David Beckham and his wife Victoria flew out of Finland on Wednesday on a private jet, two days after the former England captain had surgery for a torn Achilles' tendon.

The Netherlands scripted a remarkable come-from-behind victory to win the hockey World Cup bronze medal by defeating England 4-3 in a thrilling match here today.

Wayne Rooney came up close to the World Cup trophy in a photo shoot on Thursday and, with 30 goals already to his name this season, hopes he can get his hands on it for real in July.

Olympic champions Germany are on course of a historic hat-trick of World Cup titles as they scored a facile 4-1 victory over England in a high-voltage semifinal match on Thursday.

Mighty Australia continued their rampaging form in the tournament as they overcame a fighting Netherlands 2-1 in the second semifinal of the hockey World Cup in New Delhi on Thursday to set up a re-match of last edition's title-clash against Germany.