Pelota purépecha Pelota purépecha Pelota purépecha (Spanish for "Purépecha ball"), called Uárukua Ch'anakua (literally "a game with sticks") in the Purépecha language, is an Indigenous Mexican sport similar to those in the Hockey family. A common variant, distinguished as pasárutakua in Purépecha, uses a ball which has been set on fire and can be played at night. It has a league, several practicing communities and about 800 players across Mexico as of 2010. It is one of 150 pre-Hispanic Mexican games at risk of dying out along with Ulama. The game, which originated in Michoacán, is believed to have been developed up
Spanish Federation of Sports for the Deaf Spanish Federation of Sports for the Deaf Spanish Federation of Sports for the Deaf () is the national governing body for deaf sports in Spain. Based in Madrid and created in 1993, they are one of five disability sport organizations that are members of the Spanish Paralympic Committee. The Spanish Federation of Sports for the Deaf is responsible for sending, supporting and funding deaf athletes representing Spain at the Deaflympics and in other Deaf Championships. FEDS is one of five disability sport organizations that belongs to the Spanish Paralympic Committee which has the goal of hosting and governing disability sport