More than half of the Afghanistan team that competed in the Invictus Games in Sydney in October have spent Christmas in Australia after failing to return home and instead lodging claims for asylum.

The group represented their country at sitting volleyball, as well as in individual events, including

Michele Saracino has been elected the new President of the Italian Paralympic Committee's Basilicata organisation following the previous President's death in August.

Paralympic Swimming Federation and Giuseppe Di Mare, a sitting volley athlete representing the Italian Volleyball

World ParaVolley has staged four courses Mozambique's capital of Maputo which were part funded by the Agitos Foundation.

President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) Ben Nunoo-Mensah has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Mayor of Inawashiro Town Hiroshi Zenga to get access to free training facilities prior to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

 The facilities include ten badminton courts, two basketball courts, three volleyball courts

The President of World ParaVolley (WPV) Barry Couzner has declared 2018 "a year of change" in his end of year address to the governing body, while acknowledging there is still "much to do".

with one event already confirmed in Ping Tan in China.President Couzner has previously said Para beach volleyball

beach strategy" will lead to inclusion at the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games, while sitting volleyball

World Archery have confirmed they are bidding to get the sport included on the programme for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

break their own directives on gender equality to add only the women's sport to the programme.Beach volleyball

Sal 2019 held an event to mark the six-month countdown to the inaugural African Beach Games in Cape Verde.

and the Santa Maria Educational Complex took part in activities.This included beach handball, beach volleyball

actually taking place on water and sand more than at the Asian Beach Games.Beach versions of handball, volleyball

U SPORTS, the national governing body of university sport in Canada, have announced hosts of 10 National Championships over the next two seasons.

The organisation revealed the hosts of football, rugby and volleyball tournaments.The Women's Rugby National

, while Cape Breton welcomes the women's tournament.For the 2019-2020 season, the men's and women's volleyball

participate in eight sports - athletics, baseball, basketball, diving, football, swimming, tennis and volleyball

are easy to access within just a few hours or less.Nagoya was one of the host cities for the Women's Volleyball

been recommended for inclusion on the programme.The sports are football, handball, 3x3 basketball, volleyball

Alexander Ratner, the new International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) secretary general, has spelt out the thinking behind the decision for both him and Vladimir Lisin, the new President, to put their weight behind shooting’s push for a place at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham today, arguing that the sport should be in "all the major competitions".

Shooting is one of a number of sports - the others being beach volleyball, disability table tennis, archery

The Faroese Confederation of Sports and Olympic Committee (FCSOC) has outlined the country’s plans for significant investment in sports infrastructure as their effort to gain Olympic recognition continues.

would include in the sports of archery, badminton, football, handball, judo, swimming, table tennis and volleyball

Shooting will still need to do a lot of persuading if it is to convince organisers of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham to change their minds and include it on the programme after they initially decided to omit it. 

2022 ©Getty ImagesThe other four sports bidding for inclusion - particularly women's cricket and beach volleyball

Council, UK government, Commonwealth Games England and West Midlands Combined Authority," Reid said.Beach volleyball

sport, having only appeared twice on the programme before, at Brisbane 1982 and Delhi 2010 Beach volleyball

The new International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) leadership will visit the United Kingdom next week to promote shooting sport’s case for a place at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Shooting is one of a number of sports - the others being beach volleyball, disability table tennis, archery