2009 FITNESS AND BODYBUILDING

[samuel]

„GULF NEWS“ (some days ago)
The oppinion of the High respected Asia Sport Official, President ABBF:
„The IFBB could not stomach our success at the Asianlevel so they tried to destabilise the ABBF by suspending us on grounds that do not even hold good“, says Osama Al Shafar.
"There is no international federation governing the Asian Bodybuilding Federation (ABBF) and as far as we know the International Federation of Bodybuilders (IFBB) is not even recognised or registered," Osama Al Shafar, ABBF President told Gulf News.
"To be recognised, you have to be registered. If the IFBB was registered, then everyone would have recognised them. Maybe, when they register themselves as a body, member countries will recognise them.
"The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognises the ABBF.
"The IFBB keeps sending threatening letters to Arab countries telling them that if they compete or attend meetings with the ABBF, they risk the chance of being suspended for life. How can they do this? They are not recognised themselves, and in addition, they have a big case pending against them and their authority to govern the sport," charged Al Shafar.
"The IFBB office in Madrid run by Rafael Santoja [IFBB president] looks more like a small grocery store."
"Our lawyers have found out that the IFBB is not even a registered body and hence the question of them not recognising the ABBF does not arise," he noted.
"They are trying to find fault with us because of the case we've filed against them in London. They've gone crazy," Al Shafar fumed.

OSAMA AL SHAFAR
President Asian Bodybuilding Federation

that's it!