Australia's Louise Bawden and Taliqua Clancy claimed top honours at the Asian Beach Volleyball Championships

in Thai city Songkhla, beating China's Fan Wang and Yuan Yue 21-19, 21-17 in the final at Samila Beach

Stockman and Kimberly Dicello took the respective male and female spoils at the first International Volleyball

International Basketball Federation (FIBA) secretary general Patrick Baumann has hailed a "historical moment for women's sport in Iran" after men were granted permission to attend a female game in Tehran.

sanctioned.Activist Darya Safai pictured protesting the ban on women entering Iranian football and volleyball

supposed persecution of women's rights across different sports.This has been particularly strong in volleyball

151 days in Evin prison before she was released and charges were eventually dropped.The International Volleyball

have had some success in negotiating the temporary raising of the ban in order to hold a male-only beach

volleyball World Tour event in Kish Island.Belgian-Iranian human rights activist Darya Safai last week

Austrian twin sisters Nadine and Teresa Strauss have reached their first-ever International Volleyball

Malaysia is set to host its first-ever International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event

The beach and scenery are stunning and beyond our expectation," said Díaz, who suffered quarter-final

American volleyball Olympian David McKienzie, the husband of Malaysian actress Lana Nodin, will team

volleyball in Malaysia."

volleyball World Tour title."

points leaders in the men's charts ©Getty ImagesThe event in Malaysia is the fifth on the 2017 FIVB Beach

USA Volleyball has hit back at criticism over its decision to clear a transgender player to compete as

According to KHNL-TV, based in Hawaiian city Honolulu, male-born Tia Thompson was approved by USA Volleyball

 But Hawaii News Now reports "there has been some push back" from the volleyball community, claiming

USA Volleyball supports the inclusion of transgender athletes in USA Volleyball events in the gender

competitions at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.The country also occupied the third step of the podium in women's beach

volleyball, courtesy of April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings.In new guidelines proposed prior to last

Marshall Islands National Olympic Committee (MINOC) President Ken Kramer received a recognition award from Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) secretary general Ricardo Blas.

work implementing Oceania Sport Education Programme (OSEP) projects in the country.Courses to support beach

volleyball and weightlifting have been implemented in the Marshall Islands."

Commonwealth Games Associations (CGAs) have officially marked the one-year-to-go milestone to Gold Coast 2018.

medallist Dame Valerie Adams.In the video, a shot put with a handwritten message is thrown from North Piha beach

in Gold Coast next year.”Commonwealth Games Scotland warmed up for next year’s Games by focusing on beach

volleyball, which will be part of the Games programme for the first time.Their beach volleyball players

Lynne Beattie and Melissa Coutts participated in a special event on Portobello Beach in Edinburgh, alongside

Commonwealth Games Scotland marked the one-year to go mark with a beach volleyball themed event ©Team

Gold Coast 2018 have released the largest competition schedule for a Commonwealth Games as each of the 23 sporting disciplines discovered their competition dates and times.

The action starts with a sporting feast on day one with 13 sports on display including the first ever beach

volleyball competition to take place at a Commonwealth Games."

Gold Coast 2018 have launched their official ticket guide for next year’s Commonwealth Games, with the public able to make requests from April 24.

Track cycling tickets will cost from AUD$50 (£30.50/$38/€36) for adults, while both rugby sevens and beach

volleyball prices begin at AUD$30 (£18/$23/€21).There will be 278 competition sessions in total, with

Vanuatu 2017 organisers have stated that around 1,832 athletes are on course to attend this year’s Pacific Mini Games.

Games, with the number including Para-athletics and Para table tennis.Vanuatu 2017 also stated that the beach

volleyball competition at the Games could act as a qualifier for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games

a 12,000 seater outdoor stadium, a track that is fully lit, an indoor hall, six tennis courts, four beach

volleyball courts and archery.

Japanese company Molten will provide the balls in the volleyball competition at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic

volleyballs each year for training and education courses.The company will also provide balls for Para beach

volleyball, a sport which is not currently on the Paralympic programme.The men's sitting volleyball

Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) members will hear a proposal which could see them use training facilities in Fukuoka in the build-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. 

facilities.This would include local athletics and martial arts venues as well as gymnasiums and swimming pools.A beach

volleyball court in Yukuhashi City could also be used.The sport exchange initiative could see athletes

Harley Windsor is hoping to become the first Aboriginal Australian to reach the Winter Olympics by earning a qualifying place at this week's International Skating Union (ISU) World Figure Skating Championships - but his fate could ultimately rest on whether the mother of his Russian partner in the pairs, Yekaterina Alexandrovskaya, can learn English in time.

team in Atlanta.Ten indigenous Australian athletes were selected for last year's Rio Olympics across beach

volleyball, hockey, football, rugby sevens, athletics and basketball.For the full story, see today's

As you read this, two young figure skaters are training hard on an ice rink. They are in Moscow; they are on the brink of making history.

team in Atlanta.Ten indigenous Australian athletes were selected for last year's Rio Olympics across beach

volleyball, hockey, football, rugby sevens, athletics and basketball.The presence of one more at the