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International biathlon union
International Biathlon Union (IBU), also Internationale Biathlon Union, the IOC-recognized governing body for biathlon, founded 1993 in London from the UIPMB with 57 members; based in Anif, Austria; led since 2026 by President Tim Farcnik.
International Blind Sports Federation
International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA), founded Paris 1981, is the IPC-recognised governing body for blind and visually impaired sport, governing Paralympic goalball, judo, and blind football, with 110+ member federations and president Ilgar Rahimov since 2023.
International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation
International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF), formerly FIBT, founded Paris 1923, Lausanne-based governing body for bobsleigh and skeleton; distinct from the identically abbreviated billiards federation; president Heike Groesswang from 2026.
International Bowling Federation
International Bowling Federation (IBF), formerly FIQ (1952) and World Bowling, is the Lausanne-based IOC/IPC-recognized governing body for tenpin, ninepin, and Para bowling, with 114 member federations, world championships, and Olympic promotion.
International Boxing Association
International Boxing Association (IBA), formerly AIBA (founded 1946), governs world amateur boxing; suspended by the IOC in 2019 and stripped of Olympic recognition in June 2023 over governance, Gazprom finances, and judging integrity, with rival World Boxing recognized in 2025.
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation (IBF) is a professional boxing sanctioning body formed in 1983 from the USBA, based in Springfield, New Jersey, and one of the four major bodies, with the WBA, WBC, and WBO, that crown world champions.
International Boxing Hall of Fame
International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF), museum and hall of fame in Canastota, New York, founded 1984, opened 1989; inducts boxers via BWAA writers and international historians; first class of 53 in 1990; Class of 2026 led by Golovkin, Benn, Tarver.
International Boxing Organization
The International Boxing Organization (IBO) is a boxing sanctioning body founded in 1988 in Coral Gables, Florida, publishing computerized rankings and awarding championship belts across 34 divisions.
International Champions Cup
International Champions Cup (ICC), annual preseason friendly soccer tournament founded 2013 by Stephen M. Ross's Relevent Sports; record 109,318 crowd in Michigan 2014; Real Madrid and PSG among winners.
International Chess Federation
The International Chess Federation, known as FIDE, is the world governing body for chess, founded in Paris in 1924 and seated in Lausanne, Switzerland. It awards titles such as Grandmaster and organizes the World Chess Championship.
International cricket
International cricket: national teams playing Test, ODI, and T20I formats under ICC rules. First Test 1877, first ODI 1971, 12 Test-playing members, World Test Championship since 2019, South Africa reigning champion.
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council (ICC), founded in 1909 as the Imperial Cricket Conference, is the global governing body for international cricket, based in Dubai with 111 members.
International cricket in 2017–18
International cricket in 2017–18, the ICC FTP season from May 2017 to April 2018: Pakistan won the Champions Trophy, Australia beat England 4-0 in the Ashes, and India and Australia toured South Africa.
International cricket in 2018–19
International cricket in 2018–19: season from late 2018 to mid-2019 featuring South Africa hosting Zimbabwe, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, Australia hosting India and others, the ICC Women's World T20 2018, and the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 in England and Wales.
International cricket in 2022–23
International cricket in 2022–23, the split season from August 2022 to May 2023: England won the men's T20 World Cup in Australia, Australia took the World Test Championship, and England swept Pakistan 3-0 in Tests.
International cricket in 2025–26
International cricket in 2025–26: ICC season spanning the 2025 Champions Trophy in Pakistan/UAE, the 2025–26 Ashes, and the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, under the Future Tours Programme.
International cricket in 2026
International cricket in 2026: ICC calendar year featuring the men's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka (20 teams, 55 matches), Women's T20 World Cup in England (12 teams), U19 World Cup, and FTP bilateral series amid IPL-PSL overlap.
International cricket in 2027
International cricket in 2027: ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2027 in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia (2 Oct-21 Nov, 14 teams, 57 matches), men's and women's Ashes in England, WTC Final at The Oval, and India's Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
International cricket in 2027–28
International cricket in 2027–28: Men's Cricket World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia (Oct–Nov 2027), inaugural Women's Champions Trophy in India, first ICC Olympics Qualifier, and T20 World Cup 2028 plus LA28 Olympic cricket return.
International cricket in 2028
International cricket in 2028 centers on T20 cricket's Olympic return at LA28, 12–29 July, six teams per gender at Pomona's Fairgrounds, plus the PCB-hosted Women's T20 World Cup and a revamped 20-team men's T20 World Cup.
International Esports Federation
International Esports Federation (IESF, 사단법인 국제이스포츠연맹), global esports governing body founded 2008 in Seoul, headquartered in Busan; 152 member nations, World Esports Championship since 2009, Public Interest Corporation in Korea.
International Fair Play Committee
International Fair Play Committee (Comité Internationale pour le Fair Play, CIFP), founded Paris 1963 by UNESCO, AIPS, ICSSPE and sports federations; awards the annual World Fair Play Trophies including the Pierre de Coubertin Trophy, first given to Eugenio Monti.
International federations for Olympic winter sports
Seven international federations, including FIS, ISU, and IIHF, govern the Olympic winter sports and coordinate through the Winter Olympic Federations, whose associate member is the International Ski Mountaineering Federation.
International Floorball Federation
International Floorball Federation (IFF), world governing body for floorball, founded 12 April 1986 in Huskvarna, Sweden by Sweden, Finland, and Switzerland; full IOC member, runs World Floorball Championships, over 80 member countries.
International Football Association Board
The International Football Association Board (IFAB), founded 1886 by the four British football associations with FIFA joining 1913, is the sole law-making body for association football's Laws of the Game, using an 8-member vote (four British FAs one vote each, FIFA four) and annual AGM/ABM meetings.
International Formula 3000
International Formula 3000, also FIA F3000 International Championship, was the FIA's second-tier single-seater feeder series to Formula 1 from 1985 to 2004, using 3000cc V8 engines, before GP2 replaced it in 2005.
International Four Days Marches Nijmegen
International Four Days Marches Nijmegen (Nijmeegse Vierdaagse), the Walk of the World: annual four-day walking event in Nijmegen since 1909; 45,000+ walkers cover 30, 40, or 50 km daily for the Four Days Marches Cross.
International Go Federation
The International Go Federation (IGF) is the international federation for the board game go, also known as weiqi or baduk. Founded in 1982, it is headquartered in Tokyo and organizes the World Amateur Go Championship.
International golf federation
International Golf Federation (IGF), founded 1958 as the World Amateur Golf Council, renamed 2003; Lausanne-based Olympic and Paralympic federation for golf, running the Eisenhower and Espirito Santo Trophy championships and Olympic golf.
International handball federation
International Handball Federation (IHF), world governing body for handball and beach handball, founded 1946 in Copenhagen, headquartered in Basel, 211 member federations, six confederations, president Hassan Moustafa since 2000.