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Canadian teams on top in Montreal
Canadian teams on top in Montreal

Last weekend the 15th edition of the Montreal Open Goalball Tournament was held. This year, 16 teams from the USA and Canada competed. Despite good representation in both...

2015 Goalball calendar starting to take shape
2015 Goalball calendar starting to take shape

With a new year come many new events on the goalball calendar. The calendar is already jammed packed with major tournaments but there are warm up events and other fr...

Lithuanian stars „Play in the dark“
Lithuanian stars „Play in the dark“

Famous Lithuanian sportsmen, leaders in the arts and politicians played goalball for the first time in their lifes in order to promote goalball. A public event „Pla...

Montreal gearing up for goalball this weekend
Montreal gearing up for goalball this weekend

the 23rd to 25th of January will take place the 15th edition of the Montreal Open Goalball Tournament. This year, 16 teams of which 6 are women, will compete. “The...

IPC opens nominations for 2015 Paralympic Sport Awards
IPC opens nominations for 2015 Paralympic Sport Awards

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has opened nominations for the prestigious 2015 Paralympic Sport Awards that will recognise achievements from the Sochi 2014...

Räsänen Named Chairman of International Goalball
Räsänen Named Chairman of International Goalball

BONN, Germany – The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) has named Kari Räsänen (FIN) Chairman of IBSA Goalball effective January 1, 2015.  H...

Kari Marklund is Checking out…
Kari Marklund is Checking out…

This weekend, Kari Marklund, hung up his jacket (or passed it on – see http://www.pajulahtigames.fi/index.php?page=news_goa for more information), however he is not...

IBSA Football Committee announcement – 2015 B1 Asian Championships
IBSA Football Committee announcement – 2015 B1 As...

  The IBSA Football Committee has decided to open a call for bids to host the 2015 IBSA Blind Football Asian Championships (B1 category). IBSA member countries from...

IBSA trains Russian football refs
IBSA trains Russian football refs

A blind football seminar for Russian referees was held recently at the HQ of the Russian Football Union. The seminars were set up as part of the UEFA-funded IBSA Blind Fo...

IBSA Judo Committee announcement – back numbers and judo-gi
IBSA Judo Committee announcement – back numbers a...

IBSA Judo follows IJF regulations regarding judo-gi back numbers, measurements and materials. Judoka must wear proper judo-gi when competing in official IBSA judo events....

IBSA and IPC to host joint course for classifiers
IBSA and IPC to host joint course for classifiers

IBSA and the International Paralympic Committee have joined forces to offer certified ophthalmologists and optometrists a training course to become qualified in...

Seoul 2015 IBSA World Games introductory guide – erratum
Seoul 2015 IBSA World Games introductory guide –...

IBSA has identified a small mistake in the introductory manual released last week: On page 15, ENTRY STANDARDS FOR ATHLETICS, the third participation criterion should rea...