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BISFed, together with the Spanish Sports Federation of People with Cerebral Palsy and Acquired Brain Damage (FEDPC) and the Catalan Federation of Cerebral Palsy (FECPC) want to inform you that Boccia International Referee Miquel Chalé has passed away. Miquel…

The Tokyo 2020 Boccia competition ended on the 4th September at an extraordinary Games in extraordinary times. There were very few spectators in the venue which may have dampened the atmosphere compared to the Games in Rio2016, however the…

Eight days of amazing Boccia competition have come to an end in Tokyo and it ended in style with extremely close and exciting matches. Watcharaphon VONGSA led Thailand to a third consecutive gold medal in the BC1/BC2 team…

Thailand will on Saturday attempt to win a third consecutive gold medal in the BC1/BC2 team event, despite losing their final group match at Ariake Gymnastics Centre. The defending champions went down 6-3 to China on Friday but Watcharaphon…

SUGIMURA Hidetaka (JPN) is targeting a second gold medal as he continues his quest to put boccia on the map in Japan. The 39-year-old upset defending champion Watcharaphon VONGSA (THA) on Wednesday to win the boccia BC2 individual gold…

David SMITH (GBR), for the third straight match, came from behind to win. This time it was in the BC1 class final, where SMITH defeated Chew WEI LUN (MAS) 4-2 to retain the Paralympic title he won in this…

Photo credit to Kyodo News A Fantastic day of Boccia was had at the Ariake Gymnastice Centre with the Quarter and Semi Finals of the Individual competitions. Meditation was the order of the day at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre…

World champion David SMITH (GBR) came through a vital match against NAKAMURA Takumi (JPN) at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre on Monday to book his place in the boccia BC1 individual quarterfinals. SMITH, defending his Rio 2016 gold medal at…

Three of the defending champions remain unbeaten following the second day of boccia individual preliminary-round play on Sunday at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre. Watcharaphon VONGSA (THA) score a lopsided 14-0 win over Natali DE FARIA (BRA) in their BC2…

See where you can watch the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 Live, wherever you are. Boccia matches are being broadcast live for the first time at a Paralympic Games and in Tokyo one match per round will be broadcast. You…