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<span style="color: #222222;">In the FIH Hockey Men's World Cup, being played in Odisha, India will take on Spain tomorrow, January 13, even as the tournament kicks off tomorrow. </span><br />''<br />''While the matches between India-Spain and England-Wales will be played in the newly constructed Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela, two other matches between Argentina-South Africa and Australia-France will be played in the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar tomorrow. <br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports, with the Hockey World Cup formally declared open in a scintillating ceremony in the Barabati stadium in the heritage city of Cuttack in the presence of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik and the Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports yesterday, the Hockey ball has indeed started rolling. <br />''<br />''While the players of all the 16 teams are ready to showcase their hockey talent, enthusiastic hockey lovers are also equally eager to cheer the players up in both stadia. <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, the World Cup, after touring different parts of Odisha, has finally arrived in Rourkela to the cheer of the people in the Steel City that is cradled by Sundergarh- the district which is regarded as the cradle of hockey in India. </span><br />

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