Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 04:59am on 11 Dec 2025,Thursday Sports
The FIH Men's Junior World Cup 2025 saw a thrilling turnaround as Indian Junior Men’s Hockey Team overturned a 0–2 deficit to beat Argentina Junior Men’s Hockey Team 4–2 in the third‑place playoff in Chennai. Trailing until the fourth quarter, India scored four goals in just 11 minutes through Ankit Pal (49′), Manmeet Singh (52′), Shardanand Tiwari (57′) and Anmol Ekka (58′). This marks India’s first podium finish in the tournament in nine years. The win brings their total Junior World Cup medals to four — two golds, one silver, now bronze. (PC: PTI)
