Editorial & opinion

Dear friends of rollersports.org, I wish proudly update you on our way to the Olympic project: FIRS has recently integrated the questionnaire that the IOC has asked, to check our progress regarding a possible integration of our disciplines in the short list of sports, that will compete to be included in the Olympic program. I proudly claim...

Dear friends of rollersports.org like every year, back from SportAccord, I am writing to update you on important changes, that the world of international sport is living. During a private meeting with Mr. Jean Laurent Bourquin of the IOC Sports Department, we received compliments for the work developed by FIRS in the last year. First, they...

Dear friends of rollersports.org, as you can see the website of the Federation has a new layout! In recent months, FIRS has worked hard to develop a website, that was at once modern, attractive and easy to use. This is something that I have considered important because I am firmly convinced of the need to convey an image that shows at best...

Dear Friends of rollersports.org, during the last World Figure Skating Championships, that were held in Portimao, both the Executive Board meeting and the FIRS Ordinary Congress took place. These moments are very important because the world of Roller Sports has the opportunity to meet and to discuss the issues, we all face daily. The...

Dear friend of rollersports.org, back from Sportaccord I wish to share with you some considerations. Various meetings and assemblies in which we have taken part, showed very clearly the message that the IOC will send to the International Federations: the future of sport communication is in the new media and in the new dimension of social being,...