the day, the waters of the Pacific sparkled and giant beach balls were thrown into the crowd as beach volleyball

What an opportunity for the sport of beach volleyball, it has been a long way to get here," said Steve

Hart of Volleyball Australia.Agreement was only reached to include the sport in the Games in early 2016

 A general view of the beach volleyball stadium ©Getty Images"Behind the scenes there was a lot

of work from Volleyball Australia to really lobby to push to get it into the Commonwealth Games on the

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ImagesGareth Evans opened Wales' gold medal tally after winning the men's 69kg event ©Getty ImagesBeach volleyball

Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture has claimed that all venues for this year’s Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang will be ready by June.

February 15, with competitions in athletics, archery, basketball, boxing, pencak silat, taekwondo, volleyball

The secretary general of the 2018 Asian Games has assured delegates attending the World Press Briefing that the two co-host cities of Jakarta and Palembang will be ready to host the event.

February 15, with competitions in athletics, archery, basketball, boxing, pencak silat, taekwondo, volleyball

The planned volleyball and badminton courts for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris have been described as

current cost of €172 million (£151million/$212 million), Agence France-Presse reported.Badminton and volleyball

Croatia booked their place at the 2018 Sitting Volleyball World Championships after beating Thailand

Despite the tension surrounding the match, which saw the winner qualify for the 2018 Sitting Volleyball

the home nation.Hosts South Korea secured bronze in the final qualifying event for the 2018 Sitting Volleyball

An Australian cricket scandal and discussions about future editions of the Commonwealth Games may have dominated the past week but it is just a few days before sporting action gets underway on the Gold Coast.

Commonwealth team sports of hockey and netball, it will interesting to see what impact basketball and beach volleyball

Italy’s women’s team secured their place at the 2018 Sitting Volleyball World Championships after beating

Jakarta will play host to the 2018 Asian Games World Press Briefing this week, consisting of a series of presentations and a venue tour.

sports taking place from February 8.Athletics, archery, basketball, boxing, pencak silat, taekwondo, volleyball

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Louise Martin has revealed the organisation have met with the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) following the decision not to include the sport on the programme for Birmingham 2022. 

assessed by Birmingham 2022, whom the decisions rests with.Grevemberg referenced the addition of beach volleyball

Gold Coast 2018 sport programme a potential model that could be considered by Birmingham 2022.Beach volleyball

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and his wife Catherine, have attended a SportsAid event in the build-up to the Commonwealth Games.

SportsAid beneficiaries are set to compete for their respective nations.During the day, diver Emily Martin, volleyball

South Korea kept up their excellent form at the final qualification tournament for the 2018 Sitting Volleyball

Cambodia today to make it two wins out of two at the final qualification tournament for the 2018 Sitting Volleyball

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive David Grevemberg and Olympic beach volleyball

Canada are targeting 100 medals at next month's Commonwealth Games here after their full 283-member squad was announced.

participated in the Scottish city, largely owing to the inclusion of men's and women's basketball, beach volleyball