Evaluation Commission inspections are undoubtedly one of the highlights of the Olympic journalism calendar.

Their four-cluster venue plan also included beach volleyball at Santa Monica and sailing within metres

Beach volleyball would take place virtually at its foot in the Champ-de-Mars Park.The sun shone as Parisian

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Baumann ©Getty ImagesProposed venues for open water swimming, triathlon, marathon and road cycling, beach volleyball

Democratic. Progressive. Transparent. During the FIFA Congress held last week in Bahrain, football's world governing body amply demonstrated that it is none of these things. Meanwhile its President, Gianni Infantino, is demonstrating with uncomfortable frequency the tell-tale signs of an autocrat. 

unless they gained "sustainable financial support".Vanuatu failed to qualify for last year's beach volleyball

full-time at the National Academy.Vanuatu's Miller Elwin and Henriette Latika in action at the beach volleyball

International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission inspectors found "no major risks" following their visit to Los Angeles 2024 which finished today. 

of Los Angeles and Paris to the wider membership who have had no opportunity to visit either.Beach volleyball

The 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku have officially started following a glamorous Opening Ceremony in the Azerbaijani capital this evening.

gymnastics, handball, judo and blind judo, karate, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball

Giovanni Malagò has been re-elected as President of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) for a fresh four-year term.

sports and tennis - Alfio Giomi, Sabatino Aracu and Angelo Binaghi respectively - and the former Italian Volleyball

Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) has announced a squad of 75 athletes that will represent the country at The Bahamas 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games.

the Australian squad will be spread over seven sports.Competitors will take part in athletics, beach volleyball

Cowdrey will be joined by nine-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist Petria Thomas and former Beach Volleyball

across athletics, beach soccer, boxing, road cycling, judo, rugby sevens, swimming, tennis and beach volleyball

Three countries have withdrawn from the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, which are set to begin in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku tomorrow. 

gymnastics, handball, judo and blind judo, karate, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has named a team of 34 athletes aged between 14 and 18 to represent the country at The Bahamas 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games.

Members of the team will compete in athletics, beach volleyball, boxing, cycling and swimming.The team

Samoa ©Getty ImagesThe squad is completed with five athletes competing in boxing and four in beach volleyball

across athletics, beach soccer, boxing, road cycling, judo, rugby sevens, swimming, tennis and beach volleyball

Los Angeles 2024 have released projected images of a final set of venues due to be used if they are awarded the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Villages as well as the Media Village and Main Press Center.Others included the Santa Monica beach volleyball

venue projected by Los Angeles 2024 ©LA2024The Pauley Pavilion in which judo, wrestling and sitting volleyball

are due to be held was also pictured as well as the Honda Center indoor volleyball venue, the Lake Perris

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven has visited the grave of Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad, who died on the penultimate day of the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro last year. 

performances of powerlifter Siamand Rahman, archer Zarah Nemati, shooter Sareh Javanmardidodmani and sitting volleyball

Emmanuel Macron has been told that he cannot use a site next to the Eiffel Tower to hold a celebration parade if he is elected as France's new President tomorrow because of fears it could disrupt the visit of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to inspect Paris 2024. 

 Planned venues there for Olympic beach volleyball and Paralympic football are due to be inspected

John Coates has held off the challenge of rival Danielle Roche to be re-elected President of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), extending a reign which stretches back to 1990. 

where he is President.He was swiftly followed by Athletics Australia’s Mark Arbib, Craig Carracher from Volleyball

The Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB) has announced the extension of a sponsorship agreement with Loterias da Caixa, the institution that oversees the country's national lottery, until Tokyo 2020.

deal ©Getty ImagesAthletics, boccia, five-a-side football, goalball, powerlifting, shooting, sitting volleyball

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates has received the "non-unanimous" backing of the organisation's Athletes’ Commission for re-election on Saturday (May 6), but the body have claimed there is an overwhelming desire for change.

 Among those also nominated are Mark Arbib by Athletics Australia, Craig Carracher by Volleyball