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29.09.2020
The World Ethnosport is represented in the European Commission Unit Sport
Two representatives of the World Ethnosport – Secretary General Vladislavs Redjkins (Latvia) and Council Member Malgorzata Bronikovska (Poland) took part in the EU Seminar on “Traditional Sports and Games, the way ahead”, which was held in an online format.

10.09.2020
World Ethnosport is accredited by the General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the ICH
Today at the meeting of the 8th session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage at the headquarters of the organization in Paris, the World Ethnosport was accredited as a consultative non-governmental organization.

14.07.2020
Naadam without spectators is the end of the history of traditional games
The World Ethnosport expresses deep concern over the fact that the Naadam festival was held without spectators and declares that such measures, destroying the nature of public festivals that were initially open to everyone, are unacceptable.

05.11.2019
A joint meeting of the Council of World Ethnosport and the Council of the World Federation of Strongmen
A joint meeting of the Council of the World Ethnosport and the Council of the World Strongman Federation took place on November 4 and 5, 2019 in the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, where plans for cooperation within the existing alliance were approved.

17.09.2019
Memorandum with the International Centre of Martial Arts for Youth Development and Engagement under the auspices of UNESCO (UNESCO ICM)
At the Likhatchev Russian Research Institute for Cultural and Natural Heritage (Russian Heritage Institute) concluded cooperation agreements with the International Centre of Martial Arts for Youth Development and Engagement under the auspices of UNESCO (UNESCO ICM).

09.09.2019
Alexey Kylasov took part in the Consultative meeting on the UNESCO Global Project Creation of an Open Digital Library on Traditional Games
A consultative meeting was held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris to UNESCO Global Project Creation of an Open Digital Library on Traditional Games. This global project was initiated by the UNESCO Beijing Office.

14.12.2019
World Ethnosport received UNESCO accredited organization status
At the meeting of the 14th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO in Bogota (Colombia), it was decided to accredit the World Ethnosport as an advisory partner in the framework of the Convention.

28.10.2019
Statement of World Ethnosport on the risk of cooperation with Mr. Khalil Ahmed Khan and the dissolution of the UNESCO Ad hoc Advisory Committee on TSG
Our statement is a response to Mr. Khalil Ahmed Khan’s request to become a member of the International Council for Traditional Sports and Games. In this Statement, we are to note that in April 2019, the UNESCO Ad hoc Advisory Committee on TSG was disbanded since Mr. Khan did not complete this mission.

07.10.2019
The Board approved the new composition of the Council of World Ethnosport
Today, on the meeting of Board, the new composition of the Council was approved and Chairperson Ravshankhon Djuraev (Uzbekistan), head of the UzReport News Agency, was appointed.

26.09.2019
Youth Eyes on the UNESCO Silk Roads Photo Contest 2019
World Ethnosport encourages the community of traditional sports and games to take part in the Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads Photo Contest 2019 of the UNESCO, to share this news on the social networks and on the websites of their organizations.

04.09.2019
Snoop Dogg reposted the video of wall fist-fighting from Ethnosport Challenge
The Butterfly Effect was happened - 1.5 million views and over 5 K comments after the American rapper Snoop Dogg reposted the video of wall fist-fighting, it was on the Ethnosport Challenge at the Russian traditional games Atmanov Kulachki 2019.

30.08.2019
Alexey Kylasov took part in the Convention of the World Martial Arts Mastership Committee (WMC)
At the invitation of Ban Ki-moon, former UN Secretary General, Dr. Alexey Kylasov, President of the World Ethnosport, took part in the Convention of the World Martial Arts Mastership Committee.

25.08.2019
Kulachki Ethnosport Challenge 2019
The 2019 season of the World Series tournament Ethnosport Challenge began in the village of Atmanov Ugol, Tambov Region, in the Russian traditional games Atmanov Kulachki on August 24, 2019.

09.06.2019
The first competition was held in the discipline of ethnosport-strongman in the program of the first International Strongman Games
The World Strongman Federation in partnership with the World Ethnosport for the first time held competitions in the discipline of ethnosport-strongman in the program of the first International Strongman Games in Khiva. The games were held with the support of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the development of tourism.

01.05.2019
Moscow Ethnosport Challenge 2019
On May 1, the World Series Ethnosport Challenge – Moscow Ethnosport Challenge 2019 Moscow VS Russia was held at the Luzhniki Olympic Stadium. The tournament was held in the framework of the Moscow ethnosport festival "Russian Games in Luzhniki".