The president of the World Karate Federation (WKF), Mr. Antonio Espinós was awarded the IFBB Gold Medal during the Gala Dinner celebrated, in Madrid, by the European Federation of Bodybuilding & Fitness (EBFF), on Friday 18th January. Sharing a long friendship with IFBB President, Dr. Rafael Santonja with whom has coincided in numerous

United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be one of the hottest IFBB countries this 2019 season. Led by H.E. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Sharqui -president of the National Federation of Bodybuilding (EBBF)-, Bodybuilding became in one of the most important sports in the Emirates and the country will host, coming 8th to 10th

The president of the International World Games Association (IWGA) and IOC Member, Mr. José Perurena was awarded the prestigious IFBB Spirit of Sports Award, on Friday 18th January; during the Gala Dinner celebrated in Madrid by the European Federation of Bodybuilding & Fitness (EBFF). Former international sprint canoer, competing at the 1968 Olympic

One of the biggest sports event in Brazil  – the prestigious Expo “Fitness Brasil”-, has joined its structure with the IFBB -one of the biggest Sports Federation in the planet-; creating a daring and innovative project with a lot of great news: The 2019 IFBB FITNESS BRASIL INTERNATIONAL ELITE PRO QUALIFIER CHAMPIONSHIP. This event

Led by President Santonja, IFBB continues its progression in America and its integration into Olympism. Organized by the Olympic Committee of Argentina and the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR), the 4th edition of the South American Beach Games will be held, on March 14th – 23rd, in the city of Rosario; in what

The beautiful city of Cali will host, on February 16th, the opening of the 2019 season with an amazing event, open worldwide, with the institutional support from the Colombia Olympic Committee and COLDEPORTES.    Organized by the Colombian Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation (FCFC) chaired by Carlos Gregorio Cifuentes and the South American Confederation

With great expectation was celebrated, recent January 6th in Pune (India); the poster launch of Marathi Film “Shiva”, produced by the General Secretary of Asian Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation (AFBF), Mr. Sanjay More. The crowd gathered in the JD Club grounds for thousands of thousands of people to reach the Maratha Mausoleum for

Under the leadership of its President, Dr Rafael Santonja; the European Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation will celebrate next 18 to 20 of January 2019 the Annual Executive Committee Meeting, in Madrid. During this three sessions, the EBFF executive officials will be designing the guidelines of Bodybuilding and Fitness, for the next season, related with

Iconic name for Bodybuilding in Argentina, Ernesto Pastelnik has been elected new president of the Argentine Bodybuilding Federation (FAM), of which he was co-founder and where he held the position of Vice President; returning to a position that he already held for 8 years, previously. Ernesto Pastelnik, former champion and international athlete; has

With a perfect score from the judges, the Algerian athlete Mohamed Tobbal Seghir took the victory in the Classic Bodybuilding Open Division, at the recent 2018 African Championships, held in Kolea (Algeria). With not more than 66 kg for 166 cm; the aesthetic athlete achieved the title, defeating competitors heavier and taller. Algeria has been