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FIVB cancels four events and delays Under-19 Beach Volleyball World Championships over coronavirus crisis

  • Volleyball

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has cancelled four events and postponed a flagship age-group

The Under-19 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Roi Et in Thailand were due to take place from November

event.The age limit will be unchanged, with athletes having to born on or after January 1 2002.Four Beach Volleyball

Yangzhou in China, which was previously postponed.Only a handful of events remain on the FIVB Beach Volleyball



World ParaVolley recommends holding no competitions in 2020

  • Volleyball News

World ParaVolley has issued a COVID-19 Position Statement recommending that outstanding 2020 events are either cancelled or postponed.

"World ParaVolley does not support the staging of any 2020 sitting volleyball or beach paravolley competitions



Olympic silver medallist and world champion Malesevic retires from volleyball

  • Volleyball

Olympic silver medallist and world champion Tijana Malesevic of Serbia has announced her retirement from volleyball

Malesevic was a member of the Serbian team which won the gold medal at the 2018 World Women's Volleyball

Championship.She has also claimed two European titles, a silver medal at the 2015 International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) World Cup and three FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix bronze medals.Tijana Malesevic

Championship ©Getty ImagesThe Serbian star was also part of the squad that finished second in the women's volleyball


Yekaterinburg 2023 Summer University Games budget up by over $80 million

  • Yekaterinburg 2023

The organisers of the Yekaterinburg 2023 Summer World University Games have increased their budget for the event by over 6 billion rubles (£61.2 million/$80.8 million/€67.8 million).

- badminton, athletics, archery, basketball, table tennis, water polo, tennis, swimming, taekwondo, volleyball






Tabe appointed as permanent secretary general of Iran National Paralympic Committee

  • Paralympics

Mohammad Tabe has been appointed as the permanent secretary general of the Iran National Paralympic Committee.

remain as Iran's Chef de Mission for Tokyo 2020, however, as well as the coach of the men's sitting volleyball

team which is due to defend its Paralympic title.A distinguished sitting volleyball player, Rezaei won

coronavirus crisis continues to cause uncertainty.Hadi Rezaei is due to coach Iran's men's sitting volleyball


More Tokyo 2020 venues open for sport federations

  • Tokyo 2020

Venues set to be used during next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo will open for sport federations in the coming months.

addition, Tokyo 2020 announced details for public use of the Ariake Arena, which is set to host the volleyball


ANOCA appoints top Moroccan administrator to Parity Commission

  • ANOCA

The Executive Board of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) has appointed Morocco's Bouchra Hajij as a member of its Parity Committee, it has been announced.

The appointment was revealed in a statement by the Royal Moroccan Volleyball Federation.It said it had

received a letter from ANOCA confirming the appointment of Hajij.Hajij is President of the Royal Moroccan Volleyball

opportunities as men.Hajij became the first African woman elected to the International Federation of Volleyball

 She joined the Royal Moroccan Volleyball Federation as a Federal member in 2012.

in 2015 and is now serving her second term.She is planning to send for the Presidency of the African Volleyball


Badminton England lead calls for UK Government to protect sports halls disappearing because of COVID-19

  • Badminton

A group of five national governing bodies (NGBs) have called for the British Government to protect indoor sports halls from being sacrificed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Badminton England, England Netball, Basketball England, Volleyball England and Table Tennis England have

to play consultation has highlighted the inescapable reality of poor access to indoor facilities for volleyball

clubs," Sue Storey, Volleyball England's chief executive."

Shockingly, only six per cent of volleyball teams have reported that they will be able to book an indoor

We are also noticing a worrying trend with multiple volleyball teams who ordinarily use school based


China's Wei to chair Evaluation Committee for 2030 Asian Games bid race

  • Doha 2030

China's Wei Jizhong will chair the Olympic Council of Asia's (OCA) Evaluation Committee for the 2030 Asian Games bid race – which is a straight fight between fierce rivals Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Executive Board and the chairman of the Ethics Commission.He is a former President of the International Volleyball