Cape Town is to host South Africa's first ever Fistball World Cup in October, it has been announced.

sport, a member of SportAccord and the Association of Independent Members of Sport, is often dubbed “volleyball

on grass”.Fistball, a grass variant of volleyball, is a popular sport in Germany and in other countries

champions in the club event and will seek to successfully defend their title in October.Goldfisters, North Beach

The staging of a Formula E race in the city centre reaffirms the French capital’s capability of hosting major sporting competitions, Paris 2024 have claimed after the event attracted more than 15,000 spectators.

facilities are located near to the venue, including the iconic Eiffel Tower, which will overlook the beach

volleyball competition.The River Seine, which become a ‘river trail’ of live sites, sports demonstration

A major test ahead of the Asian Beach Games will take place on June 1 when representatives from all 45

cash flow for the Games.Celebrations last September took place to mark one year to go until the Asian Beach

22 disciplines and 172 medals events.These include aquatics sports - including marathon swimming and beach

water polo - beach kabaddi, beach soccer, beach volleyball, beach handball, basketball 3x3, beach sepaktakraw

, beach shuttlecock, beach petanque, beach bodybuilding, beach woodball, coastal rowing, beach athletics

and beach martial arts.Wrestling, sambo, ju-jitsu, kurash, pencak silat, vovinam and muay thai will

International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) officials have admitted that the ban on women attending matches

banning women from attending football matches in the Islamic country was controversially extended to volleyball

"Volleyball is not relevant enough for the Government to set a precedent and change."

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei are believed to opposed to any lifting of the ban on women attending volleyball

matches ©Getty ImagesA FIVB World Tour Open beach volleyball event took place in Kish Island in February

Canada's Chaim Schalk and Ben Saxton roared into the knock-out stage at the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour Fuzhou Open by winning all of their group games.

Lamies Nossier booked a Rio 2016 berth for their country as they triumphed in the final of the African Volleyball

means they are the second country confirmed for the women's Olympic tournament on the famous Copacabana Beach

Olympic berths will be awarded to the champions, while 30 places can also be booked through International Volleyball

Two radical proposals to reform the voting procedures and sports programme for the World Games were rejected following fierce debate to approve new statutes at the organisation's Annual General Meeting here this morning.

programme.Wrocław in Poland is due to host the next edition in 2017 before Birmingham plays host in 2021.Badminton, beach

volleyball, trampolining, rugby sevens, taekwondo, triathlon and women's weightlifting are among events

New sports seeking to become members of the International World Games Association (IWGA) have been told they must wait at least a year before their applications are considered.

for several sports to use it as a showcase for inclusion on the programme of the Olympics.Badminton, beach

volleyball, trampolining, rugby sevens, taekwondo, triathlon and women's weightlifting all first appeared

Egypt qualified for the final of the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) Women’s Continental Cup

after coming from behind at Jabi Lake Beach in Abuja to end hosts Nigeria’s hopes of securing Olympic

Mauritius’ Angelique Ramdoss and Vanessa Chellumben advanced to the semi-final of the African Volleyball

Confederation (CAVB) Continental Cup at Jabi Lake Beach in Abuja.

The duo combined to good effect in their first beach volleyball tie of the day, as they defeated the

Ghana fencing and women’s beach volleyball teams have been boosted by Ghana Olympic Committee’s (GOC

Their beach volleyball team received a funding boost ahead of the African continental qualifier, which

Budapest 2024 officially got their Olympic and Paralympic bid underway here today with a ceremony followed by the unveiling of what organisers claim is a unique and innovative logo.

coincide with the bid launch, with sporting demonstrations in basketball, fencing, table tennis, beach

volleyball, gymnastics and weightlifting, as well as a water polo match between Olympic champions and

Italy’s Alex Ranghieri and Adrian Carambula claimed their first International Volleyball Federation

Qatar Open was the second and last tournament for men only on this year’s portion of the 2015-2016 FIVB Beach

Volleyball World Tour.It was the third straight year that Qatar has hosted a FIVB World Tour in Doha.The

Three-time Olympic volleyball champion Mireya Luis Hernandez has been put forward as one of five candidates

for the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Board of Administration in the minority gender election

the FIVB Board during their two-day meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland.The 49-year-old is currently the beach

volleyball director of the Cuban Volleyball Federation and an International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Athlete Commission member.Bouchra Hajij and Judith Rodriguez, Presidents of the Moroccan and Venezuela Volleyball

forward as candidates.Indonesia’s Rita Subowo, a current FIVB executive vice-president, and Scotland Volleyball

Elwani have also been included, along with Asian Volleyball Confederation President Saleh Ahmad Bin

International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) President Ary S.

forward to having an opportunity to build on the FIVB’s rapid development as we work together to make volleyball

and beach volleyball are expected to be among the most popular sports.A "nine goal" project was launched

last year to take the organisation forward, topped by the bold aim of shifting volleyball from a group

The 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League and FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix will include a record 36 and

28 teams respectively while one of the beach volleyball qualification processes for the Olympic Games