NEW DELHI, July 18: New Delhi will host field hockey's men's World Cup in 2010, the game's world governing body announced on Friday.

International Hockey Federation (FIH) president Els Van Breda Vriesman confirmed the venue after an FIH executive board meeting in Hyderabad.

“The 2010 men's World Cup will be held in New Delhi, which will also host the 2010 Commonwealth Games,” Vriesman told reporters.

India were provisionally awarded the event last year but were in serious danger of losing their hosting right after the FIH said in March it was worried at the game's falling standards in the country.

The FIH, which devised a “Promoting Indian Hockey” project last year, warned Indian officials they could miss hosting the 2010 World Cup if the project was not implemented immediately.—AFP