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Happy International Volunteer Day #IVD #IVD2021 Today, IFA celebrates the International Volunteer Day, to promote volunteering, encourage governments to support volunteer efforts and recognize volunteer contributions towards the SDGs. “Volunteers deserve our heartfelt thanks”, said IFA President Joern Verleger. “As the President of IFA, I would like to thank all volunteers in Fistball on this…

Discover the INTERACT project at www.interact-sport.com/ The INTERACT (International and European Sport Organisations Activate Citizens) Project Team is proud to announce the publication of the INTERACT online platform at www.interact-sport.com. This launch comes with the release of many exciting outputs including: • The Online Directory of International and European Sports Organisations (ISOs) • A study…

IFA President Jörn Verleger and Secretary General Chris Oberlehner will participate in the Competition Managers Meeting for the World Games 2022 on November 29 and 30 in Birmingham/Alabama. Before that, they will go on a promotional tour through Alabama. The IWGA spots on this tour in their interview of the month. Mr. Verleger: you have…

The International World Games Association (IWGA) has delegated the management of the anti-doping activities for the 11th edition of The World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, to the International Testing Agency (ITA). The ITA will lead an independent and comprehensive clean-sport programme for the multi-sport event in collaboration with the Birmingham Organising Committee. IFA President Jörn…

The UTS World Virtual Youth Festival 2021 from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This year’s event is giving EveryBody the most visually, stunning and epic experience. Everything is on one platform, the competitions, the workshops, conferences, youth ambassadors, opening conference and the list goes on. It is the true virtual environment. For the next 7days…

Congrats to IFA Honorary President Karl Weiss, who was awarded AIMS Honorary Member in today´s AIMS General Assembly. Stephan Fox named Karl “one of founding members of AIMS and a real friend”. Congrats Karl and congrats to the re-elected AIMS council under the leadership of President Stephan Fox.

More than 400 leaders from the international sports movement including IFA President Jörn Verleger and Secretary General Christoph Oberlehner are ready to connect virtually this Friday (5 November 2021) to discuss the post-Tokyo 2020 implications, challenges and opportunities at the Virtual International Federation (IF) Forum. Representatives from over 125 IFs will tune in to the…

“We can only rise to the challenges of the climate crisis by working together”, said IFA President Joern Verleger on the occasion of the opening of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. “To team up and to work together is not only necessary for states but also for international…

After a 2-year break because of the worldwide COVID19-pandemic the IFA Fistball World Tour will re-start in 2022 again. In the last full edition more than 115 registered club teams and 29 hosts from 5 continents prove that the IFA Fistball World Tour was very successful. As we try to improve the World Tour step…

5 years ago today, the 7th Women’s Fistball World Championship finished in the city of Curitiba, Brazil. Germany defended its title with a 4:2 (8:11, 11:4, 14:15, 11:9, 11:5, 11:6) victory over Brazil. Switzerland reached the bronze medal by a 4:0 victory (11:7, 11:8, 11:8, 11:9) against Chile. First, all participants played a round robin…