Pyeongchang 2018 will have a presence on the famous Copacabana Beach during the Rio Olympics, it has

Brazilian City, with competition under two years away.A kiosk on the famous stretch of sand, where beach

volleyball will be held during the Rio Games, will be turned into "Pyeongchang 2018 House".Once inside

Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie has promised to deliver the best-ever edition of the Commonwealth Youth Games as organisers celebrate the One Year to Go milestone today.

to compete for 94 medals.Athletics, swimming, rugby sevens, road cycling, judo, boxing, tennis and beach

soccer have all been confirmed on the programme and insidethegames understands beach volleyball will

to the event is likely to be ratified in the near future by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF).Beach

volleyball will also make its debut at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast in 2018.The CGF said they

volleyball are set to be held at the National Sports Centre, while road cycling will take place on the

Major badminton tournaments could be held outdoors and on beaches after the sport’s worldwide governing body agreed to explore “exciting and innovative” prospects to develop the game.

, claimed the organisation would “soon be considering formats for outdoor badminton, as well as for beach

with the appropriate courts, regulations and equipment”.The Dane feels they can follow the likes of volleyball

There are legions of athletes and fans who are into outdoor sport - some beach sport particularly - and

 “We have seen the emergence of the Beach Soccer World Cup, the Beach Volleyball World Championships

and other outdoor or beach formats of various sports.

Organisers of the 2016 Asian Beach Games in Vietnam plan to broadcast the Opening and Closing Ceremonies

Audit teams held meetings with Danang 2016 and decided they would also aim to screen live coverage of beach

soccer, beach volleyball, beach sepaktakraw, vovinam and traditional martial arts.The Opening Ceremony

, admitted there were many obstacles to overcome ahead of the event, the fifth edition of the Asian Beach

as the sites of the International Broadcast Centre and Main Press Centre in Danang.This year's Asian Beach

including team and technical officials, as well as athletes.It will mark the fifth edition of the Asian Beach

The draw for the Rio 2016 beach volleyball competition has taken place in the Swiss village of Gstaad

Binstock and Sam Schachter combined to secure Canada a second Rio 2016 spot at last week’s International Volleyball

Antunes and Larissa Franca are the team to beat in the women's draw ©FIVB in Rio/TwitterThe Rio 2016 beach

volleyball tournament, held on the famous Copacabana beach, is due to begin on August 6.The winners

Küng"Thanks to our professional athletes and the constant improvement of our sport’s global image, beach

volleyball will be a centre-piece of this summer’s Olympic Games," said FIVB President Ary Graça.

Around 5,000 athletes from 300 universities are set to compete in the European Universities Games (EUG) which will officially open tomorrow in Rijeka and Zagreb in Croatia.

2012 and Rotterdam in 2014.Badminton, basketball, futsal, football, handball, tennis, table tennis and volleyball

contested.Organisers, who are being supported by the Croatian Academic Sports Federation, also opted to add beach

volleyball, basketball 3x3, bridge, chess, golf, judo, rowing, karate, sport climbing, taekwondo and

Beach volleyball is set to be included on the programme for the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in The

confirmed on the schedule for the event, due to run from July 18 to 23, and beach volleyball is expected

volleyball will be a part of the Games".The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) are likely to confirm

the first time the sport has ever featured at the Commonwealth Youth Games, in the near future.Beach volleyball

volleyball action would be held at the National Sports Centre along with beach soccer.Discussions remain

ongoing about how to organise the schedule for beach volleyball events alongside beach soccer.A delegation

International Olympic Committee (IOC) official Nawal El Moutawakel has predicted that the legacy of Rio 2016 will benefit "local citizens and the whole country for decades" in a message designed to boost confidence with 25 days-to-go until the Opening Ceremony.

airport last month.Crime levels are surging, with a dead body washed up on Copacabana Bay close to the beach

volleyball venue, while overlay work at many venues is still continuing.

Qualifying got underway today at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Gstaad World Tour Major

Series ahead of the draw for the Rio 2016 Olympic beach volleyball tournaments, which will take place

via this route came to an end on June 12, with eligible tournaments include the World Championships, Beach

Volleyball World Tour events and recognised Continental Tour Finals.The winners and runners-up of the

Beach Volleyball World Continental Cup in Sochi, which is set to get underway tomorrow, are will also

Concerns over the water quality at the Rio 2016 sailing venue on Guanabara Bay have risen after sailors complained about an oil slick when practicing ahead of the Olympic and Paralympics Games.

Institute found traces of the bacteria Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase in samples taken from Flamengo Beach

de Glória on Guanabara Bay.Last week, parts of a mutilated body have been discovered on Copacabana beach

, just yards away from the site of the beach volleyball venue for this year's Olympic Games.World Sailing

another setback this week after a dead body was found floating ominously close to the Copacabana Bay beach

volleyball venue.

signalled their intentions ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games by sealing gold at the International Volleyball

year.It gave them a boost ahead of their bid for the Olympic crown on home sand at the iconic Copacaban Beach

Cricket is set to feature at the Durban 2022 Commonwealth Games after the International Cricket Council (ICC) submitted an application for the women’s version of the sport to be included on the programme for the event.

18 sports were proposed as part of the Durban 2022 bid: aquatics, athletics, badminton, basketball, beach

volleyball, boxing, cycling, hockey, judo, lawn bowls, netball, rugby sevens, shooting, squash, table

International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) World League action has resumed today in Tehran with a thrilling

was dominated once again by criticism over the ban surrounding female spectators, first introduced at volleyball

League in Tehran on Friday is a first step of a long-term campaign to re-instate female spectators at volleyball

hosting competitions will be the best way to encourage progress.Some women were turned away during a beach

volleyball World Tour event in Kish Island in February, although others attended and the FIVB claimed

Ask Iranian volleyball officials to announce publicly how women can buy tickets online and attend these

Parts of a mutilated body have been discovered on Copacabana beach, just yards away from the site of

the beach volleyball venue for this year's Olympic Games, according to police.

near the Olympic beach volleyball venue ©Getty ImagesWorld Sailing claimed they were "encouraged" about

volleyball venue after a necessary permit was not presented to city officials.Although preparations

Olympic tennis venue.Brazil will be expected to challenge for medals in both the men’s and women’s beach

volleyball competitions at the Games, with the sport enjoying huge popularity in the country.As a result

, beach volleyball is expected to be among the most iconic events at Rio2016, and the sport is among