Romolo Rizzoli è stato rieletto per acclamazione presidente della Confederazione mondiale bocce (CMSB) nel congresso che si è tenuto al Centro Tecnico Federale della Federazione Italiana Bocce a Roma. La CMSB (Confédération Mondiale des Sports de Boules) è stata fondata nel 1985 ed è riconosciuta dal CIO. Rappresenta oltre 100 Paesi e coordina tutte le Federazioni internazionali delle specialità: raffa (CBI), volo (FIB), pètanque...

Le bocce sono state le grandi protagoniste della manifestazione di “Sports Days” che si è svolta dal 26 al 28 ottobre a Rimini. Come sempre quando questo sport si presenta al completo incanta e ottiene successo. Questo è avvenuto anche a Sports Days dove le bocce hanno saputo coinvolgere i presenti sia nella veste di spettatori che nella veste di protagonisti in qualità di giocatori. Infatti alle manifestazioni di alto livello come il Campionato Europeo under...

Si è svolta durante l’Europeo Femminile di Saluzzo la riunione con i massimi dirigenti mondiali ed europei delle bocce, (C.M.S.B. F.E.S.B. ed E.B.A.) per l'istituzione della Confederazione Europea  C.E.S.B. (Confederation Européenne des Sports de Boule). Si è dato il via ad un’azione per una struttura che veda rappresentate tutte le specialità di gioco in grado di confrontarsi con le organizzazioni e le associazioni europee. Verbale...

Si è svolta durante l’Europeo Femminile di Saluzzo la riunione con i massimi dirigenti mondiali ed europei delle bocce, (C.M.S.B. F.E.S.B. ed E.B.A.) per l'istituzione della Confederazione Europea  C.E.S.B. (Confederation Européenne des Sports de Boule). Si è dato il via ad un’azione per una struttura che veda rappresentate tutte le specialità di gioco in grado di confrontarsi con le organizzazioni e le associazioni europee.

Lundi 12 octobre, le Président de la CMSB Claude Azéma, assisté des présidents de la CBI Romolo Rizzoli et de la FIB Christian Lacoste, donnera une conférence de presse à l'ouverture du salon Sportel à Monaco pour annoncer officiellement aux médias la candidature de nos sports boules aux Jeux Olympiques.  

The president of CBI, Mutlu Turkmen, visited the vice president of International Olympic Committee (IOC), Ugur Erdener, and had a fruitful meeting on the bid of Boules Sports inclusion to the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games. 

CBI President Dr. Mutlu Turkmen participated TAFISA Jurgen Palm Award Ceremony presented to the EU Commissioner Tibor Navracsics in Brussels.

In an important meeting held in Rosario Argentina, it was confirmed that Bocce will be one of the official sports in South American Games in 2022 which will be held in Asuncion, Paraguay. 

CBI was approved as a full member of TAFISA during the 26th TAFISA General Assembly held in Tokyo on the 15th of November 2019. 

Bocce will be included in the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games which will be held in Konya, Turkey, in 2021. 

CMSB, extra-ordinary assembly and executive committee meeting was held in Lyon on the 8th of February. 

During the 3rd International World Ethnosport Forum which was held in Antalya Turkey with the participation of delegates from 49 countries including 11 ministers of sports. One of the participants in the forum was CBI president Mutlu Turkmen and signed an MoU with the president of WEC, Mr. Bilal Erdogan. 

CBI Executive Committee had an online meeting on the 11th of April at 13:00 (CET Time) and decided to postpone World Juniors Championship to 2021.  

CBI Executive Committee had its first meeting of 2021 on the 16th of January in order to discuss various issues. 

During the 12th International Kemer Open Tournament, the first "Precision Shooting" tournament was organized.  

The 2021 Libya Championship was organized in Tripoli, November 13-14, 2021, with the participation of 106 players. 

CBI national referee course was held in Tunisia between 3-7 February 2022 with the support of the Libyan Federation. 

Algerian Raffa and Billiards Federation hosted the joint African Championship of Raffa and Volo in Algiers, Algeria from 7 to 13 May. 

After Tarragona 2018 where Raffa was represented with 1 sole discipline, Raffa took its full representation in Oran 2022 with all 4 disciplines, being played successfully. 

5-8 December 2022Kota Bharu - MALAYSIA

Bocce took its place for the first time in the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games which was held in Konya-Turkiye from 9th to 18th of August 2022. 

The opening of the World Juniors Bocce Championship was held in the spectacular historical municipal square of Rome.  

Mersin Toroslar Municipality hosted the press conference for the World Bocce Championships of Raffa and Volo, Mersin 2022, with the presence of the Governor of Mersin Mr Ali Hamza Pehlivan, President of CBI Dr Mutlu Turkmen and the Mayor of Mersin Toroslar Municipality, Mr Atsız Afşin Yılmaz.

From October 1st to 15th, the XXII South American Games of Asunción 2022 were held, the most important sporting event in South America, in which Bocce was on the stage between October 12th and 14th.

5-15 July 2023Algiers, ALGERIA

L'Aquila, as the European Sports City in 2022, hosted an international Bocce tournament gathering 8 best players from the world. 

European Juniors Championship in Rome was finished with the amazing performance of the athletes on the final day. 

The World Juniors Bocce Raffa Championship was held in Oran, Algeria from 19 to 23 September 2023, simultaneously with the World Juniors and Espoirs Bocce Volo Championship. 

The 15th National Petanque and Bocce Championships for Men and Women, together with the 16th General Assembly of the Iran Petanque and Bocee Association, were organized successfully at the newly opened center of this association talent identification and development located in the South-West of Iran in the Shahid Ghorbani International Sport Complex, Ahwaz City, Khouzestan Province during Feb 20-25, 2024.

Last March 27, Wednesday, the Basque Association of Beach Tennis and Minority Sports organized the First Basque Championship of Bocce in the individual category.

The World Bocce Championship kicked off with a spectacular opening ceremony. Thirty-six teams representing all the regions of the world marched from the sports hall to the Kemer city centre, where the official ceremony was held. 

Libya hosts the regular and elective general assembly meeting of the Arab Federation of Bocce.  Under the patronage of the Libyan Ministry of Sports, the Libyan Federation of Bocce hosted the assembly in the city of Tripoli on 12-13 December. The president of CBI, Dr Mutlu Turkmen and the EC member of the Federation of Arab Sports Federations, Dr Basil Al Shaer, also participated in the assembly.

Before the 43rd edition of the historic and coveted “MB FIB AWARD” (Marche Bowls FIB Award), Pope Francis accepted the Bocce delegation in St Peter's Basilica, Vatican, including the regional and federal managers of the Italian Federation, and the CBI President. 

CBI President Dr Mutlu Turkmen received the 'International Personality' award during the 43rd edition of the FIB MB Awards Ceremony held in the Honor Hall of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) on the 20th of December, 2024.