In order to attend the 44th CSFF-IFBB South American Championships, President Santonja flu from Headquarters (Madrid) to Asunción (Paraguay) on Thursday 29th August. Following his tradition, one of the first thing he made, after meeting with CSFF and APFPFI executives, it was to visit the gym for a fast and intense workout. This time, joined by APFPFI

Following its traditional summer meeting, Mr. Vitor Reis -president of Portuguese Federation (PBBF)- and Mr. Jose Ramos -president of Spanish Federation (FEFF)- visited IFBB president Dr. Rafael Santonja in his native town, Béjar; joined by other executive officials as Carlos Ramos -regional president in Catalonia-, Jose Maria Garcia -in Andalucía-, Victor Hernández -in Castilla & Leon- and Duda Reis -IFBB statistician-. The meeting was held in a

Recent st 25th August, over 500 Maltese bodybuilding and fitness fans gathered at the Corinthia San Gorg Hotel in St. Julians for ‘The Battle’. This yearly summer competition is organised by the Malta Federation of Bodybuilding & Fitness (MFBBF), led by president Ralph Decelis. The event featured over 40 athletes in Bikini Fitness, Wellness, Bodyfitness, Men’s Physique,

The EBFF Medical Commission, represented by Dr. Alfonso Morán (Spain), has designed a very interesting initiative related with First Aid, open for athletes and Fitness supporters and in conjunction with Barcelona Police, at the next Arnold Expo that will be held coming next September 28th to 30th. In a recent meeting, Dr. Moran and Commissar Joan Figuera Lopez – a specialist in

More good news for our sports, in Europe, are coming from Lithuania where the Prime Minister of the country, Mr. Saulius Skvernelis, awarded the IFBB Elite Pro athletes Deividas Dubinas and Kristina Narbutaityté. Both athletes -a couple in their private life- were received at the Lithuanian Government, in Vilnius, recent Tuesday 21st August, and awarded in recognition to its successful

On the next link is available the Inspection Report with all the information related to the next coming 2018 IFBB Men´s World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships & 13th World Classic Bodybuilding Championships that will be held in Benidorm (Alicante, Spain), November 7th to 12th. https://ifbb.com/wp-content/uploads/PDF/Inspection-report-benidorm-2018.pdf The event, that includes as well the 1st. IFBB Men´s Physique World Cup; will be celebrated

Already available for athletes and National Federations the Inspection Report about the 2018 IFBB European Children Fitness Championships that will be held, in Novi Sad (Serbia), coming next October 6th – 8th. https://ifbb.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Inspection-report-children-final-V3-final.pdf The event will be organized by the Serbian Federation of Bodybuilding, Bodyfitness, Fitness & Aerobics (SSBBFA) chaired by Mr. Goran Ivanovic in coordination with the Organizing Committee

After the successful IFBB Judges Course & Seminar celebrated in Tallin (Estonia), recent August 10th, the chairman of Judges Committee went to Lithuania to celebrate a new edition of this educational program, in Kaunas.  The Seminar was organized by Mrs. Sandra Martinkiene -chairwoman of the Lithuanian Judges Committee-, in coordination with the Lithuanian Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation (LKKRF) chaired by Mr. Ramutis Kairaitis,

The 2018 IFBB World Ranking will culminate with two Galas in Benidorm (Spain) and Bialystok(Poland), in which will be spread over $ 300,000 to the 10 best-ranked athletes of the season, in their respective Disciplines. Both events are in coincidence with the 2018 World Championships whose results give the maximum score (from 14 points for the winner till 2

Organized by the Estonian Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation (EKFL) chaired by Mr Ergo Metsla, the recent Friday 10th August was celebrated, with big success, an IFBB Judges Course & Seminar presented by the IFBB Judges Chairman, Mr Pawel Filleborn. An important number of athletes, coaches, judges and officials attended the event -including the last 3 presidents of

In the cent of a hectic Fall season in Europe, the 1st. IFBB Diamond Cup Skopje, scheduled for the coming next 13rd – 15th October, in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; is another great challenge that shows how Bodybuilding and Fitness are progressing in the Balkan area. Led by Prof. Gabriel Toncean -president of Balkan Federation-, Bodybuilding

Another great international challenge, in Europe, with 12 Elite Pro Cards and points for the 2018 World Ranking!  Poland is becoming an unquestionable leader in organizing prestige international competitions and the next coming 21st to 23rd September will host the IFBB Diamond Cup Warsaw Fiwe: the most important Bodybuilding & Fitness event, considering the possibility of scoring points for the  2018 IFBB