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On World Environment Day, German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, together with the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), invites to the “Week of the Environment”. Amongst others, IFA President Jörn Verleger was guest in the park of Schloss Bellevue. For the seventh time, the park of the Federal President’s official residence will be transformed into a…

Where today Cannes is celebrating the final day of the international film festival, the “Festival de Cannes” three months ago the WADA Education Conference was run. With its highest attendance the Global Education Conference staged at the palais de festival in Cannes three months ago, demonstrated that education is an integral pillar of anti-doping, and…

The 2024 Men’s and Women’s World Tour Finals, the world championship for club teams, will take place in Mannheim in July. Tickets are now on sale for the four-day event in the Rhein-Neckar Stadium. Experience the best fistball teams in the world live – sports enthusiasts can do just that from July 18 to 21…

At the IWGA Annual General Meeting in Esslingen (GER) IFA Secretary General Chris Oberlehner signed the so called IWGA-IF commitment confirming the competition venue and competition days of Fistball at The World Games 2025. The Fistball event will take place from Saturday 9th of August 2025 to Wednesday 13th of August. The women´s and the…

We would like to inform that Franz P. Iten has resigned from his position as Treasurer for personal reasons. The IFA board meeting on April 7, 2024 decided that the day-to-day business would be temporarily managed by the Secretary General. IFA President Jörn Verleger: “I would like to thank Franz for his work and his…

Terrible pictures have reached us from Brazil in the last few days. Persistent heavy rainfall in the state of Rio Grande do Sul and in the southern part of the state of Santa Catarina has led to severe flooding, landslides and bridge collapses with an increasing number of fatalities since the beginning of the week….

Karlsruhe, becoming the first city to organise the multi-sport event twice since its inception. A proven host with a strong track record, Germany has hosted the 3rd edition of The World Games in 1989 in Karlsruhe and the 7th edition in 2005 in Duisburg, as well as countless other major international sporting events. After nomination…

The IFA U18 Fistball World Championships will take place in Switzerland in July 2026. The event will be hosted by Swiss Fistball and organized by the Turnverein STV Vordemwald at the sports complex in Reiden (canton of Lucerne). The European Women’s Fistball Championships will also be held at the same time. When the best U18…

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 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….