BHUBANESWAR: Australia lived up to their billing as the favourites by sweeping aside France 3-0 to qualify for their 11th consecutive semi-finals appearance in the Hockey World Cup tournament.
The Kookaburras, the reigning world champions and the team with the best record in the world cup, easily breezed past France in the last eight on Wednesday.
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