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Goiás poised to host Brazilian University Games

  • Universiade

Goiás, which hosted the last World University Futsal Championship, is gearing up for the Brazilian University Games (JUBs) which will involve more than 5,000 athletes between October 18 and 29. 

Sports will include badminton, 3×3 basketball, judo, athletics, swimming, beach volleyball, tennis, table

tennis, chess, e-sports, basketball, futsal, handball, volleyball and table tennis.This year's edition







IWAS and World ParaVolley sign Memorandum of Understanding

  • Volleyball News

The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) and World ParaVolley have penned an Memorandum of Understanding.

opportunities provided to athletes with physical impairments around the world," said DePace.Sitting volleyball

is currently a Paralympic sport ©Getty ImagesAs part of the agreement, Para-volleyball disciplines could

be included at future editions of the IWAS Games.Sitting volleyball is currently a part of the Paralympic

 "Future cooperative activities could well include both sitting volleyball and standing beach volleyball


Rio 2016 chief Nuzman arrested in Brazilian vote buying scandal

  • Rio 2016

Rio 2016 and Brazilian Olympic Committee President Carlos Nuzman has been arrested by Brazilian police today for alleged involvement in a vote-buying scandal connected to their successful bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

 Nuzman, a former volleyball player who represented Brazil at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, 



Tokyo 2020 sign agreement with Japan Anti-Doping Agency for drug testing at Olympic and Paralympics

  • Tokyo 2020

Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) have been appointed to help deliver the drugs testing programme during the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, it was announced today.

names to have tested positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs are marathon runner Izumi Maki and volleyball

 Ōno, a member of Japan's national volleyball team, was suspended for two months in 2015 after a