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

  Dear IFBB Family and Friends, The IFBB is devastated about our innocent athletes and officials that are immersed in the tragedy that is isolating Ukraine. We think it is time to join forces in delivering our support and solidarity towards our Ukrainian family. Any donation, no matter how small, will be deeply appreciated and

According to the IOC’s strong recommendations, no Russian or Belarusian national flags shall be displayed, and no Russian or Belarusian anthems shall be played at IFBB international events. Any Russian or Belarusian athlete willing to participate at any IFBB events may be allowed to do so on an individual basis, under the IFBB

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

Next October France will host the IFBB Dimond Cup in Paris, .                 a romantic capital shining with glamor and great charm The city of lights and love,. now, is the city of bodybuilding and fitness, too. In May, Paris will also host the Lyon Diamond

The South African Federation is getting ready to welcome an avant-garde international competition which will include traditional amateur bodybuilding and fitness tests as well as an interesting professional program open to the categories of Bodybuilding, Bikini Fitness and Men’s Phyisique

Bodybuilding and Fitness will be medalist sports at the next Pan-Arab Games, to be held in 2023 in Baghdad, Iraq, as well as at the Central American and Caribbean Games, scheduled for El Salvador in 2023, and the Bolivarian Games, which will take place in Ayacucho, Peru, in 2024. These participations are added

Since last week, our weekly newscast incorporates editions in German and Italian, which are added to the existing ones in Spanish, English, Arabic and Japanese, bringing the news of our sport on a weekly basis to our official athletes and followers internationally.

Professor Mauricio Arruda, director of the IFBB academy, and executive member of the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education, attended the congress of this organization held in Berlin. The IFBB academy carries out actions and training courses around the world through its national academies, training and qualifying coaches, specialized in the