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Delhi to host 2010 hockey WC
WSN Network
HYDERABAD:
Clearing
the air of suspicion over the hockey World Cup and the future of Ric
Charlesworth, International Hockey Federation (FIH) president Els
van Breda Vriesman said India will be hosting the World Cup in New
Delhi in 2010 and the Australian coach will have no further role in
India as his resignationwas accepted by the Sports Authority of
India.
Vriesman also
said that subject to the official confirmationof the general
assembly of the Indian Olympic Association in November, the men’s
and women’s governing bodies of the hockey in the country will be
renamed as Hockey
India.
Until then the two will work under one body, the Indian Hockey
Confederation (IHC).
“We are very
happy with the latest developments in India. I am delighted to
announce that India will host the 2010 World Cup. And the profits
from hosting this championship will be reinvested in the development
of Indian hockey,’’ she said.
On Ric
Charlesworth, Vriesman said, “Charlesworth’s role in India will end
as his resignation has been accepted by SAI.’’ “The Indian
OlympicAssociation has provisionally recognized the IHC as the sole
governing body forhockey in India and the official confirmation is
expected at the IOA general assembly inNovember,’’ she said. Asked
if this ends the role of KPS Gill in Indian hockey, Vriesman said,
“Yes, the new body will look after the affairs of hockey in India.
We are moving ahead and I don’t want to comment on the old
federation.’’
On the role of
Gill in the Asian Hockey Federation, Vriesman said the Indian will
serve his full term. “He is elected for four years and so he will
continue as vice-president of the AHF till 2010. But he will have
nothing to do with Indian hockey,’’ she said. According to Kalmadi
the ad hoc committee will soon be replaced bya permanent
arrangement. “We are conducting meetings with former captains and
Olympians in
Hyderabad
and New Delhi.
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July, 2008
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