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The International World Games Association (IWGA) and the Birmingham Organizing Committee team up with the Olympic Channel Services (OCS), to stream The World Games 2022 (TWG) at Olympics.com in the USA from 7 – 17 July 2022. The agreement with Olympic Channel Services (OCS) will see a comprehensive digital offering to stream the live action…

The World Games 2022 will add a chapter to the history of the city of Birmingham, USA. Randall Woodfin, the Mayor of the host city in Alabama, USA, stated this in person at the Annual General Meeting of the International World Games Association, held 49 days before the opening ceremony for the 11th edition of…

Dear Member Federation, dear potential host club and host city, The IFA Board of Directors seeks bids from potential host organizers for – the IFA 2024 Fistball U18 World Championships, – the IFA 2024 Fistball Women´s World Championship, – the IFA 2023 Fistball World Tour Finals and – the IFA 2024 Fistball World Tour Finals….

On 4 – 5 May 2022, 7 National Table Tennis Federations took part in the INTERACT Pilot Training in Sport for All Development. The training was hosted by the ITTF Foundation in Leipzig, Germany. IFA was represented in this workshop by Secretary General Christoph Oberlehner and Theresa Eidenhammer. Both presented a Best practice database with…

IFA would like to pre-inform that the 2022 Election of female members Athletes’ Commission will take place on the 9th of July in Birmingham (Alabama/USA) within The World Games. The member federations are entitled to nominate ONE female candidate per member federation to guarantee a maximum of countries represented. The nomination should be done by…

IFA sent out today the invitation to a virtual Extraordinary IFA 2022 Congress on 3 July 2022 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Furthermore, also on 3 July 2022 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. the 5th IFA Youth Congress will take place virtually. Invitation

PAFA Sports Director and world class referee Gastao Englert conducted a historical, first time ever international Fistball referees course ONLY FOR WOMEN. The education started with this week with a virtual coaching sessions. It will be followed by another virtual session before three days of practical evaluation will finalize the education. The minimum outcome to…

It is with greatest sadness that the International Fistball Association (IFA) has learnt that Joachim Günther, IFA Honorary Member in Germany, passed away at the age of 90. In 1959, the third place in the German Men’s Championships was the greatest sporting success for him and at the time for the VfK Berlin in a…

The IFA Board of Directors will meet today online to approve a new member federation in Italy, to hear reports about the upcoming The World Games 2022 and the IFA Fistball World Tour Final as well as to discuss the IFA 2021 Annual Report and the Financial Report.

Today´s Play True Day is traditionally dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of protecting Clean Sport. However, in light of the war in Ukraine, this year WADA is calling on the global anti-doping community and the wider sporting world to speak out in a spirit of peace and reconciliation. Clean sport is about fairness,…