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WORLDS POSTPONED

THE women’s World championships have been postponed. It’s a great disappointment especially as the AIBA men’s World championships were only recently completed in Serbia. The women’s Worlds were due to take place in Istanbul, Turkey from December 6-19.

AIBA say that too many national federations were “facing difficult situations and restrictions within their countries” and their board of directions and the Turkish national federation have decided to postpone the Worlds to March

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