Sabrina Ibáñez re-elected President of APSO for 2021-2025

FEI Secretary General Sabrina Ibáñez has been unanimously re-elected President of the Association of Paralympic Sports Organisations (APSO) for the four-year term 2021-2025. Ibáñez was re-elected at the APSO General Assembly which took place prior to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) General Assembly where Andrew Parsons (BRA) was himself re-elected IPC President for a second […]

IWAS World Games heading to Thailand in 2023

The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) has announced that the 2023 IWAS World Games will take place in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, from 1-9 December. The city will finally get the chance to stage the multi-sport event after missing out in 2020 because of COVID-19. It will follow the recently announced 2022 IWAS World […]

First women’s blind football, men’s Euros head to Italy

The first ever International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Blind Football Women’s European Championships will be held in Pescara, Italy, in 2022, just ahead of the next men’s edition in the same location. The women’s Euros join the recently announced first Americas and Asian Championships for female players in Argentina and India, respectively. Four teams are […]

Wheelchair Tennis Classification Rules to become more sport specific

An independent working group of experts and medical professionals, tasked by the ITF to review the current Minimum Impairment Criteria (MIC) within the ITF’s Wheelchair Tennis Classification Rules, has delivered its final report which has now been approved by the ITF Board and the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) Classification Committee. The ITF has previously stated […]

New IBSA sport Chairs appointed

The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Executive Board have appointed the Chairs for seven sport committees following a call for applications. The committees are responsible for elements of the management of the sports such as the competition calendar, rules and development. An application process was launched in October following the election of the new Executive […]

World Wheelchair Rugby award 2023 European Championship to Great Britain

World Wheelchair Rugby (WWR) is excited to announce, that Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) have been awarded the hosting rights for the 2023 World Wheelchair Rugby European Championship Division A Tournament. As Great Britain enjoys unprecedented success in wheelchair rugby, having claimed victory in the last three consecutive European Championships, the vision for the event […]

APSO Executive Board election 2021

For attention of APSO members. The APSO General Assembly will take place virtually on 10 December 2021, 13h00 CET. The General Assembly will include elections for all five places on the Executive Board including the President for the period of 2021-2025. All candidatures for these positions must be submitted by the respective APSO members in […]

2023 World Boccia Youth World Championships goes to Portugal

BISFed is pleased to announce the city of Vila do Conde in Portugal as the host of the first World Boccia Youth World Championships, which will be held between 7 and 16 July 2023. (Vila do Conde is adjacent to Povoa de Varzim where many international boccia competitions have been held over the last 10 […]

First WPV Beach Development Centre approved

On 27 October 2021 the World ParaVolley Board unanimously approved the first official Beach Development Centre that is located in Florida, USA – the Hickory Point Beach Sand Volleyball Complex. This is an exciting development for the progress of beach paravolley which is planning to be included in the LA 2028 Paralympic Games as it […]