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IFA Integrity Officers Theresa Eidenhammer and President Joern Verleger participated in today´s IOC – GAISF Safeguarding Workshop. The objective of the workshop was to introduce the concept of environmental risk as a key component to the manifestation of abuse in the sports community and to stimulate IFs to consider the opportunity to take meaningful actions…

The International Fistball Association (IFA) is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has approved in its today´s meeting an updated version of its Strategic Plan for the period 2019-2023. This will be IFA´s roadmap for the upcoming two years and reflects the COVID-19 crises as recently approved IOC Agenda 2020+5. This was preceded…

The worldwide COVID19 pandemic is once again changing the international Fistball calendar. Following the cancellation of the 2021 World Tour, the previously planned 2021 World Tour Finals must now also be postponed to 2022. After it was already clear that the location would be moved from South America to Europe, the potentially most promising substitute…

The Fistball event at the 7th TAFISA World Sport for All Games from the 18th to the 24th of June will be virtual as the event will be exclusively online. More information to be published soon. As the organisers informed us today the current situation the world is facing makes it necessary for the Organising…

Today, 10 April the 2nd IFA Athletes Forum on the main topic “Women in Fistball” adopted after an interesting discussion the a resolution. The IFA Athletes´ Commission under the leadership of chairwomen Katharina Lackinger prepared the 2nd IFA Athletes´ Forum. Main topic was “Women in Fistball”. The forum was covered on IFA Facebook page as…

Today, IFA stands alongside the World Anti-Doping Agency on #PlayTrueDay 2021. Our Anti Doping Officer Theresa Eidenhammer explains what clean sports means for her. Say no to doping and listen to the message of U18 national team player Helena Schuh from Austria. What does “Play True” mean to YOU? Since 2014, in April of every…

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To celebrate the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace on 6 April, the IFA joins the #WhiteCard campaign to highlight the power of sport to overcome challenges and positively impact our lives Sport has the power to change the world; it is a fundamental right, a powerful tool to strengthen social ties and…

The ongoing Covid19 pandemic forces the organizers of The Fistball World Tour season 2021 to cancel another full season. The central reasons must be seen in the many different existing national regulations regarding the staging of events and travel restrictions. The safety of all people involved cannot guaranteed world-wide. “Our aim was to start a…

The IFA Policy Forum, held for the first time on March 30, focused on the requirements for world sports federations after the COVID-19 crisis, based on the IOC’s recommendations in Agenda 2020+5. The 30-minute keynote address was given by Prof. Dr. Holger Preuss, member of the IOC Legacy and Sustainability Commission, after a welcome message…