Sri Lanka's Chef de Mission for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games has admitted preparations have been impacted to a "great extent" by the "turmoil situation" in the country.

Sri Lanka is due to compete in 3x3 basketball, aquatics, athletics, badminton, beach volleyball, boxing

To say that Sri Lanka's preparations for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have been rocky is something of an understatement. 

Sri Lanka is due to compete in 3x3 basketball, aquatics, athletics, badminton, beach volleyball, boxing

Carol Solberg Salgado and Barbara Seixas de Freitas 21-19, 20-22, 15-10 in the women's final at the Volleyball

World Beach Pro Tour, concluding the competition in Gstaad.

Jūrmala.Barbara Seixas de Freitas, pictured, and Carol Solberg Salgado claimed silver for the second time on the Volleyball

World Beach Pro Tour this season ©Getty ImagesClancy and Artacho del Solar defeated Graudina and Kravcenoka

in three sets for third place - beating them 22-20, 22-24, 15-9.The next leg of the Volleyball World

Beach Pro Tour is scheduled to take place in Hamburg from August 10 to 14, with the last European elite

Chilean Olympians Esteban and Marco Grimalt have won the gold medal in the men's competition at the Volleyball

World Beach Pro Tour event in Gstaad in Switzerland.

Volleyball World, an organisation responsible for the commercial operations of major volleyball and beach

volleyball events, has signed strategic partnerships with a Japanese clothing brand and an online betting

The deals were signed to coincide with the ongoing men’s Volleyball Nations League event in Osaka, Japan

the Nations League event.Stake.com signed a deal to become the official betting partner of the men's Volleyball

Nations League event in Osaka ©Getty ImagesSpeaking about the Mizuno partnership Volleyball World chief

executive Finn Taylor said: "I believe our strategy to become the global hub for volleyball fans is

The partnership also assists us in connecting with volleyball fans around the world.

Santos Lisboa, also known as Duda, and Ana Patrícia have continued to fend off the competition at the Volleyball

World Beach Pro Tour event in Gstaad in Switzerland.

Pride House Birmingham has announced its event schedule with organisers promising visitors they will experience an atmosphere that exhibits party, protest and culture during the Commonwealth Games.

The doors for the venue in the city’s Gay Village, which is a short walk from where beach volleyball

keynote speech on fighting for human rights in the Commonwealth in the build-up to Birmingham 2022.Beach

volleyball is expected to be staged at Smithfield, which is not far from the Pride House Birmingham

World number one couple Katja Stam and Raïsa Schoon were left shocked as they exited the Volleyball World

Beach Pro Tour event in Gstaad in the pool stage after suffering a second loss.

Two free half-hour cycle rides are to be offered to people in the West Midlands during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

docking stations.Special pop-up docking stations are to be set up at the Alexander Stadium, the 3x3 and beach

volleyball venue at Smithfield, Sandwell Aquatics Centre, Arena Birmingham and Coventry Arena and Stadium

Dutch world number one duo Katja Stam and Raïsa Schoon were defeated in their opening match of the Volleyball

World Beach Pro Tour event in Gstaad, losing a deciding set to Japanese pair Miki Ishii and Sayaka Mizoe

The Gambia has hailed the impact of Gina Bass as the country prepares for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

including seven in track and field.The country has also selected two judoka, two swimmers, two boxers, a beach

volleyball duo and a powerlifter.Birmingham will be their second Games in a row after the country rejoined

Vanuatu has named its team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham as it bids to build on its historic performance four years ago.

The Pacific nation are set to compete in athletics, beach volleyball, boxing, judo, table tennis and

after claiming two bronzes.Para-athlete Friana Kwevira made the podium in the women's F46 javelin and beach

volleyball duo Linline Matauatu and Miller Pata claimed a medal of the same colour in the women's

The whole country is rooting for our beach volleyball girls as well as probably the rest of Oceania,"

world champions Anders Mol and Christian Sørum are two of the commanding faces due to compete at the Beach

Volleyball Major Series event in the Swiss town of Gstaad.

Eduarda Santos Lisboa and Ana Patrícia Ramos enter the competition following their triumphs at the Beach

Volleyball World Championships last month and are seeded fifth.Olympic compatriots Rebecca Silva and

Vanuatu hadn't won a single Commonwealth Games medal when they travelled to Gold Coast 2018, but they left the Australian city with two. 

Para-athlete Friana Kwevira set the ball rolling with bronze in the women's javelin throw F46, before beach

bronze for Vanuatu at Gold Coast 2018 ©Getty Images"The two medals were both won by female athletes, beach

volleyball and javelin," she said."

Vanuatu's 22-strong team in Birmingham will only include Pata in beach volleyball, who now has a new

The whole country is rooting for our beach volleyball girls as well as probably the rest of Oceania,"

The Gambia has only won a solitary bronze medal in its Commonwealth Games history but will travel to Birmingham 2022 with Africa's fastest woman.

including seven in track and field.The country has also selected two judoka, two swimmers, two boxers, a beach

volleyball duo and a powerlifter.Sainey Jawo and Mbye Babou Jarra, the beach volleyball team, will travel

Our beach volleyball team are African champions during the qualification for Birmingham 2022," said Jammeh

the Queen's Baton Relay for Birmingham 2022 included a cruise down the river and a stop at the Banjul Beach