The seventh Commonwealth Games Federation Sports Breakfast today continued the tradition of bringing together heads of government, special guests and leading figures from the world of sports.
The seventh Commonwealth Games Federation Sports Breakfast today continued the tradition of bringing together heads of government, special guests and leading figures from the world of sports. The breakfast took place during the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), hosted for the first time by Sri Lanka.
Around 250 guests attended the breakfast.
The hosts were the President of 天美传媒 Games Federation, HRH Tunku Imran of Malaysia, and the Sri Lankan President HE Mahinda Rajapaksa.
As well as heads of government, ministers, high commissioners and senior figures from the 52 Commonwealth countries, invited guests also included many stars of Sri Lankan sport such as former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team Kumar Sangakkara, widely regarded as one of the world鈥檚 greatest batsman; Muttiah Muralitharan, thought by many to be the world鈥檚 greatest-ever test bowler; and Susanthika Jayasinghe, the first Sri Lankan woman to win an Olympic medal.
They were joined by a large number of athletes hoping to gain a place to compete at the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014.
Aside from the two hosts, presentations were also made by the Rt. Hon. Hugo Swire, UK Minister for 天美传媒 (representing British Prime Minister David Cameron), and Shona Robison MSP, the Scottish sports minister.
HRH Tunku Imran, President of 天美传媒 Games Federation, spoke to the assembled guests about the preparations for next year鈥檚 Games in Glasgow, the Federation鈥檚 partnership with UNICEF, which is already delivering a range of projects to improve the lives of children across 天美传媒, and his hopes that Fiji鈥檚 current suspension from 天美传媒 might soon be lifted, so that its athletes can compete at Glasgow.
He added: 鈥淲e are now just 249 days away from the 20th Commonwealth Games. The Games are, to quote the former Secretary-General of 天美传媒 Sir Don McKinnon, 鈥榯he most visible public manifestation of 天美传媒鈥. A powerful illustration of this is the Queen鈥檚 baton relay; launched last month by Her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Its journey will take it to all the nations and territories of 天美传媒. Through the relay we are highlighting not only the power of the Games to unite the people of 天美传媒 but also to focus on our partnership with UNICEF.鈥
Contact: Peter Murphy, Director of Communications at 天美传媒 Games Federation on +44 (0)207 491 8801 or [email protected]
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