May 9, 2019 World Lacrosse President Sue Redfern and leaders from the international federation are joined by Irina Gladkikh of the International Olympic Committee for a signing of The Brighton Plus Helsinki 2014 Declaration on Women and Sport. The overriding aim of the Declaration is to develop a sporting culture that enables and values the full [...]
April 16, 2019 As interest and participation in lacrosse continues to grow around the world, the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) recently partnered with the Hong Kong Lacrosse Association to host a three-day training clinic for new indoor lacrosse referees. The clinic featured classroom and on-field instruction for the aspiring indoor referees. The training clinic was coordinated by FIL’s Chair of Men’s Officiating, [...]
April 6, 2019 International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) is an annual celebration held on April 6th to celebrate the power of sport which positively impacts social change, community development and foster peace. This date commemorates the inaugural modern day Olympic Games in 1896 and was selected by the United Nations [...]
April 5, 2019 The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) invites all of its stakeholders to join WADA in celebrating ‘Play True Day’ on 10 April along with fellow athletes, National and Regional Anti-Doping Organizations, Sports Federations, Major Event Organizers and other anti-doping stakeholders from around the world. ‘Play True Day’ is dedicated to clean sport [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Darryl Seibel dseibel@worldlacrosse.sport March 20, 2019 New York, NY – The Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL), in partnership with its member-National Governing Bodies, is initiating a consultation process through which members are being asked – entirely on a voluntary basis -- to experiment with a new discipline and related [...]
March 13, 2019The Federation of International Lacrosse is being represented at the World Anti-Doping Symposium by Don Blacklock, Technical Director (Left), and Sean Gibson, Chair of the Athletes Advisory Commission (Right). About FILThe Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) is the international governing body for men’s and women’s lacrosse. The FIL currently has 62-member nations and holds [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Media Contact: Darryl Seibel Email: dseibel@worldlacrosse.sport February 13, 2019 New York, NY – The Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) has announced the selection of the following On Field and Off Field Officials for the FIL 2019 Women’s Lacrosse U19 World Championship in Peterborough, Canada from 1 - 10 August 2019. The team of 55 officials will be led by FIL Women's Officiating Chair, Stephen Taylor of England and a Leadership team of five [...]
February 8, 2019 Please be advised that an event calling itself the “World Junior Lacrosse Championship”, scheduled to take place in August 2019 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is in no way affiliated with, or recognized by, the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL). This event is being organized by a private entity and has no official [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 4, 2019 Staats is the first lacrosse athlete to be so honored One of the rising stars of international and professional lacrosse, Austin Staats, has been selected as The World Games Athlete of the Month for January 2019. Staats is the first lacrosse player ever to be so honored. In [...]
February 3, 2019 By Sue Redfern (FIL President) and Fiona Clark (Past IFWLA President) Friends of Women’s Lacrosse around the world have come together to pay tribute to the ‘Lady of Welsh Lacrosse,’ Margaret Turner, who passed away 6 January 2019 after a short illness, at the grand age of 95. Margaret has been [...]
