Olympic champion Kira Walkenhorst will not compete at the Paris 2024 Games as she wants to put her family life first and support her wife.

Despite confirming her withdrawal from the event, the German beach volleyball player still wants to compete

indoor star Louisa Lippmann of Germany in a bid to represent the country in the French capital.Beach volleyball

has added the wingfoil sailing discipline to replace kitefoil on the programme for next year's World Beach

Games qualifier event.Bali is due to host the second edition of the ANOC World Beach Games from August

cut-off date for qualification.Wingfoil joins open water swimming over five kilometres, aquathlon, beach

handball, beach soccer, beach tennis, 4x4 beach volleyball, beach water polo, beach wrestling and individual

kata, as well as air badminton, beach sprint rowing, 3x3 basketball and surfing, on the programme for

, and the inaugural Wingfoil World Tour was launched last year.Next year's ANOC World Beach Games are

Work on venues due to be used for the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago is expected to be completed within the next six months.

Seven sports have been included on the programme for Trinbago 2023 - athletics, beach volleyball, cycling

are other venues that are due to be used for the Games.Pigeon Point in Tobago is also set to stage beach

volleyball, while triathlon is expected to be held in Buccoo."

Dr. Patrick Tellei has been unanimously endorsed as chair of the Organising Committee for the 2025 Pacific Mini Games, which are due to be held in Palau.

was made ©islandtimesThe sports proposed in 2025 are athletics, archery, swimming, 3×3 basketball, beach

and indoor volleyball, judo, canoeing, table tennis, triathlon, baseball, softball and wrestling.Tennis

The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) President Paul Tergat met with the Cuban Ambassador to Kenya Juan Vazquez in the hopes of forming a sporting partnership between the two countries.

while there are also hopes for exchange programmes in basketball, baseball, cricket, wrestling and beach

volleyball."

ParaVolley's continental bodies covering Africa and Europe have held their first joint meeting in Malta, with areas of cooperation between the two Federations among the topics discussed.

meeting.Both federations emphasised the importance of Paralympic sport being included in the Mediterranean Beach

in Europe and North Africa.Global governing body World ParaVolley has launched applications for its beach

discipline to feature at the Commonwealth Games and the Mediterranean Beach Games.The Presidents of

the different levels of European Championships, Nations Leagues, club competitions and event in the beach

No national teams have yet chosen to take up the offer to use the Île-de-France Sports Expertise and Performance Resource Center (CREPS IDF) in Châtenay-Malabry, despite an estimated €40 million (£35.2 million/$39.1 million) ongoing renovation.

The CREPS boasts a dojo, a gymnasium and fencing hall, an archery range, a beach volleyball court and

More details on the 2024 International School Sports Federation (ISF) Gymnasiade, scheduled to be held in Bahrain, have emerged with over 5,000 students from 80 nations set to participate.

pic.twitter.com/t5MGPmkOWQ— @isfsports (@ISFsports) October 6, 2022Swimming, gymnastics, 3x3 basketball, beach

volleyball, fencing, boxing, taekwondo, wrestling, karate, judo, badminton, tennis, padel, table tennis

Golf and coastal rowing are to make their Commonwealth Games debuts at Victoria in 2026, while shooting will return after a long campaign, it was announced today.

said.The new sports join a programme that already included swimming, diving, athletics, badminton, boxing, beach

volleyball, women’s T20 cricket, road cycling, artistic gymnastics, hockey, lawn bowls, netball, rugby

Francesca Carter-Kelly has been named by Commonwealth Games England as Chef de Mission for the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago.

pandemic led to a postponement.Aquatics, athletics, cycling, Fast5 netball, rugby sevens, triathlon and beach

volleyball are due to be contested.

feedback from National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and International Federations in declaring the ANOC World Beach

short notice as a replacement for San Diego.Swedish official Lindberg previewed next year's ANOC World Beach

Doha held the inaugural edition of the ANOC World Beach Games in 2019 ©Getty ImagesBali is due to host

currently qualified for the event.Bids have opened for the 2025 and 2027 editions of the ANOC World Beach

Games.Open water swimming over five kilometres, beach water polo, beach soccer, beach handball, individual

- 4x4 beach volleyball and beach wrestling are all to be on the core programme for the 2025 Games.Lindberg

The total cost of next year's European Games is a "big unknown" for Kraków-Małopolska 2023 organisers as inflation continues to rise.

million/$29.1 million/€29.3 million) over budget.Tenders continue for modernisation of facilities for beach

football and handball, beach volleyball, badminton and sport climbing.But Nowak believes that Kraków-Małopolska

organisers try to find a venue for artistic swimming.Archery, athletics, badminton, boxing, breaking, beach

handball, beach soccer, 3x3 basketball, canoe, freestyle BMX and mountain biking, fencing, judo, karate

The budget for next year's Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) in Trinidad and Tobago will surpass TT$35 million ($5.1 million/£4.1 million/€5.2 million).

aquatics (swimming), athletics, cycling (road race, time trial, and track), rugby sevens, triathlon and beach

volleyball for both boys and girls, while the Fast5 netball will be contested by girls only."

Australia was chosen as host of the 2025 Beach Volleyball World Championships at the International Volleyball

event now has a strong line-up of host nations for upcoming editions, with Mexico set to host the 2023 Beach

Volleyball World Championships.Rome staged the even earlier this year, following a one-year delay brought

as the host of the next FIVB World Congress in 2024.Following the approval of the Congress, Thailand Volleyball

Procedure, which were sent to all National Federations prior to the Congress.Australia will host the 2025 Beach

Volleyball World Championships ©Getty ImagesThe changes include term limits of a maximum of three four-year

Volleyball World has announced a new partnership with DHL, the leading global logistics brand, that will

Announced at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) World Congress in Arnhem, the Netherlands

and beach volleyball with a number of key and sustainable initiatives planned to help deliver strategic

ImagesVolleyball World chief executive Finn Taylor said: "To welcome a brand of DHL's standing to the Volleyball

partnership which will help DHL create a close emotional connection with the hundreds of millions of volleyball

Volleyball is very close to my heart, also because it is one of the world’s most gender-equal sports,