{"id":232427,"date":"2022-09-07T12:04:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T12:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/09\/07\/fih-hockey-india-inspect-birsa-munda-stadium-months-before-world-cup-hockey-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T12:04:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T12:04:08","slug":"fih-hockey-india-inspect-birsa-munda-stadium-months-before-world-cup-hockey-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/09\/07\/fih-hockey-india-inspect-birsa-munda-stadium-months-before-world-cup-hockey-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"FIH, Hockey India inspect Birsa Munda stadium months before World Cup | Hockey News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>ROURKELA: A high-level team of hockey officials visited the under-construction stadium in <!-- -->Odisha<!-- -->&#8216;s <!-- -->Rourkela<!-- --> on Wednesday to take stock of the situation ahead of the men&#8217;s world cup next year. <br \/>The team, comprising members of the International Hockey Federation or the <!-- -->FIH<!-- --> and <!-- -->Hockey India<!-- -->, expressed satisfaction with the progress of work at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium. <br \/>They also inaugurated a practice centre in the complex of the country&#8217;s largest hockey stadium and inspected the activities going on at Rourkela Airport, which will be used as a transit hub for the players, staff and others. <\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component\" data-pos=\"14\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>A delegation of @FIH_Hockey including Acting President Mr. Seif Ahmed &amp; CEO, Mr. Thierry Weil and a delegation of H\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/1O4UzRsSQb<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Odisha Sports (@sports_odisha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sports_odisha\/status\/1567507501884780544\">1662557885000<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Odisha Sports secretary Vineel Krishna presented the status of the ongoing projects, connectivity, accommodation and beautification projects. <br \/>FIH acting president <!-- -->Seif Ahmed<!-- --> congratulated Odisha and Hockey India for the work that they had done. <br \/>&#8220;What we&#8217;ve seen today is fantastic, amazing,&#8221; Ahmed said at a press briefing, hoping to have a very good world cup in Rourkela and Bhubaneswar. <br \/>FIH chief executive officer <!-- -->Thierry Weil<!-- --> said it would be the largest hockey stadium in India and, most probably, in the world. <br \/>The stadium in western Odisha&#8217;s Sundargarh district can accommodate 20,000 spectators. The 35-acre site includes the stadium and accommodation inside the 120-acre campus of the Biju Patnaik University of Technology. <br \/>S Y Quraishi, a member of the committee of administrators that is currently running the sport in the country, said they were &#8220;extremely pleased&#8221; with the progress made in the project. <br \/>The former chief election commissioner acknowledged that anything happening in Odisha &#8220;is in safe hands&#8221;, adding that everything was on track. <br \/>The visit came a day before the scheduled draw of the Men&#8217;s Hockey World Cup, which will be hosted jointly by Bhubaneswar and Rourkela from January 13-29. 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