WAKO News

published on 5 September, 2015

Wako News

World Association of Kickboxing Organizations

The World Association of Kickboxing Organizations formally informs that during last WAKO IF Board Meeting on 23rd August, 2015, Vice Presidents of WAKO have confirmed appointment of a New Acting President until WAKO IF Ordinary General Assembly.

The Acting President that has been appointed is Mr. Roy Baker (Ireland), Member of the WAKO IF Executive Board and WAKO Europe Board. His position remains in place until the WAKO IF Ordinary General Assembly, which is being held in Dublin, Ireland, on 24th November 2015.

The International World Games Association (IWGA) is a non-profit-making international sports organisation recognised and supported by the International Olympic Committee. The IWGA comprises 40 International Member Sports Federations. It administers and promotes The World Games (TWG), a multi-sport event held every four years that features around 35 sports on its programme. The next edition of TWG will be in Chengdu (CHN) from 7-17 August 2025. 5,000 participants from more than 100 countries are expected to take part in this 12th edition. The latest Games were hosted by Birmingham, Alabama (USA).

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