Ecuadorian Sports Minister pledges support to Inas Global Games

Athletes with an intellectual disability recently met Ecuadorian Minister of Sports, Jose Francisco Cevallos, who following the confirmation that the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador will host the 4th Inas Global Games in 2015.

It is the fourth version of the World Intellectual Impairment Sport Global Games; it will be the first time that this great event is held outside Europe and it will involve eight sports for World Championship (athletics, basketball, cycling, futsal, rowing, swimming, tennis, and tennis table).

Sports Minister, Jose Francisco Cevallos expressed great joy that Ecuador’s bid was the winner and pledged full support from the Government and especially from the Ministry of Sports to begin working immediately. Starting from January 2014, an office in Guayaquil will open in order to centralize the immense work involved in organizing the Games, and he will begin providing financial resources to continue with the organizational processes.

Read the full press release.