New Delhi was considered as an alternative but the logistics for the July 3-7 event worked better for Pune.
The Indian cueists were in red-hot form right from the start and topped their group with three wins from as many games.
The 33-year-old left back, who fought his way back into the squad after having a liver transplant last year, was joined by club president Sandro Rosell and sports director Andoni Zubizarreta who praised him for his bravery in adversity.
Former Manchester United striker Hughes was most recently employed by Queens Park Rangers, who sacked him last November.
Woods is back in the leafy surrounds of Muirfield Village Golf Club for the Memorial Tournament where he is a five-times winner and defending champion at the elite PGA Tour event hosted by Nicklaus.
Ashley Cole captained England in honour of his recent 100th cap but the left back had a quiet match before leaving the field to warm applause after being substituted in the second half.
The former world champions, who have not scored a point in their last seven races, said in a statement that O'Driscoll would guide the long-term future of the team.
Beckham, who played for L.A. Galaxy in the MLS, has an option to create a new franchise in the North American league.
Manassero also became only the second Italian to win the trophy, after former Ryder Cup player Costantino Rocca in 1996.
The hotels would be able to house as many as 25,000 soccer fans, Barwa's Chief Executive Abdulla al-Subaie said at the sidelines of a real estate conference in Doha.
Minister of State for Home Affairs RPN Singh Friday said it would not be right to ban the Indian Premier League (IPL) in view of fresh revelations in the spot fixing scandal, and promised to act tough against guilty.
Boateng, 30, has 46 caps for his country and joins Fulham from Ukrainian side FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.
Only two stadiums were completed in time for the December deadline originally set by FIFA, which takes over the first batch of stadiums on Tuesday.
English Premier League club Fulham FC, whose Craven Cottage ground was hired to organise the matches, issued a statement informing about the cancellation.
While Pankaj Advani is sitting pretty atop Group D with three wins from as many outings, Sandeep Gulati of Delhi and Shahbaaz Khan of PSPB will battle it out for the second spot.
There has been a lot of speculation around PSG's top names, with coach Carlo Ancelotti being rumoured to be about to join Real Madrid.
Pinky Magar and Kamala Devi scored for India in the 8th and 36th minute respectively.
Reigning champion Sofuoglu of Mahi Racing team lost the front at turn 8 during the 4th lap of the race, while he was in the lead.
WFI had requested NADA to collect samples from the Junior National Wrestling Championships that were held in Chandigarh May 9-12.
The world body made the announcement Thursday after its management committee unanimously decided to grant Lin a spot.
Hit hard by an economic crisis that has left almost five million unemployed, Spain has been reduced to hosting just one race this year for the first time since 2007.
The 32-year-old, who has been ever present in this season's league campaign, is now likely to miss England's friendlies against Ireland.
Former US Open champion and television broadcaster Ken Venturi, former European Tour executive director Ken Schofield and twice former British Open winner Willie Park Jr. were also inducted.
Prices start at 60 pounds per ticket and go up to 330 pounds for the top category, a shock for German fans used to much lower prices for Bundesliga matches.
Pirelli said the extra hard tyres would be a specially-created compound, made to last much longer and different to the regular orange-marked hards.
Barton, who has more than two million followers on Twitter, used the microblogging site to insult Thiago Silva last month.
Chowrasia, who was 11th at the Ballantine's Open last week, was four shots behind leader Robert-Jan Derksen.
Sheikh Salman secured 33 votes of the 46 available from the AFC's member associations in Malaysia to beat Yousuf Al Serkal of the United Arab Emirates.
The first phase of redevelopment, expected to cost 90 million pounds, will be completed in time for the 2019 World Cup.
The English Premier League outfit has been pursuing Damiao for the past two years.