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 […]
Beijing’s Kuntai Group named as World Wheelchair Curling Championship title sponsor
Beijing’s Kuntai Group has been named as the title sponsor of the World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2021 being hosted in the National Aquatic Centre from 23–30 October. The National Aquatic Centre will also be the curling venue for the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and is known as the Ice Cube. Established in […]
IWAS World Games 2022 heading to Sochi, Russia
The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) has announced that the IWAS World Games 2022 will be hosted in Sochi, Russia, from 2-9 October. The Games, which will return to the impressive venues of the 2015 edition, will once again host an exciting provisional sports programme comprised of archery, athletics, cerebral palsy football, ParaVolley, swimming, table […]
Di Girolamo elected IBSA President
Italy’s Sandro Di Girolamo was elected President of the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) at the organisation’s Extraordinary General Assembly in Amman, Jordan, on Monday (11 October). Di Girolamo, who is also President of the Italian Paralympic Sports Federation for the Visually Impaired and Blind (FISPIC), overcame incumbent Jannie Hammershoi of Denmark. “This is recognition […]
Bids to host 2022 World Para Table Tennis Championships invited
The International Table Tennis Federation invites bids to host the 2022 World Para Championships. It is the most prestigious of all Para Table Tennis tournaments. Organised in the fourth quarter of 2022 with a maximum of 340 players accepted, the tournament involves seven competition days. World titles in the following categories comprise the schedule: Women’s Singles […]
Vejle is to host the 2022 Wheelchair Rugby World Championship
The top teams in the world just finished an amazing Paralympic tournament in Tokyo, but Covid-19 left the stands completely devoid. In October 2022, however, fans will be able to experience Wheelchair Rugby’s best in Vejle, Denmark. Wheelchair Rugby is more popular than ever in Denmark, and the national team has just finished competing at it’s […]
World Triathlon Para Championships 2021 to take place in Abu Dhabi in November
Abu Dhabi Sports Council (ADSC) has announced that the World Triathlon Para Championships will be added to the event schedule at the upcoming World Triathlon Championship Series Abu Dhabi presented by Daman taking place on Yas Island on 5-6 November. After sadly missing out on the 2020 World Championships due to the pandemic, the world’s […]