The 2021 World Sambo World Championship, scheduled for November in the Russian capital of Moscow has been relocated to Uzbekistan’s Tashkent, the press service of the International Sambo Federation (FIAS) said.
The World Sambo Championship was initially scheduled to be hosted by the Russian capital of Moscow between November 16 and 18, 2021.
"The Executive Board of FIAS has agreed to confirm Tashkent as a venue to host the World Championship on November 11-15," TASS cited the press service as saying.
On March 16, the All-Russia Sambo Federation (ARSF) President Sergei Yeliseyev turned to the International Sambo Federation and the municipal authorities of Moscow with a request to reschedule this year’s World Sambo Championship for the year of 2025.
