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India in danger of losing 2010 World Cup: FIH
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SportsDesk on 01 April, 2008 07:31:00
 
The FIH Executive Board met in Laussane, Switzerland, from March 27 to 29 and
reviewed the progress of the 'Promoting India Hockey' project and preparations
for the World Cup after which the governing body said it has already started
looking for alternative venues in case the event need to be shifted out of
India.
The FIH in a statement said, "The FIH reconsidered the conditional awarding of
the World Cup 2010 to New Delhi. After having carefully studied the progress
made with the project 'Promoting Indian Hockey' as well as the actions taken in
the preparation of the World Cup 2010, the Executive Board noted that
satisfactory progress had not been made in either area."
After finding that these initiatives were lagging behind, the FIH gave the
Indian officials some more time and told them to fall in line or lose the
privilege of organising the World Cup.