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The International Olympic Committee officially recognises the International Federation of Basque Pelota as the sport's global governing body. It plans competitions and establishes the rules for international competition. The French Federation of Basque Pelota, the Spanish Federation of Basque Pelota, and the Argentinian Federation of Basque Pelota founded the International Federation of Basque Pelota on May 19, 1929, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The governing body for handball and beach handball is the International Handball Federation (IHF). The 1938-established IHF World Men's Handball Championship and the 1957-established IHF World Women's Handball Championship are two of the sport's major international competitions that are organised by IHF.

World tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis are all governed by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). Twelve national tennis associations came together to form the International Lawn Tennis Federation in 1913. ITF's membership consisted of 211 national and six regional associations as of 2016.

The international governing body for all varieties of volleyball is the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, also known as FIVB. Ary Graça of Brazil is the organization's current president, and its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland. In April 1947, the FIVB was started in France.

The International Basketball Federation, an alliance of national bodies, oversees basketball as an international sport. The Fédération internationale de basket-ball amateur (hence, FIBA), which was its previous name, dropped the word amateur from its name but kept the acronym in 1989.