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Touchline • Issue 17 • 5
Raluca Cristina Sbârcia lunges at Joséphine Jacques-André-
Coquin, women’s épée event of the 2013 World Fencing
Championships.
Jakarta will host the 2015 Badminton World Championships
© MARIE-LAN NGUYEN 2013
GOLD COAST 2018
RECEIVES GLOWING
PROGRESS REPORT
The Commonwealth Games Federation
has declared itself “completely satisfied”
after concluding its first Coordination
Commission meeting in relation to the
2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
The Coordination Commission confirmed that Gold Coast 2018
is on-time and on-budget following its visit.
The Gold Coast was awarded the 2018 Games in November
2011. Glasgow is currently making its final preparations for this
year’s Commonwealth Games.
INDONESIA BECOMES
FULL IRB MEMBER
The International Rugby Board (IRB) has
welcomed the Persatuan Rugby Union
Indonesia (PRUI) as a full-member union.
The PRUI became an associate member
in May 2008.
Meanwhile, Jakarta has also been named host of the 2015
Badminton World Championships.
The Indonesian capital beat the Chinese city of Kunshan
in staging the event, which returns to Asia following the
Championships going to Copenhagen in August.
2014 AND 2015
FENCINGWORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS
AWARDED TO RUSSIA
Russia will stage the next two editions of
the Fencing World Championships after
the International Fencing Federation
(FIE) awarded the hosting rights for the 2014 and 2015 events
to Kazan and Moscow respectively.
Kazan has stepped in to replace the Bulgarian city of Sofia,
which was due to host the 2014 Championships, but had to
withdraw for financial reasons.
The announcements were made at the FIE Congress, where
the German city of Leipzig and the Qatari capital of Doha also
presented their bids for the 2017 Championships.
The FIE also ratified Ghana and Samoa by acclamation as new
member federations, increasing its membership to 149.
RUGBYWORLD
CUP VOLUNTEER
PROGRAMME
LAUNCHED
England Rugby 2015, the organising
committee for the 2015 Rugby World Cup,
has launched its volunteer programme
for the event.
The volunteers group, which is to be called “The Pack”, will
comprise of 6,000 people – 75 per cent of whom will be drawn
from rugby union clubs in England and Wales. Applications can
be submitted between March 17 and April 17 this year and
England Rugby 2015 is aiming to recruit volunteers who are
interested in supporting the game into its legacy drive beyond
the tournament.
ENGLAND
RUSSIA
INDONESIA
AUSTRALIA