The Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) has elected its Board for the next four years at the organisation’s online General Assembly.

A total of 72 athletes from 12 nations are set to compete at the World Boccia Americas Regional Championships in Sao Paulo in Brazil.

Mark Gannon is the new chair of the Boccia England Board after recruitment company Perret Laver recommended him to replace the outgoing Mike Walker.

Greece, Portugal and Slovakia claimed team titles as the World Boccia Regional European Championships concluded in Sevilla.

Following the individual finals, the World Boccia Regional European Championship in Seville continued today with the start of team competition in three categories.

Britain's David Smith and Greece's Grigorios Polychronidis claimed the men's BC1 and BC3 titles today on the last day of individual competition at the World Boccia Regional European Championship in Seville.

Britain's David Smith recovered from a disappointing opening day at the World Boccia European Regional Championship to book his place in the semi-finals of the men's BC1 today in Seville.

Portugal's Cristina Gonçalves and Britain's Claire Taggart are through undefeated in the women's BC2 category following the second day of competition at the World Boccia Europe Regional Championships in Seville.

Britain's two-time BC1 Paralympic champion David Smith has suffered a shock loss in his opening pool match at the Boccia Regional European Championship in Seville, with Russian Nikolas Anozov beating him 6-3 in men's Pool A.

The Boccia Regional European Championship is to return to Seville for the second competition in a row, following the hosting of the 2019 tournament, with action set to start tomorrow.

After winning three individual titles at the World Boccia Asia-Oceania Championships in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong added a further two gold medals in the pairs and team competitions as the event concluded at the Shabab Al Ahli Club.

In a battle between two Paralympic gold medallists in the men's BC2 final at the World Boccia Asia-Oceania Championships, it was the former champion Watcharaphon Vongsa of Thailand who came out on top, thrashing the reigning champion Hidetaka Sugimura of Japan.

Japanese Paralympic champion Hidetaka Sugimura is into the final of the men's BC2 following a narrow victory on the third day of the Asia-Oceania Boccia Championships, taking place at the Shabab Al Ahli Club in the United Arab Emirates city Dubai.

The 2021 World Boccia Asia-Oceania Regional Championships are underway in Dubai at the Shabab Al Ahli Club, with top stars from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics featuring throughout the tournament.