After a great day of high-level Boccia games, here are the finalists who will compete for medals tomorrow! The day will begin with a Bronze medal match between the BC 4 and BC 2 classes, with games starting at 9:30 a.m. We have an Asian match in the BC4 class…
Today is the third day of individual contests in Boccia, and we will find out who are the top eight players in each class. In the BC1 class, games begin at 4 p.m., the Portuguese player André Ramos stands out, a rookie in the Paralympic games who advanced to the…
The Boccia individual games begin tomorrow on the 28th of October! There will be three days of competitions to determine who advances to the final phase, which will be contested on September 1st. Remember to check the schedule and get to the games, which are some of the greatest athletic…
Silence! that you intend to play football… while blindfolded! If you think Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are great with the ball at their feet, do a quick search for names like Jefinho (Brazil) or Behzad Zadaliasghari (Iran), who are football players for the blind and are amazing how they…
The 1250g blue ball will be on display in Tokyo from August 25th to September 3rd. Goalball is one of the most popular sports in the International Federation of Sports for the Blind, celebrating 75 years of existence and 55 years after the first Paralympic games in which it was…
Boccia games are back after more than a year without international competitions! Boccia entered the Paralympic Games program in 1984 in New York, with 19 athletes from five countries (Canada, Denmark, Great Britain, Portugal, and the United States of America) competing. In these games, only team competitions were held, with…
The Paralympic Games, the world's largest sporting event, begin on August 24th! Tokyo 2020 will host over 4,000 athletes representing 168 national Paralympic committees. There are 22 sports and 539 competitions, with debuts in Para-Badminton and Para-Taekwondo. Tokyo hosts the Paralympic Games for the second time in 57 years, following…
BISFed announces the preparation of three more webinars by the BISFed Development Committee for delivery in 2021. Please see below for a schedule of the next three webinars, as well as the registration deadline and other information. These live Webinars are available to members of the Boccia community who are…
A ParaVida Sport junta-se a Associação Salvador e Associação de paralisia cerebral de Lisboa (APCL) numa atividade de experimentação de Tricicleta (FrameRunning), Boccia e Slalom.A atividade de experimentação irá realizar-se no próximo dia 29 de junho na pista de atletismo Prof. Moniz Pereira. Esta atividade será dinamizada pela APCL no…
Tandem bike riders are experiencing the great feeling of riding a bike with another person to enjoy the way and sharing ideas! Like every vehicle or every other tool, tandems have some advantages or disadvantages as well. How could tandem bikes help? Tandem bikes are safe. Two riders can make more…
