UK Sport has announced backing for seven sports in the second round of investments made by its Aspiration Fund.

wrestling and fencing are the Olympic sports set to benefit, alongside the Paralympic sports of sitting volleyball

, boccia and wheelchair fencing.For basketball, baseball, wrestling and sitting volleyball it means first-time

backed with additional funding ©Getty ImagesBoccia will receive £53,280 ($69,000/€60,800), sitting volleyball

Aspiration Fund investment will now reach a total of 18 sports with the addition of basketball, sitting volleyball

Trinidad and Tobago hope their focus on youngsterswill boost their chances of staging the 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games.

#commonwealth #teamtto pic.twitter.com/7aYzJkdToa— kwanieze john (@kwaniezej) February 8, 2019Beach volleyball

Young athletes from areas hit by the earthquake and tsunami which devastated parts of Japan in 2011 are to be invited to next year's Olympic Games, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government have announced.

Japan Earthquake", as it is known in Japan, include planting trees from the four prefectures around the volleyball

Iran has chosen Hadi Rezaei as its Chef de Mission for next year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo, it has been announced.

one of Iran's most celebrated Paralympic athletes and coaches.He was captain of the country's sitting volleyball

countries at Tokyo 2020.Fans from Iran celebrate their team winning the Paralympic gold medal in sitting volleyball

Problems at the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) look set to continue for some time after their former media partner, Highbury Media, filed for the body’s liquidation.

Gideon Sam as "dictatorial" ©YouTubeHe alleged the problems started after Highbury turned down a beach volleyball

$222,700/€195,400) from former SASCOC chief executive Tubby Reddy, who had formerly served as President of Volleyball

SASCOC began working together] was always good, until we expressed no interest in committing to a beach volleyball

Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, the Regent, met Jordanian athletes after dropping in to visit the Olympic Preparation Centre in Amman.

of the Jordan Olympic Committee (JOC), Princess Ayah, a JOC Board member and President of the Jordan Volleyball

TeqballTeqvolleyTeqpongTeqisQatchTeqvolleyFor this game, all you need are four players and a beach volleyball

BP Australia has become the presenting partner of this year's Indigenous Nationals after the company signed a deal with UniSport Australia.

Strait Islander students will compete in four sports including touch football, netball, basketball and volleyball

Adelaide is the best choice to be chosen as Australia's city to bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, being a better option than Perth and Sydney, it has been reported.

Convention Centre would be home for a number of sports, including boxing, gymnastics table tennis, volleyball

Eleven of the 12 hosts of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Intercontinental Olympic qualification

, with Turkey, Germany and Czech Republic participating.Pool D will be hosted by the South American Volleyball

 Each of the five continental volleyball confederations also have their own Olympic qualification

the women’s kumite under-50kg.Wrestling provided a further two titles with the other one coming in volleyball

final standings.Triathlete Richard Varga served as Slovakia's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while volleyball

Ceremony.Plavins Martins and Regza Haralds claimed the solitary gold medal by winning the men’s beach volleyball

swimming as well as two in table tennis and one each in archery, diving, artistic gymnastics, judo and volleyball

International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) President Jannie Hammershoi has claimed blind football, judo and goalball are fully deserving of their place on the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games programme.

archery, badminton, boccia, canoe, cycling, equestrian, powerlifting, rowing and shooting, sitting volleyball