Join us in celebrating Play True Day on 19 April 2024. On 19 April 2024 WADA invites the global anti-doping community to take part in the digital campaign. More: https://www.wada-ama.org/en/play-true-day-assets
The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) has nominated the city of Karlsruhe as a candidate for hosting The World Games 2029. The DOSB announced this in a letter to the IWGA. Earlier this year, two cities from Germany, Karlsruhe from Baden-Württemberg and Hannover from Niedersachsen, had expressed their interest in hosting the 13th edition of…
The SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit 2024 came to an end on Friday after an inspiring week. The IFA used the conference of world sports federations for numerous meetings and fruitful discussions with various players from the world of sport, such as the IOC, WADA, IWGA and numerous providers of services for sporting events….
The IFA is pleased to announce the release of the approved fistballs from April 1, 2024. With a choice of five ball manufacturers – Sportastic, Ludwig, Drohnn, Errea and HAWE – we can offer our athletes a wide range of high quality balls. This selection of approved fistballs is in line with our commitment to…
As the INTERACT+ Project goes into it’s second year, the first meeting of 2024 was hosted in Linz, Austria by Project Partner International Fistball Association March 13-14th. The meeting had updates from all work packages. After the successful submission of Literature Review and Theory of Action, University of Limerick updated the Partners on the next…
The first major tournament of the 2024 World Tour has been played. The international Victor Körbes Cup took place for the 27th time on 16 and 17 March in Novo Hamburgo (BRA). With 43 teams from Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Germany and Switzerland, a total of over 220 athletes took part in 8 categories. Despite recurring…
As part of its 2024 Annual Symposium, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) celebrated its 25th anniversary in Lausanne, Switzerland. “Since its establishment in 1999, WADA has been a basis for our mission to organize a doping-free sport”, said IFA President Jörn Verleger, who represented IFA in Lausanne. The 25th Anniversary Gala gathered 1,100+ Symposium attendees…
Last weekend (2 and 3 March), Curitiba (BRA) hosted the 8th Copa Merces and thus the opening tournament of the 2024 World Tour. The teams played exciting matches for the first World Tour points in numerous junior categories as well as in the men’s and women’s categories. Despite an altercation between the fans of two…
The IFA Board of Directors has decided, that the time period of eligibility of players at the World Tour Final will be changed from 5 months prior to the event to a fixed date. The deadline of eligibility is now 1st of April 2024. Explanation: The IFA Board of Directors agreed in the board meeting…
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