FIDE President at the SportAccord Extraordinary General Assembly

On November 10, the FIDE President arrived to Lausanne, Switzerland to take part in the meeting of the SportAccord Council, at which the issues related to the Extraordinary General Assembly of the organization have been discussed. As it is known, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov represents the interests of seventeen Associate Members such as IMSA, International World Games Association, International Committee of Sports for the Deaf, International Military Sports Council, etc.

The Extraordinary General Assembly was held on November 11 at the Hotel Royal Savoy. It has been decided to merge two organizations into one body: SportAccord, the umbrella organisation for the international sports federations, and SportAccord Convention, which organizes the sports exhibitions. The proposals on any changes and additions to the Statutes can be submitted until 26th January for the next General Assembly meeting.

The same day the FIDE President took part in the annual International Federation (IF) Forum. IOC President Thomas Bach delivered his speech to the forum participants.






IF Forum: IOC President Thomas Bach


FIDE President and the other members of SportAccord Council




IOC President Thomas Bach


Lausanne is a candidate city for the Youth Olympic Games 2020






Former President of the International Tennis Federation, the President of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) and SportAccord Convention, Francesco Ricci Bitti shares his experience of good governance




IF Forum Day 2: "Implementing Good Governance" by Pere Miro, IOC Deputy General Director

IF Forum Day 2: Kit McConnell, IOC Sports Director


Meeting with he delegation of International Committee of Sports for the Deaf, headed by its President, Dr. Valery Rukhledev
In 2017, the 23rd Summer Deaflympics will be held in Turkey, 22 sports disciplines are in the programme. The both sides discussed the inclusion of chess into the programme.