About twenty Basque sports federations have requested incorporate either They are already part of international federationswhile Basque teams in four sports modalities are already competing in official international competitions, according to the data provided by the Basque Government to the Basque Parliament. This information is included in a written response from the Minister of Culture of the Basque Government, Bingen Zupiria, to a parliamentary question from EH Bildu.

In his response, Zupiria explains that the Basque federations of mountain, padel, herri kirolak, and boxing (the latter, within the framework of an international federation) are already part of international federations.

At the same time, it indicates that the federations of fencing, motorsports, squash, canoe, table tennis and chess, as well as surfing, ball, weightlifting, soccer and swimmingThey already have required their incorporation into international federations. Zupiria specifies that in the cases of the federations of surfing, ball, weightlifting, soccer and swimming, the answer has been negative.

Furthermore, the federations of field hockey, skating and handball have approved in the assembly to start the path integration into international organizations, although still have not submitted their application. For their part, the federations of cycling and rowing have started this process, but they have not yet called an assembly to ratify it.

On the other hand, the counselor remembers that the Basque teams of mountain, paddle tennis, herri kirolak (sokatira) and kayak surf (canoe) already compete in official international competitions.

Source: Eitb

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