FIH awards 2010 World Cup to India

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The provisional status is over now. India has been officially allotted the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup for 2010 and it would be hosted at New Delhi.
The decision was announced by International Hockey Federation (FIH) president Els van Breda Vriesman at the conclusion of two days of meetings with Indian hockey officials in Hyderabad, on Friday.
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) had earlier provisionally allotted the 2010 World Cup to Delhi with the condition that the Indian Hockey Federation would fulfill certain provisions listed the Project Promoting Indian Hockey, initiated by the International Olympic Committee in collaboration with the Indian Olympic Association and the FIH.
With IOA suspending IHF and installing an ad hoc committee to deal with men's hockey matters in India, the IOA directly negotiated with the FIH.
The World Cup would be organised as a joint venture between FIH and the IOA with the profits from it being pumped back into developing hockey in India via the Project Promoting Indian Hockey, Vriesman said.
At the meeting it was also decided to have one body to govern both men's and women's hockey in the country. The IOA has given provisional recognition to the Indian Hockey Confederation, a joint body of IHF and the Indian Women's Hockey Federation (IWHF). It would be officially confirmed after the IOA General Assembly in November.

The IHC will be later be renamed as 'Hockey India', Kalmadi announced. The IOA and FIH also announced that Ric Charlesworth's resignation as technical advisor of Indian hockey has been accepted, ending his role with Indian hockey.