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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 29 MAY 2016 Sport 54 BOXING OLYMPICS SAILING Call for Expressions of Interest Would you like to be part of a team involved in Malta's Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2017? Now is your chance. We are seeking prospective applicants to be involved in: EU Coordination and/or Events Planning in the field of environment and agri-fish in connection with Malta Presidency 2017. You are invited to visit the Ministry's website at www.environment.gov.mt for more information. Closing date is the 3rd June 2016. For more information please call on 22926297 ON June 4th we will have the next edition of Gladiator Night. It will held at Victor Tedesco Stadium in Hamrun. For the first time the main match will be between female athletes. Mandy Cortis, Fight Factory, and Diane Schembri, Team Noel, will face each other in the main match of the even- ing. Both athletes will compete with Boxing rules and contend for the World Boxing Union's (WBU) Mediterranean Title Belt. The match is a 6x2 one in the 54kg category. All the matches are sanc- tioned by the Malta Kickbox- ing Association (MKBA) and the Malta Boxing Association (MBA). Altogether there will be 12 matches in the disciplines of K1 and Boxing on semi-profes- sional level. Five matches will be between Maltese athletes for the National Title in their re- spective categories. Gladiators Promotions and BoxMania, who are organiz- ing the event, will also bring foreign athletes to compete. These are from Estonia, UK and France. The Maltese athletes that will contend with foreign- ers are: Lydon Chircop, Chris- tian Schembri, Brandon Spiteri, Christopher Rotin, Brandon Borg and Kerstin Brown. For more information visit the Gladiators Promotion page or contact Master Noel Mercieca on 79208283 Gladiator Night XIII Sette Giugno Cruise To Pozzallo! WILFRED SULTANA THE Sette Giugno Cruise to Pozzallo organized by the Malta Cruising Club (MCC) this year on its fourth edition is gather- ing momentum and is expected to see a bigger cruising f leet than the previous editions. Non-mem- bers of the MCC are welcome to join Club members on what is re- garded as an enjoyable all-family event. The Pozzallo section of Lega Navale are once again extending their enthusiastic collaboration to the "4^ Veleggiata dei Cava- lieri 2016", as the Event, being held under the Patronage of the Commune of Pozzallo, is referred to on the finish side of the 93Km Cruise. The successful start procedure followed in the past editions is again being adopted whereby each boat leaves Malta at its cruising speed. This means that if a boat cruises at six and a half knots, it will leave a 6:30 am, a boat that cruises at 7 knots leaves at 7:00am and so forth. Such a procedure should have partici- pating boats within sight of each other for most of the trip where all boats should arrive at Pozzallo between two and three in the af- ternoon or thereabouts. This year the Sette Giugno Cruise starts on Saturday 4th June where on the first evening at Pozzallo Mass will be held at the Clubhouse of the Lega Navale Sezione di Pozzallo on the mari- na where the MCC yachts will be berthed. Following Mass a Wel- come Fish Night Dinner for all is planned. On Sunday morning the Maltese yachts will be joined by other boats from the Lega Nav- ale Sezione di Pozzallo for a 'Sail along the Pozzallo coast'. This 'Sail along the Pozzallo coast' will see each boat hosting two young school children who most probably will be enjoying their first taste of sailing. The 'cadets', all proudly wearing caps and t-shirts of the Lega Navale Italiana, are students who attend the Istituto di Istruzione Superi- ore "Giorgio La Pira" - Pozzallo. Such initiative will not only prove exciting to the new young sail- ors but also to members of their families and friends who will be following this sail from the shore. Another pleasant activity planned for the Maltese sailing community will be a visit to the Feudo Ramaddini winery in Mar- zamemi on Monday for a Wine Tasting presentation over a se- lection of Sicilian delicacies. The winning trophy on the four-day Cruise to Pozzallo is an enjoyable all-family relaxing sailing break. The 'Sail along the Pozzallo coast' is a pleasant experience to all during the Malta-Pozzallo Sette Giugno Cruise WHO rejects call for Olympics to be moved due to Zika THE World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday rejected a call for the Rio Olympic Games to be moved or postponed due to the threat posed by large outbreak of Zika virus in Brazil. Responding to a call from more than 100 leading scientists, who said it would be unethical for the Games to go ahead as scheduled, the United Nations health agency said having the Games in Rio as planned would "not significantly alter" the spread of Zika, which is linked to serious birth defects. "Based on the current assessment of Zika virus circulating in almost 60 countries globally and 39 in the Americas, there is no public health justification for postponing or can- celling the games," the WHO said in a statement. In an public letter posted online on Friday, around 150 leading pub- lic health experts, many of them bioethicists, said the risk of infec- tion from the Zika virus is too high for the Games to go ahead safely. The letter was sent to Margaret Chan, the WHO's director-general, and said that the Games, due to be held in Rio de Janeiro in August, should be moved to another location or delayed. "An unnecessary risk is posed when 500,000 foreign tourists from all countries attend the Games, po- tentially acquire that strain, and return home to places where it can become endemic," the letter said. But the WHO rejected the call, saying Brazil "is one of almost 60 countries and territories" where Zika has been detected and that people continued to travel between these countries and territories for a variety of reasons. "The best way to reduce risk of dis- ease is to follow public health travel advice," it said. The WHO's advice is that preg- nant women should not travel to areas with ongoing Zika virus trans- mission, including Rio de Janeiro. It also advises everyone to make all efforts to protect against mosquito bites and to practice safe sex. Zika infection in pregnant women has been shown to be a cause of the birth defect microcephaly and other serious brain abnormalities in babies. The connection between Zika and microcephaly first came to light last fall in Brazil, which has confirmed more than 1,400 cases of microcephaly.

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