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The 2022 European Para Youth Games Boccia competition starts today and runs until this Sunday. 36 athletes will represent Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain. Matches can be watched…

The Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) is the governing body for World Boccia, one of 22 sports currently included in the summer Paralympic Games. The Federation has grown rapidly since its formation in 2012 and now has 75 National…

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has published the first edition of qualification regulations for 10 of the 22 Para sports on the Paris 2024 Paralympics Games programme and Boccia is amongst these. Overall, the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will…

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Patrick Wheeler as the BISFed’s new Chief Medical Officer and Chair of the Anti-Doping Committee. Professor Wheeler is a UK doctor specialising as a Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine…

BISFed is pleased to announce that our President, David Hadfield, has been awarded the honour of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to sport in the Queen’s 2022 Honours List. David was instrumental in…

The first World Boccia Africa Regional Championships have come to an end in Johannesburg. Congratulations to the participating teams and those who have qualified to the Rio de Janeiro 2022 World Boccia Championships to be held in December 3…

The first ever World Boccia African Regional Championships have started in Johannesburg today, ending on the 22nd May 2022. 24 Athletes from 3 Countries - Egypt - 8, Morocco - 6 and South Africa -10 are competing for World…

The Rio de Janeiro 2022 World Boccia Cup has come to an end, bringing together 90 athletes from 18 countries for six days at the Olympic Park Arena Carioca 1. The individual competitions ended last Saturday (30/4) with medals…

After the second day of disputes of the Rio de Janeiro 2022 Boccia World Cup, Andreza Vitória De Oliveira (BC1), André Luiz Filho (BC1), Maciel dos Santos (BC2), Evelyn De Oliveira (BC3), Evani Calado (BC3), Mateus Carvalho (BC3) and…

BISFed´s first competition of 2022 - the Zagreb 2022 World Boccia Challenger - came to a close on Saturday. The first of twelve sanctioned competitions this year, it was great to see our athletes back on the court! See…