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The Sporting World Celebrates his Majesty the King’s Birthday

July 31st, 2019

102 member countries came together for the closing ceremony of the 2019 IFMA World Championships and joined the nation in the well wishes of His Majesty King Rama the 10th. Many sporting personalities joined this occasion, the world Taekwondo President Choue Chung-Won, the international Jiu Jitsu Federation President Panagiotis Theodoropoulos with the IOC being represented by Andrew Hofer. IFMA would like to wish his Majesty the King Rama the 10th a happy birthday on this glorious ...

IFMA Statement on participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials

March 8th, 2022

In addition to the earlier statement released, IFMA wishes to issue the following statement: All Russian & Belarussian athletes that have qualified for the World Games 2022 with immediate effect will not be allowed to compete in Birmingham. This also includes until further notice, participation at IFMA’s international competitions. In order to preserve the safety of all athletes and the integrity and fairness of all our competitions, IFMA has decided to align itself with the event protective measures recommended ...

IFMA Youth World Championships Heads to Antalya

August 9th, 2023

IFMA believes that our youth are more important than ever. More than ever, we need our youth as they are the greatest agents of change in society. Muaythai is built on 5 important pillars: Respect, Honor, Tradition, Excellence and Fair Play. Excellence, Friendship and Respect are the 3 values of Olympism and these values are in line with the foundations of the Olympic Movement. IFMA’s value blends culture, sport and education and the IFMA youth stand ...

Ramon Dekker’s Honorary Mongkol Reaches the Family

January 12th, 2016

The Royal World Cup 2015 was an outstanding event with the record number of participating teams, strong support of the Minister of Tourism of Sport of Thailand and attendance of distinguished guests from IOC, FISU, IWGA, AIMS and many other VIPs who gave a special status to this event. The Muaythai Award Gala Night was indeed one of the glittering highlights of the event where over 3000 people including embassies of participating countries gathered to share ...

SEA Games National Course in Vietnam

April 12th, 2022

Muaythai (Muay) is one of the main sports in the 31st SEA Games held in Hanoi, Vietnam in May. The National Federation of Vietnam is fully recognised by their National Olympic Committee and is looking forward to hosting the leading South-East Asian countries which will see the top athletes from Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam and Timor Leste. At the 30th SEA Games in the Philippines, muaythai was one of the most popular sports and had ...

Capitan & Thananchai crowned RWS Champions and 3-million-baht Richer. NEXT MISSION: WCG2023

October 13th, 2023

The 2022 World Games Champions and former IFMA World Champions, Anueng “Capitan” Khatthamarasri, the crowd favorite of the RWS Super Lightweight Division and Thanet “Thananchai” Nitutorn, the underdog of the RWS Super Welterweight Division, have been crowned Rajadamnern World Series Champions in their respective divisions over the past weeks giving the Thai National Team travelling to the World Combat Games an edge and serious momentum with just over a week to the Opening Ceremony of ...

A Feast for the Senses: Opening Ceremony, SportAccord 2012

June 6th, 2012

Hein Verbruggen, President of SportAccord   Delegates at the Opening Ceremony of 2012 SportAccord Convention began their evening with cocktails and a lavish assortment of delicious Quebecois specialty meats, cheeses, and tables towering with desserts.   As conversation and wine flowed, musicians dressed as chefs wound their way through the crowds, encouraging everyone to follow their melodious meandering to the end of the convention hall, where an enormous wall, in actuality a thick black curtain, suddenly rose up into ...

Female Boxing Continues to Thrive

June 15th, 2016

The world of female muaythai is ever expanding especially in recent times. The development of the sport through the hard work of the WMC and IFMA has reached such a level that it is now beginning to rival male muaythai. Although the prestigious Lumphinee and Rajadamern stadiums still hold a men-only policy there are more and more all-female competitions beginning to emerge. In 1996 the WMC broke old traditions by establishing female only events with a ...

Thailand Bids for the Youth Olympics 2026

May 21st, 2020

Over the last year many important meetings took place between the International Olympic Committee, the Royal Thai Government and the National Olympic Committee of Thailand with regards to major upcoming sporting events. Thailand's Prime Minister His Excellency Prayut Chan O Cha met the IOC President Thomas Bach to discuss the possibility of Thailand bidding for the Youth Olympics 2026 and also many other points were discussed. The inclusion of muaythai in the Olympics was also one of the talking points in which the IOC President clearly ...

IFMA Refugee Team is Getting Ready for the World Games 2022

April 26th, 2022

We continue to live in a fragile world with the global refugee crisis around the world and seeing millions of people in the world displaced. We all remember the historical moment when the initiative under the IOC and visionary President Thomas Bach, brought to life, the first refugee team, who walked in with a standing ovation not only at the Rio Maracana Stadium with the full capacity of 74,000 people and billions around the world. ...

10 Years of Infliction World Gala Event

December 15th, 2023

The Carrara Sports Stadium in Australia will come alive for one of the biggest muaythai shows in 2023 as Infliction returns for its 10th-anniversary event in cooperation with Muaythai Australia, IFMA, and the WMC. The Show boasts a solid card including a female Super 4 tournament with 10,000 dollar prize money held on the show, the biggest female prize purse to date in Australia. The main bout of the evening will welcome one of Australia’s top fighters Jayden ...

GAISF and SportAccord

February 13th, 2014

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn has been delighted by the inclusion of Muaythai into GAISF/SportAccord. The inclusion was a historical day not only for Muaythai but also for Thailand itself. He welcomed His Excellency General Pichit Kullavanijaya, President of SportAccord Hein Verbruggen, President of WMC General Chetta Thanajaro, President of IFMA Dr. Sakchye Tapsuan, Thailand’s IOC member Dr. Nat Indrapana and WMC Vice President and IFMA General Secretary Stephan Fox to his palace. He ...

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