World ParaVolley President Barry Couzner outlined the governing body's "successes" in 2017 and looked ahead to a "busy" 2018 in a New Year's message to the organisation's members.

calendar year from a governance and sporting standpoint.He singled out the establishment of a Beach Volleyball

Commission, which is looking at increasing the development of standing volleyball in the discipline,

President of the worldwide governing body since 2014, said they were hoping to hold a first Standing Beach Volleyball

The Turkish Olympic Committee (TOC) has hailed its Olympic Education Programme (OLI) after it reached 150,000 children in 2017.

to take part this year, as well as fencer Enver Yıldırım Pınar, basketball player Egemen Güven and volleyball

the 4-Star Dela Beach Open in The Hague, The Netherlands, the opening tournament of 2018 in the Beach Volleyball

 The Tour will run until the Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals in August.

Pedro Solberg who will play with George Wanderley, one of the up and coming stars of Brazilian beach volleyball

World Tour gold at the Espinho 2-Star event in 2017, and previously won both U21 and U19 FIVB Beach Volleyball

 They won bronze at the CEV European Beach Volleyball Championships, but were knocked out of the

Austria 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in the first knockout round by Belgian pair,

Newspaper groups Sankei Shimbun and Hokkaido Shimbun Press have been announced as official supporters of Tokyo 2020.

been hosting various sports events including the Osaka Women's Marathon and the All Japan High School Volleyball

Iran’s sitting volleyball coach Hadi Rezaei has been named as Iran’s Chef de Mission for the 2018 Asian

1986, 1990 and 1994 in Norway, Hungary, The Netherlands and Germany respectively.Iran's men's sitting volleyball

Three-time Paralympian Elvira Stinissen  hopes sitting volleyball will spread across her homeland

federation is organising it in a fantastic way by holding it in different cities and organising with other volleyball

“Sitting volleyball is not well known in The Netherlands and I really hope that this tournament will

federation is organising it, the public will support it.”The Netherlands will host next year's Sitting Volleyball

failed to qualify from the group stages, made her realise that competition in women’s sitting volleyball

“Sitting volleyball has had such a development, both in quality and in professionalism,” she said.

National Governing Bodies (NGB) of equestrian, mountaineering and volleyball are the only three who are

transparency.The British Mountaineering Council (BMC), the British Equestrian Federation (BEF) and Volleyball

An Indonesian Minister has predicted that construction of all facilities for the Asian Para Games 2018 will be completed by the end of this month.

boccia, bowling, cycling, goalball, judo, lawn bowls, powerlifting, shooting, swimming, table tennis, volleyball

World ParaVolley have announced that, as 2018 marks the beginning of a new four-year cycle, the chairperson positions are now open for various Board Commissions.

Board for approval.The United States women's team won gold at the recent 2017 Pan American Sitting Volleyball

Canada ©World ParaVolleyThe chairman positions to be filled are on the Anti-Doping Commission, Beach Volleyball

The European University Sports Association (EUSA) has opened registrations for the European Universities Games which will be held in Coimbra.

football, futsal, handball, judo, rowing, rugby sevens, table tennis, Para table tennis, tennis and volleyball

Seven winter sport athletes have been nominated for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletes' Council, with elections due to take place during the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics.

influence how Paralympic sport grows and develops.The existing Council members are vice chairperson and volleyball

Four American women’s volleyball students have been nominated for the Class of 2018 Honda Sport

Award for Volleyball.

Women Sports Awards (CWSA).The nominees were chosen by a panel of coaches representing the American Volleyball

Plummer, of Stanford University,is one of the four nominees for the Class of 2018 Honda Sport Award for Volleyball

June 25, 2018, in Los Angeles.The nominees were chosen by a panel of coaches representing the American Volleyball

with 5.40 points per set.Washington, from Colorado Springs, is the 2017 Senior CLASS Award winner for volleyball

Kirsty Clarke is set to leave her role as national development director of Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR).

with Archery GB, BaseballSoftballUK, British Basketball, British Fencing, British Handball, British Volleyball

Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games will import sand from Brisbane for the multi-sport event's beach volleyball

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) made the judgement, which means tonnes of coarser sand

said: "Whilst the sand at Coolangatta Beach is pristine, it has been determined by the International Volleyball

being too fine to meet the specific technical requirements necessary for the Gold Coast 2018 beach volleyball

Beach volleyball is one of 18 sports on the Gold Coast 2018 programme ©Getty ImagesHe added: "Nothing

Beach volleyball was added to the Games programme after an agreement was struck between the Commonwealth

The Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) has launched its first-ever Youth Games with the goal of inspiring young athletes.

Games which will be take place over four months.Sports will include football, kabaddi, basketball, volleyball