IFAF crowned a new world champion and a sixth straight title was secured as the IFAF Flag Football World Championships 2026 reached a dramatic conclusion with Canada’s women and the men of the United States both winning gold. Canada’s women topped a defending United States team that had won the past three world championships with a defensive stop as time ran expired to edge a nerve-wracking gold medal game 27-20. Quarterback Sara Parker was named the tournament’s Most Valuabl

IFAF President Pierre Trochet, IOC Sports Director Pierre Ducrey and NFL Executive Vice President, Club Business, Major Events & International, Peter O'Reilly sign promotional agreement in Düsseldorf, Germany, ahead of LA28. Johannes Missenharter/AP The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) today welcomed senior delegations from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and National Football League (NFL) to Düsseldorf, Germany, where a key promotional agreement

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) has agreed a multi-year partnership with Nike that will see the brand play a leading role in driving the global growth, culture and performance of flag football through the Olympic cycle to the LA28 Summer Games. Under the agreement, Nike becomes the exclusive Performance Apparel Partner of IFAF Flag Football, responsible for kitting out staff and International Technical Officials at major flag football events over the

The IFAF World Flag 2026 trophy presentation will be a memorable moment in flag football history this summer in Düsseldorf. The men’s and women’s victors will claim the gold medal, secure a guaranteed place at the LA28 Olympic games and be crowned world champions. They will also become the first athletes to lift the iconic new IFAF World Flag Trophy. Standing almost as tall as the Super Bowl trophy and twice as heavy, the ultimate prize in international flag football depicts

DAZN, the world’s leading sports entertainment platform, has acquired global broadcast rights to the International Federation of American Football’s (‘IFAF’) flag football competitions under a new multi-year agreement. The partnership will see DAZN carry a wide selection of IFAF events, making them free-to-view for fans in more than 200 markets. The global agreement is a first for IFAF and targets soaring worldwide interest in the flag football discipline. The sport will make

German national team players Luca Bultmann, Mona Stevens, Pia Schwartz and Mario Wokocha. Tickets are now available for the most anticipated global flag football event to-date as the sport prepares to make its first appearance at the Olympic Games in LA28. From August 13-16 2026, the flag football world will be watching Düsseldorf as the city plays host to one of the first direct LA28 qualification events in any sport. At IFAF World Flag 26, 16 women’s and 16 men’s teams from

A senior International Federation of American Football (IFAF) delegation comprising President Pierre Trochet, Managing Director Andy Fuller and Athletes Committee Chair Diana Flores traveled to Queensland, Australia this week to participate in a series of engagements supporting the rapid development of flag football in Australia. The visit took place in partnership with the NFL, represented by Commissioner Roger Goodell together with senior executives including Peter O’Reilly

Darrell Doucette, Team USA quarterback. When five-time NFL MVP Tom Brady makes his return to competition this weekend, it will be under International Federation of American Football (IFAF) flag football rules. IFAF is supporting the highly-anticipated Fanatics Flag Football Classic, which was relocated from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at short notice, and will now take place at BMO Stadium – the venue for flag football’s debut Olympic Games appearance in Los Angeles 2028. IFAF, whic

The route to Los Angeles 2028 is now set for nations hoping to qualify teams to compete in the inaugural Olympic Games Flag Football events. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board today approved the Olympic Qualification System for Flag Football in LA28, developed in collaboration with the International Federation of American Football (IFAF). The system, which can be downloaded from the IOC website, guarantees automatic qualification for the host nation, th

Senyorita Chief Operating Officer Sherif El Nokaly (left) and Head of NBA Egypt Mohamed Motaleb-Abdel Soliman at the announcement of NBA Africa and Senyorita’s collaboration in Cairo, Egypt. NBA Africa NBA Africa and Senyorita For Food Industries, a leading manufacturer of snack foods in Egypt, through its chip brand Lion, announced a collaboration to launch the NBA’s first university basketball tournament on the continent and the largest Jr NBA/Jr WNBA tournament ever in Egy

It’s official: women’s flag football swept global streaming ratings at The World Games 2025, outperforming 59 other disciplines by a significant margin in what was the biggest and most-watched edition of the multi-sport event to-date. Almost 4 000 athletes from 111 countries took part in the Games, which were held in Chengdu, China from August 7 to 17 last year. An independent event evaluation report commissioned by the International World Games Association (IWGA) and Chengdu

The NBA family (www.NBA.com) and the global basketball community, including the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), USA Basketball, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, the National Basketball Coaches Association (NBCA) and the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), will celebrate the third annual World Basketball Day on Sunday, December 21 by engaging hundreds of millions of youth and fans i

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) has voted to relocate its global headquarters to Lausanne, Switzerland, marking a major milestone for the sport of American Football, which reinforces its long-term commitment to the Olympic Movement. The decision was taken as part of a series of landmark reforms approved at the XXVII IFAF Congress, held in the Olympic Capital with support from the Lausanne Olympic Capital Foundation and Lausanne Tourism. Delegates from

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) has approved a series of landmark reforms at the XXVII Congress in Lausanne, Switzerland, concluding a record-breaking year for the sport and reinforcing its place in the Olympic Movement. Delegates from five continents, representing a broad spectrum of IFAF’s 75 member federations, came together in Lausanne - the Olympic Capital - to vote on a series of significant reforms designed to reinforce IFAF’s governance struct

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Mexico has overtaken USA at the top of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) women’s flag football world rankings for the first time in history. The annual world rankings update reflects a year in which the Mexican women’s national team has achieved unprecedented success, notably with its defence of The World Games gold medal in Chengdu, China in August, followed by a first Americas Continental title in Panama in September. On the men’s side, USA holds stro

The 2025 IFAF Asia-Oceania Flag Football Continental Championships marked a defining moment in the sport’s rapid growth across the region, with the rise of new global contenders, teams making international debuts, emergence of new stars of the game and three days of highly entertaining and competitive action The Fenghua Sports Centre in Ningbo, China hosted 27 teams representing 15 nations from across Asia and Oceania - a 35% increase in entries compared to the 2023 edition h

Japan in action against Indonesia. Ernesto Campuzano Japan opened their defense of the IFAF Asia-Oceania flag football crown with a perfect start by beating China and Indonesia in Group A. The region’s top-ranked team, sitting third in the IFAF world rankings, avenged a loss to host China at The World Games in August with a 33-18 victory on the first of three days of competition at the Fenghua Sports Center in Ningbo. “I think we played well,” said Japan wide receiver Yurika

The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced that a record 135 international players from a record-tying 43 countries across six continents are on opening-night rosters for the 2025-26 season. Among the record 135 international players are more than 55 players who were either born in Africa or have at least one parent from Africa, including 2021 NBA champion and two-time Kia NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks; Greece; ties to Nigeria)

Africell CEO, president and founder Ziad Dalloul (left) and NBA Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer Mark Tatum sign the expanded agreement at the NBA’s global headquarters in New York City. The brand collaboration between Africell, Africa’s only US-owned mobile network operator and NBA Africa in Angola has taken a leap forward with the widening of its scope to include all four of Africell’s African operating markets with the addition of the Democratic Republic of