Afghan athlete Kimia Yousofi has called on International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to ensure the organisation helps sportswomen in her country.

taken for the Games ©OCAAfghanistan is set to be represented by 17 athletes in Hangzhou including a volleyball

Rain continues to blight the women’s cricket tournament at the Asian Games here as another quarter-final match turned out to be a washout.

Delgaco and Hong Kong’s Leung Wing Wun who qualified from the other semi-final.There was also action in volleyball

, beach volleyball and sailing today while it was the opening day of table tennis competition with China

More than a fifth of Afghanistan's delegation for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games is set to be comprised of women.

It is mostly due to the presence of the volleyball squad which is the first time Afghanistan has been

India and Pakistan advanced to the semi-finals of the women's cricket tournament here after benefitting from a rain-hit day at the Asian Games.

Indonesia.Other events that have taken place in the past couple of days include modern pentathlon, rowing, beach volleyball

and volleyball at Hangzhou 2022.

Nepal has registered a record 13 boxers among its athlete delegation of 253 for the 2022 Asian Games here as it aims to win its first gold medal.

out on bail in a case concerning alleged sexual coercion, has also been picked in the squad.The male volleyball

Fiji has named a squad of 592 for this year's Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands - and will compete in 23 sports.

and Alusio Vakadranu.The other sports Fiji will compete in are archery, athletics, basketball, beach volleyball

rugby league nines, sailing, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, touch rugby, triathlon, va'a, volleyball

Russia's London 2012 Olympic volleyball gold medallist Taras Khtey has spearheaded a collection fund

supported by his London 2012 team-mates Sergey Tetyukhin, Dmitry Ilinikh and Nikolay Apalikov and other volleyball

 Money raised by members of Russia's London 2012 gold medal-winning volleyball team will provide

Ukraine has launched a counter-offensive in an effort to try to regain ©Getty ImagesThe International Volleyball

support the war and are not affiliated to the military.This does not apply to team sports including volleyball

collection fund to support the war in Ukraine ©Getty ImagesRussia was also stripped of last year's Volleyball

Mongolia has set its sights on wrestling medals in Hangzhou after selecting its biggest-ever delegation for an Asian Games.

has participated in at an Asian Games having named teams for the basketball, cricket, football and volleyball

Sustainability and inclusion will be at the heart of the European Universities Winter Sports Championships in Val di Zoldo.

from December 18 to 21, the event will see athletes take part in Alpine skiing, snowboarding and snow volleyball

Poland swept Italy aside in the Men's European Volleyball Championship final to prevent the defending

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Prince Harry, founder of the Invictus Games in 2014, told gathered ex-servicemen and women at the Closing Ceremony of the sixth edition in Düsseldorf: "Your mission to heal and grow has been a shining example to us all."

mixed team gold medal game, with Australia beating France 20-17 in the bronze medal match.The sitting volleyball

Italy finished top of the medals table at the 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games in Heraklion, on the island of Crete, just ahead of Greece and Spain, on a day when organisers paid a special visit to the delegation of flood-ravaged Libya.

medals included 12 golds, two silvers and six bronzes.Italy were bound for gold in the women’s beach volleyball

compatriots Margherita Bianchin and Claudia Scampoli 21-12, 21-15.But the nation's hopes of a beach volleyball

Marcello Guidi and Ariana Bridi ensured an Italian clean sweep of the open water swimming events at the Mediterranean Beach Games in Heraklion.

the same distance.The Games are due to conclude tomorrow with medals to be won in beach tennis, beach volleyball

Egypt has reclaimed the Men's African Nations Volleyball Championship title following a hard-fought victory

semi-finals.Egypt beat Algeria 3-1 to end Tunisia's run of three gold medals at the Men's African Nations Volleyball

after beating Morocco 3-1 in the third-place play-off.The country is a beneficiary of the International Volleyball

Federation's volleyball empowerment programme having received CHF72,000 (£65,000/$80,000/€75,000) in

A total of 24 women’s volleyball teams are set to fight it out for six quota places for next year’s Olympics

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after reaching the top of the world rankings following their success at the recent Women's European Volleyball

Championship and International Volleyball Federation Volleyball Women’s Nations League.Japan, winners