Carl Lewis, a nine-time Olympic gold medallist, and Andre Agassi, winner of eight Grand Slams, are among 53 members of the Los Angeles 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Athletes' Advisory Commission unveiled at a special ceremony here today.

medal.American rower and IOC Executive Board member Anita DeFrantz is another noteworthy choice, along with beach

volleyball player Kerri Walsh Jennings, gymnast Jordan Weiber and swimmer Katie Ledecky.Gymnast

Beach volleyball will make its debut on the Commonwealth Games programme at Gold Coast 2018, it has

Government, the Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA) and Gold Coast 2018 to pave the way for beach

“The CGF Executive Board is delighted to approve the inclusion of beach volleyball in the sports program

volleyball for the first time ever at a Commonwealth Games.”Beach volleyball is expected to be a stand-out

Stirling Hinchcliffe.ACGA President, Sam Coffa, added: “Beach volleyball is a perfect addition to

“It is wonderful news for beach volleyball players and for our current international athletes it is

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour is set to continue tomorrow

teams from 26 countries and 62 women’s teams from 30 countries will descend on the iconic Copacabana Beach

, the site of the Rio 2016 volleyball event, for six days of competition. 

The event is the third of the year on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour that started with three events

and Canadian duo Sarah Pavan and Heather Bansley.Last year’s test event for Rio 2016 at Copacabana Beach

Nintendo has announced that the video game Mario and Sonic At The Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be available for the Wii U from June 24.

their favourite characters from the Mario and Sonic franchises to play sports such as football and beach

volleyball, which have historically been popular in the host nation.Golf, which is making its return

Dalhausser and Nick Lucena beat home pairing Evandro Goncalves and Pedro Solberg to win the International Volleyball

continue between March 8 and 13 on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach.The first grand slam of the 2015/16 beach

volleyball calendar will take place at the venue for August's Olympic competition.

Dalhausser and Nick Lucena prevented an all-Brazilian men’s gold medal match at the International Volleyball

Olympics Games, I think all the young Brazilian players are eyeing the future to become the next big beach

volleyball stars for our country,” he said.

Eduarda Lisboa and Elize Maia gained a superb victory on a day of home success at the International Volleyball

of Argentina.Talita Antunes and Larissa França, who will join Agatha and Barbara as Brazil’s Olympic beach

volleyball entries for the Rio 2016 Summer Games, posted a 21-10, 21-14 win in 31 minutes over Norisbeth

Maceió Open, ensuring they will be represented by seven pairs in the main draw of the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event.

Kish Island will "probably" host another International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour

who claim to be seeking to avoid an "exchange of counter-allegations" but insist that "genuine female volleyball

FIVB were able to work with all the relevant authorities to resolve these issues and genuine female volleyball

Organisations) that share the FIVB's values of inclusivity and gender equality, to ensure that any volleyball

The crowd capture a piece of history #FIVBWorldTourhttps://t.co/bHQXM7kUIR— Beach Volleyball (@FIVBWorldTour

"This has not been a success in terms of the public attending, although it's the first time a beach volleyball

Rio 2016 today launched the final set of coins commemorating this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games at a special event at the Brazilian Central Bank attended by mascots Vinicius and Tom. 

€1.10) - but sell for R$195 (£34/$48/€44) - and celebrate four sports – athletics, cycling, rowing and beach

volleyball on one side, and continue the theme of paying homage to Brazilian flora, fauna, architecture

Iran's first-ever International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) World Tour beach event concluded with a

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

Graça has claimed lifting the ban on women attending volleyball matches in Iran as a priority and remains

the FIVB statement claiming that, "for the most part women have been allowed to attend the men's beach

volleyball event - a first in recent years."

Russia’s Oleg Stoyanovskiy and Artem Yarzutkin advanced to the semi-finals of the International Volleyball

The pairing were facing the heavily fancied German duo Markus Böckermann and Lars Flüggen in the beach

volleyball competition, their opponents fresh from winning the previous World Tour Open in Qatar.Böckermann

Rome 2024 has proposed a "low cost approach" to hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games after submitting the first part of its Candidature File to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Rome 2024Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) President Giovanni Malagò said the cycling, marathon, beach

volleyball and archery competitions would be staged at Ancient Roman sites such as the avenue leading

Paris 2024 have vowed to place sport "at the service of society" after submitting the first part of its Candidature File for their Olympic and Paralympics bid to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

under the plan with a “Paris Centre Zone” and a “Paris–Saint-Denis Zone”.Temporary venues would enable beach

volleyball to be held at the Eiffel Tower, equestrian at the Chateau de Versailles and archery at the

Human Rights Watch has criticised the International Volleyball Federation’s (FIVB) claim that a “misunderstanding

“The FIVB is pleased to confirm that for the most part women have been allowed to attend the men's beach

volleyball event - a first in recent years," the governing body said in statement.

FIVB at its word were turned away at the turnstiles this week, that is a black eye for the sport of volleyball

We continue to look forward to welcoming people of all ages and genders to this first ever FIVB Beach

Volleyball World Tour event in Iran."