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Snow volleyball on trial for Turin 2025 World University Games

  • Turin 2025

University Sports Federation (FISU) World University Games in Turin are to stage an exhibition of snow volleyball

"This snow volleyball event, which is the first to be organised directly by our Committee, will pave

 The women's competition will feature four teams, including Italian volleyball and beach volleyball

before switching to beach volleyball at university and is set to compete this weekend alongside fellow

A King and Queen of the Court tournament, an idea borrowed from beach volleyball, has been arranged for

 "This is an innovative format brought by beach volleyball that we will present for the first time


Para swimming great Cole to lead Australia at Commonwealth Youth Games

  • Trinidad and Tobago 2023

Six-time Paralympic swimming gold medallist Ellie Cole has been appointed as Australian team general manager for the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago.

women’s rugby sevens team are also expected to compete and Australia is due to field men’s and women’s beach

volleyball pairings.The Commonwealth Youth Games are scheduled to open on August 4.


National Olympic Committee of Kenya to host Beach Games in Malindi

  • ANOCA

The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) has announced that its inaugural Beach Games is scheduled

The two-day event will be organised by NOC-K as it plans to bid for the 2025 Africa Beach Games.It is

hoped that the Kenya National Beach Games will help NOC-K reach its strategic goal and promote Olympism

country.Aquathlon, 3X3 basketball, judo, boxing, wrestling, taekwondo, handball, soccer, tennis, 4X4 volleyball

Kenya, through NOC-K, has put its foot forward by hosting the Beach Games as a test of its preparedness

of the beach sport for the continental Games," a statement from NOC-K read, as reported by The Star.


Fast5 netball, rugby sevens and beach volleyball line-ups set for Trinbago 2023

  • Trinidad and Tobago 2023

The line-up for the team sports events have been unveiled for this year’s Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago.

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has announced that 44 teams representing 23 nations will compete across beach

volleyball, Fast5 netball and rugby sevens at Trinbago 2023."

volleyball title when the event takes place in Tobago.The 12-strong field also features Gambia, Canada

volleyball competition will see Australia look to come out on top again.Fiji, who claimed bronze at

The beach volleyball, Fast5 netball and rugby sevens competitions are set to be highly competitive, with


Volunteering process launches for Trinidad and Tobago 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games

  • Trinidad and Tobago 2023

Organisers of the Trinidad and Tobago 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games have launched the application process for more than 1,000 volunteers.

newspaper.Aquatics, athletics and Para athletics, road and track cycling, Fast5 netball, rugby sevens, triathlon and beach

volleyball are on the programme for the Games.This year is set to mark the first time the event has


Geelong’s Deputy Mayor warns that city facing too much financial pressure to fund staging Commonwealth Games events

  • Victoria 2026

Geelong’s Deputy Mayor Anthony Aitken has warned that the Australian city "cannot afford" to fund the staging of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria due to growing financial pressures.

host swimming, Para swimming, diving, triathlon, Para triathlon, weightlifting, Para powerlifting, beach

volleyball, coastal rowing, cricket, golf, artistic gymnastics and hockey events at Victoria 2026.Kardinia


New beach volleyball pair Budinger and Evans targeting run towards Paris 2024

  • Volleyball

player Chase Budinger has joined forces with Miles Evans as the pair look to qualify for the Paris 2024 beach

volleyball tournament.

numerous occasions, with Budinger emerging victorious except for their last match-up at the Manhattan Beach

 The United States are the only country to win medals in beach volleyball in every single Summer

first place in the 2017 World Tour with Field, as well as winning two medals on the Association of Volleyball


FIVB confirm latest Russian volleyball player from London 2012 banned as result of Rodchenkov evidence

  • Volleyball

Another Russian volleyball player who competed at the 2012 Olympic Games in London has been banned after

Former beach volleyball player Anna Vozakova has been banned for two-years, Russia’s official state news

Ilinikh, Aleksandr Butko and Dmitry Muserskiy, members of Russia’s Olympic gold medal-winning men’s volleyball

capital.Anna Vozakova, left, and Anastasia Vasina, right, were the first Russian players to compete in beach

volleyball at the Olympics when they qualified for London 2012 ©Getty ImagesVozakova partnered Anastasia

Vasina at London 2012 when they became the first Russian players to compete in beach volleyball at the


First Santiago 2023 weekend beach activity in Valparaiso proves highly successful

  • Santiago 2023

The first of a series of weekend beach activity events put on by the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games

featured spaces for face painting, inflatable games for children, as well as sports spaces such as volleyball

singer Carmen Lienqueo was among the musicians who performed at the first of the Santiago 2023 community beach

Figueroa Stadium, Valparaíso; men's football at the Sausalito Stadium, Viña del Mar; triathlon at El Slol Beach



Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson begin new partnership at Beach Volleyball World Pro Tour event in Doha

  • Volleyball

New Canadian pairing Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson got off to a mixed start at the Volleyball

World Beach Pro Tour Elite16 event in Doha.

However, they then came up against the United States' Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes who were crowned as Beach

the net as she and Melissa Humana-Paredes beat Brazil's Andressa Cavalcanti and Vitoria Rodrigues ©Volleyball


Cook Islands NOC oversees successful beach handball tournament

  • ONOC

The Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) has staged its domestic Beach Games,

which saw beach handball stand out.

Held from January 6 to 21 the Games also included football, volleyball, touch rugby, AirBadminton, netball

popularity in the island nation.The competition was played over two days featuring 16 matches at the Nikao beach

influx of younger players who don’t play other sports and this has increased our recruitment pool.The beach

handball tournament was one of the highlight sports at the Cook Islands Beach Games ©IHF"We were also


Climbing and surfing still considered for Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics

  • Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed 22 sports for the initial Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics programme, with sport climbing and surfing events still on the shortlist for additional inclusion.

cerebral palsy football, golf, karate, dance sport, powerchair football, sailing, wheelchair handball and beach

volleyball had applied, but these failed to make the next stage.The IPC granted LA28 the chance to add

Getty ImagesSurfing remains in contention after a successful Para Surfing World Championships in Pismo Beach


American and Norwegian pairs claim first Beach Volleyball World Pro Tour golds

  • Volleyball

United States and Norwegian Olympic champions Anders Mol and Christian Sørum have been crowned the first Beach

Volleyball World Pro Tour champions after lifting the women's and men's trophies, respectively, in Doha

speechless right now.Kelly Cheng, left, and Sara Hughes won the women's tournament against the odds ©Volleyball


Brisbane 2032 offers chance for Gold Coast to tell its story, claims airport chief executive

  • Brisbane 2032

Queensland Airports Limited (QAL) chief executive Amelia Evans has revealed she sees Brisbane hosting the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games as a unique opportunity to promote the Gold Coast.

Coast will be one of the main competition venues for events during Brisbane 2032.In addition to staging beach

volleyball, judo, wrestling, triathlon, football, marathon swimming and volleyball during the Olympics

athletes and officials.During the Paralympics, the Gold Coast is due to host powerlifting, sitting volleyball