The Olympic Channel will present live online coverage of the 2019 African Beach Games, which are due to take place on Santa Maria Beach on the island of Sal in Cape Verde.

compete in 11 sports – athletics, 3x3 basketball, beach handball, beach soccer, beach tennis, beach volleyball

More than 1,200 national sport professionals were in attendance when the first edition of the Brazilian Olympic Congress was held at WTC Events Center in São Paulo.

leaders.Among the leading national sport personalities were Bernardinho, the former men’s and women’s volleyball

The German House during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics will be set up in the central Tokyo Bay Zone, commanding a breathtaking view of the famous Rainbow Bridge.

competition venues – within a radius of less than three kilometres – including the stadiums for beach volleyball

The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan (NOCRK) has presented International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach with a copy of its newly-released limited edition calendar featuring some of the country’s leading athletes during the ninth edition of the International Athletes' Forum in Lausanne. 

artistic swimming twin sisters Alexandra and Yekaterina Nemich and wrestler Aydos Sultangali in October, volleyball

Kranjska Gora has hosted the first edition of a joint International University Sports Federation (FISU) and European University Sports Association (EUSA) seminar to strengthen collaboration between the two bodies.

volunteering or addressing social responsibility through sport.Attendees participated in basketball or volleyball

coverage at university sport events.Seminar attendees had also spent time participating in basketball or volleyball

The Trinidad and Tobago Commonwealth Games Association (TTCGA) has promised an "innovative, exciting and inspirational digital strategy" if the country is awarded the hosting rights to the 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games.

asked by the CGF evaluation team concerned the sports programme which will include aquatics, beach volleyball

The Flame of Peace for the Baku 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) was lit at a "Shine Ceremony" held at Ara Pacis Augustae in Rome.

gold medal-winner at the 2016 Junior European Judo Cup Karamat Huseynov and 2018 Junior Azerbaijan Volleyball

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has expressed his aim for the country to perform strongly at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

September.Women have been banned from watching football matches in stadiums in Iran since 1981, which extended to volleyball

Yekaterinburg stepped up its bid to host the 2023 Summer Universiade when a delegation from the Russian city visited International University Sports Federation (FISU) headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.

“In the past few years, we have held international competitions in many sports including volleyball,

More than 300 participants and officials at the inaugural Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) Zone V Youth Games in Rwanda joined mourners in Huye District to mark the 25th anniversary of the genocide against Tutsi inhabitants by members of the Hutu majority.

attracted around 350 athletes from 12 countries  vying for medals in five different disciplines; beach volleyball

The Turkish Olympic Committee (TOC) has marked the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace by opening a new sports school for local children and Syrian refugees living in the Kırıkhan district of Hatay City.

300 children will attend the school, where sports including archery, athletics, basketball, karate, volleyball

Maddison McKibbin, alongside team-mate Troy Field, made a triumphant first appearance in an International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Snow Volleyball World Tour event as they beat Russia 2-1 in the men’s final today

first World Tour title 9-15, 15-13, 22-20.The gold medallists had gained their first experience of snow volleyball

https://t.co/jVz7ZryCnn #SnowVB @usavolleyball pic.twitter.com/1VdzjoXgdE— Volleyball World (@FIVBVolleyball

I can’t stress enough how fun it’s been.”Maddison added: “It’s unique to be part of a new sport of volleyball

, a new chapter of volleyball.”Bronze in the men’s event went to Poland, who were represented in Italy

Marinucci and Massimo Di Risio progressed to the men’s quarter-finals as play resumed at the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Snow Volleyball World Tour in Kronplatz.

it may one day be added to the Winter Olympic programme.The governing body is hopeful of having snow volleyball

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has appointed Martin Toomey as its Chef de Mission for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

will lead a team of around 90 athletes to the Games, with representation likely in athletics, beach volleyball

Heavy snowfall forced the cancellation of the second day’s play at the International Volleyball Federation

(FIVB) Snow Volleyball World Tour in Kronplatz.

venue and the main draw was due to begin today.But conditions in Kronplatz led to the International Volleyball

Federation and the European Volleyball Federation cancelling today's main draw action.The organisations

different format to allow for completion of the tournament on Sunday as planned.”We truly are one #Volleyball

pic.twitter.com/V6XNDhuMyo— CEV Snow Volleyball (@CEVSnow) April 5, 2019It is hoped competition will

it may one day be added to the Winter Olympic programme.The governing body is hopeful of having snow volleyball