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Gold Coast 2018 defend pace of ticket sales with 200,000 still available

  • Gold Coast 2018

Gold Coast 2018 officials have insisted they are happy with the pace of ticket sales for next month's Commonwealth Games, despite the availability of around 200,000 with just over a week to go until the Opening Ceremony.

blue riband events ©Gold Coast 2018Events which are sold out on the official website, including beach volleyball

We made around 3,000 available for rugby sevens and beach volleyball, for example, and they sold out


Lithuanian and Russian pairs win at European Snow Volleyball Championships

  • Volleyball

Lithuania’s Monika Povilaityte and Ieva Dumbauskaite became the first-ever European Snow Volleyball champions

The pair, beach volleyball world champions at under-19 level in 2012, were twice pegged back by Turkish

 "Beach volleyball remains our top priority but we enjoyed playing on snow very much and we hope

Russia's Ruslan Daianov and Taras Myskiv were crowned European Snow Volleyball champions ©CEVRussian

and women and from 18 countries - travelled to the birthplace of the sport to contest the European Volleyball


Czech top seeds beaten at European Snow Volleyball Championships

  • Volleyball

Top seeded Czechs crashed out of the inaugural Snow Volleyball European Championships at the women's

women and from 18 countries - have travelled to the birthplace of the sport to contest the European Volleyball

Snow volleyball is going from strength to strength in Europe this year and these European Championships

are the culmination of a fantastic Snow Volleyball European Tour," said CEV President Aleksandar Boričić


Fourth seeds stunned by Norwegian duo at Snow Volleyball European Championships

  • Volleyball

Norway's Janne Kongshavn and Kristine Wiig were among the day one winners at the inaugural Snow Volleyball

women and from 18 countries - have travelled to the birthplace of the sport to contest the European Volleyball

ORF.Kongshavn and Wiig teamed up specifically for this tournament after 10 years ago they played beach volleyball


IOC member Princess Anne visits BUCS Big Wednesday event

  • Universiade

Princess Anne visited the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) "Big Wednesday" event in Nottingham.

sports were contested in Nottingham ©BUCSWhile in Nottingham, Princess Anne handed out medals at the volleyball


Snow volleyball's first European Championships draws 18 nations to sport's birthplace in Austria

  • Volleyball

Snow volleyball, which was played as an exhibition at last month's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, reaches

and women and from 18 countries - will travel to the birthplace of the sport to contest the European Volleyball

provided by the International Volleyball Federation, we are truly making history in the Austrian Alps

as 24 teams per gender compete to become the first-ever snow volleyball European champions," said CEV

This rapidly growing sport provides us with the opportunity to bring volleyball closer to a much wider

I very much look forward to a true volleyball party in Wagrain-Kleinarl, the birthplace of snow volleyball


Lima 2019 appoint consortium to build major Pan American Games venue

  • Lima 2019

Lima 2019 has appointed a Spanish and Peruvian consortium to build the Villa El Salvador multi-sport complex for next year's Pan American and Parapan American Games.

district before the Spanish and Peruvian proposal was selected.Located close to the Pan American Village, volleyball


ISA President claims he lobbied to have surfing included at Gold Coast 2018

  • Gold Coast 2018

International Surfing Association (ISA) President Fernando Aguerre has claimed he campaigned to have the sport included at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

plan.It was claimed that the decision not to include surfing was also due to the addition of beach volleyball


Winter representatives for IPC Athletes' Council elected

  • Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympics

The three winter representatives on the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletes' Council have been chosen following elections held here at Pyeongchang 2018 with French Alpine skier Marie Bochet joined by Nordic skiers Rudolf Klemetti of Finland and Birgit Røkkum Skarstein of Norway.

Ethics Committee chairperson, and Mark Copeland, an IPC Legal and Ethics Committee member.Dutch sitting volleyball


Inspectors pinpoint areas where Paris 2024 faces potential cost pressures

  • Paris 2024

Just six months after the French capital was confirmed as host of the next Summer Olympics but one, Paris 2024 is already facing warnings that its budget may come under pressure if venue modifications are not agreed.

committed to keeping the Games within budget ©Getty ImagesThey also warn that a proposed temporary volleyball




School Mini Olympics opens in Bahrain

  • OCA

Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) President Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa officially declared open the 2018 School Mini Olympics during a spectacular ceremony in Riffa.

edition of the event, before wishing everyone success.The ceremony was held at Isa Sports City’s Bahrain Volleyball