's and women's tournaments being staged simultaneously for the first time at the same venues in Belgium and the Netherlands. Both Indian teams are currently training at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Centre in Bengaluru ahead of the tournament.
India's men's team heads into the World Cup encouraged by a productive European leg of the FIH Hockey Pro League, where it registered notable wins over reigning world champions Germany, Olympic champions the Netherlands and arch-rivals Pakistan, while also putting in a competitive display against England.
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