New Zealand field hockey officials said Wednesday that the national team would continue with plans to go to India for next week's scheduled World Cup tournament despite a reported warning from a terrorist group linked to Al Qaeda.

News reports overnight said the Asia Times online newspaper had received a message Monday from guerrilla commander Ilyas Kashmiri, whose 313 Brigade is an operational arm of al-Qaeda, indicating the tournament and other scheduled sporting events in India this year would be targeted.

The message said, "We warn the international community not to send their people to the 2010 Hockey World Cup, IPL (Indian premier cricket league) and Commonwealth Games.