While he was visiting Abu Dhabi, President Santonja met with the Secretary General of the local Sports Council, his Excellency Aref Hamad AlAwani.   Taking advantage of the trip, he visited the imposing structures of the Ethijad Sports Palace, which will host the legendary “IFBB Night of Champions” event scheduled for the end

The Ajman Bodybuilding and Physique competition, held in the Ajman Emirate last weekend, was an absolute success.   Organized by the well-known IFBB official Tarik Khalil and the Federation of the United Arab Emirates, the event saw the triumph of athletes representing both the amateur and the professional category.   President Santonja participated

The “Ajman Elite Pro Show” event (open to the categories of Men’s Physique and Bodybuilding) will soon open an intense sporting season, whose program includes more than 40 events all over the world. The IFBB ELITE PRO event will take place concurrently, as an event aimed at professional qualification

The International Federation has finally released the official posters of the Mister Universe Egypt and Mister Universe Brazil championships, a great event category which this year will be inaugurated in April with the Indian edition.   The following editions will be held in Prague – representing Europe – Beirut representing the Middle East

Istvan Huber (who was recently re-elected president of the Hungarian Federation and member of the executive committee of the European Federation) was awarded the Annual Award for Sports Leadership at the National Grand Gala of Hungarian Sports.  

The Balkan Championships taking place in the city of Knjaževac-Serbia will soon be a meeting point for the Balkan countries; in the same city, the annual congress of the Balkan Federation will soon be celebrated.   The president of the Balkan Federation, Professor Gabriel Toncean, visited the IFBB office in Madrid this week

The Mercosur International Championships opened the sports season of the American continent in Mendoza-Argentina last February, coinciding with the traditional Dominican Republic Opening Championship and with the eighth edition of Mr. Mexico event for beginners, which will be held in Mexico City.   The winners of Mercosur, among others, were José López from

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The Spanish Federation held its Annual Assembly presenting an amazing calendar rich of great national competitions. Spain is getting ready to host more than 60 championships, into which major international events will be integrated: Among these, the upcoming European Championships in Santa Susana taking place in May; the IFBB Miss and Mister International

The IFBB is running more and more training courses all over the world: The Zoom “Federative Courses” of the Fitness Challenge category destined to Asian countries and the American continent,                 will be followed in the next few days by presential courses organized by the African

The Central American Games, a classic event of the Olympic Program, which will take place in Guatemala and Costa Rica in late October / early November,               will include the bodybuilding and fitness category in their official medal table.     This has been happening since the