Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) has announced a squad of 75 athletes that will represent the country at The Bahamas 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games.

18, the Australian squad will be spread over seven sports.Competitors will take part in athletics, beach

volleyball, boxing, road cycling, judo, rugby sevens and swimming.They are hoping to extend upon the

be.”Cowdrey will be joined by nine-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist Petria Thomas and former Beach

Volleyball Olympian, Kerri Pottharst in leading the team.Australia finished top of the medals table

soccer, boxing, road cycling, judo, rugby sevens, swimming, tennis and beach volleyball.

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has named a team of 34 athletes aged between 14 and 18 to represent the country at The Bahamas 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games.

Members of the team will compete in athletics, beach volleyball, boxing, cycling and swimming.The team

Games in Samoa ©Getty ImagesThe squad is completed with five athletes competing in boxing and four in beach

volleyball.

aged between 14 and 18 set to participate.The event will see 94 medals contested across athletics, beach

soccer, boxing, road cycling, judo, rugby sevens, swimming, tennis and beach volleyball.

Los Angeles 2024 have released projected images of a final set of venues due to be used if they are awarded the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Paralympic Villages as well as the Media Village and Main Press Center.Others included the Santa Monica beach

volleyball venue, the Riviera Golf Course, the Rose Bowl football stadium and The Forum gymnastics venue.Mountain

venue projected by Los Angeles 2024 ©LA2024The Pauley Pavilion in which judo, wrestling and sitting volleyball

are due to be held was also pictured as well as the Honda Center indoor volleyball venue, the Lake Perris

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven has visited the grave of Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad, who died on the penultimate day of the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro last year. 

grave.Golbarnezhad, 48, died after crashing during the C4-5 cycling road race in Pontal, a small peninsula and beach

performances of powerlifter Siamand Rahman, archer Zarah Nemati, shooter Sareh Javanmardidodmani and sitting volleyball

Emmanuel Macron has been told that he cannot use a site next to the Eiffel Tower to hold a celebration parade if he is elected as France's new President tomorrow because of fears it could disrupt the visit of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to inspect Paris 2024. 

 Planned venues there for Olympic beach volleyball and Paralympic football are due to be inspected

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) have confirmed the postponement of the Lucerne Beach Volleyball

stated.The Lucerne competition was originally scheduled to be held from May 23 to 28, prior to the Beach

Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals in Hamburg.However, the financial difficulties of the event’s promoter

longer be taking place, with promoters stating they have a lack of funds to put the event on.The FIVB Beach

Volleyball World Championships are to start in Vienna during July ©FIVBThe FIVB Beach Volleyball World

teams will also be setting their sights on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, which will

Malawi has become the latest country to welcome the Gold Coast 2018 Queen's Baton Relay with more than half of Africa's Commonwealth nations now visited. 

and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) World Heritage site were also the scene of activities, including beach

volleyball matches.Malawi’s highlands, located near Lilongwe, were visited to bring an end to the Baton's

Gold Coast 2018 officially launched their ticket request process for next year's Commonwealth Games at an event held at Kangaroo Point Cliffs in Brisbane today.

).Track cycling tickets will cost from AUD$50 (£29/$38/€35) for adults, while both rugby sevens and beach

volleyball prices begin at AUD$30 (£18/$23/€21).There is due to be 278 competition sessions in total

The Netherlands’ Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen claimed the men’s title at the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour Xiamen Open in China after beating top-seeded Italians Paolo Nicolai

Gold Coast 2018 will be inviting ticket requests for next year’s Commonwealth Games from 12pm AEST tomorrow when the online portal is set to be officially opened.

).Track cycling tickets will cost from AUD$50 (£29/$38/€35) for adults, while both rugby sevens and beach

volleyball prices begin at AUD$30 (£18/$23/€21).A ticket guide for Gold Coast 2018 was unveiled earlier

Home favourites Fan Wang and Yuan Yue are through to the women's semi-finals of the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour Xiamen Open in China after successfully coming through their two

matches at Guanyinshan Gold Beach today.

Russia’s Nikita Liamin and Viacheslav Krasilnikov got off to a confident start at the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour Xiamen Open in China, beating Ukraine’s Mykola Babich and Iaroslav

duo, who paired up for the first time at the beginning of the season and won their first-ever FIVB Beach

win in their first international tournament together to claim a main-draw berth at the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour Xiamen Open in China.

Austria’s Cornelia Rimser and Lena Plesiutschnig 21-13, 21-17 in their opening match at Guanyinshan Gold Beach

Nicolai and Daniele Lupo will be among the contenders in the men's competition when the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour resumes with the start of the Xiamen Open tomorrow.

International University Beach GamesThe International University Beach Games is an event that combines

beach soccer and beach volleyball.The official opening took place in the competition arena, located in

Games in 2017.The event, which featured men’s and women’s competitions in beach handball, beach soccer

and beach volleyball, saw 250 athletes take part with hosts Brazil among the nations to compete along

Games was set on the sands of Pajuçara beach in Maceió ©FISUSet on the sands of Pajuçara beach, the