Bhubaneswar, Jan. 6 -- The Belgium team had baffled one and all during the Hockey World League finals in Bhubaneswar in 2017. Hours after they lost to India in the quarter-final, some members of the team scaled the boundary wall of the team hotel past midnight and walked a kilometre looking to sneak into the Kalinga Stadium.

Their mission was to get to the middle of the turf, where they had lost the match, and stare at the goalposts. This, they claimed, would bring them luck for the next tournament at the venue.

Fortunately, the world hockey or team officials did not take any stern action and the players returned to their hotel after the police were convinced that it was nothing beyond an innocuous misadventure.

As per an official of t...