BIRMINGHAM, USA | JULY 7-17, 2022
International Federation News
Bangkok to Host the World Muaythai Championships 2019
Coming Home was Thailand’s motto when they bid for the World Muaythai Championships 2019. They have now been given this honour, making this the first senior level muaythai event to be held in Bangkok since 2015. The World Championships will be the second qualifier for The World Games 2021 , following on ...
USA shuts out hosts, claims Women’s Softball Japan Cup
USA Women’s Softball National Team completed the 2018 season with a 4-0 victory over Japan, to claim the Japan Cup. Monica Abbott pitched a complete game, 2-hit shutout, while Amanda Chidester and Delaney Spaulding each blasted two-run home runs in the final game of the tournament. The four-team competition was held ...
FAI WORLD DRONE RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS: NEW SPEED WORLD RECORD!
Congratulations to Switzerland’s Timothy Trowbridge: holder of the new FAI world record for speed over 100m with a racing drone*. The racing star hit an average speed of 114.2382 km/h across two separate runs of the 100m track, which was specially constructed for the FAI World Drone Racing Championships here at the Shenzhen Universiade ...
CMAS: FRONT ROW FEDERATIONS, CLEANING BEACHES AND FIGHT AGAINST SEA POLLUTION
November 29, 2018 The water sports community, diving and freediving centers, divers and freedivers, are in the front row in the fight against the sea pollution. In two different places and with two different federations, last days sportsmen, sportswomen joined forces to sensitize people about a theme CMAS directs serious ...
AYUMI UEKUSA, THE WORLD GAMES’ ATHLETE OF OCTOBER 2018
Karate Star Ayumi Uekusa has been designated by The World Games as their “Athlete of October 2018”. The Japanese karateka has received the recognition by The World Games after completing a record-breaking season. The third-dan Goyu karateka from Japan adds The World Games’ Athlete of October award to the many ...
FAI WORLD DRONE RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS: THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
Final preparations are underway in Shenzhen, China for the 1st FAI World Drone Racing Championships, which start on Thursday 1 November. Some 128 competitors, including 44 Juniors and 13 women, from 34 countries have arrived in China’s number-one tech city for the competition, which lasts four days. Alongside the drone pilots, there ...
2018 European Championship (U18 &U21)
The 2018 European Championship (U18 &U21) was a complete success! 694 registered athletes representing 24 European Federation with thousands of spectator who came to watch and witness the spirit of Good Will and Sportsmanship. The aforesaid event was held in Bologna, Italy on 26th to 28th of October 2018 where the young ...
New Formats of Floorball to be Tested
The IFF Central Board has decided during its meeting that new formats of Floorball need to be tested before a possible implementation in 2022. In 2017, when the IFF and the floorball community was participating in The World Games in Wroclaw, Poland, floorball was played and presented with a new ...
WFDF 2019 World Overall Championships (WOC) to be held in Richmond, Virginia USA
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is pleased to announce that the WFDF 2019 World Overall Flying Disc Championships (WOC 2019) will be held from Monday 8th – Saturday 13th July 2019 in the city of Richmond, Virginia USA. It will be staged at various venues including the Bryan Park ...
