In the Men's World Cup Hockey Championship being played in New Delhi, Korea take on Canada in the first match of today. New Zealand clash with Argentina in the next match and Germany play against Netherland in the third. Meanwhile, India's marginal hopes of entering the semifinals of the Hockey World Cup went up in smoke as England thrashed the home team 3-2 to secure their place in the last-four stage of the mega-event yesterday. The defeat not only saw India go out of contention for the semifinal race but the hosts also registered their third straight loss in the tournament.