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Exclusive: CGF calls for more India engagement over Victoria 2026 due to meeting no-shows

  • Victoria 2026

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Dame Louise Martin has called on the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for greater engagement after claiming the organisation had missed regional meetings.

is revealed at the end of this year.T20 cricket, swimming and diving, athletics, badminton, boxing, beach

volleyball, cycling, gymnastics, hockey, lawn bowls, netball, rugby sevens, squash, table tennis, triathlon


Australia picks beach volleyball team for Birmingham 2022 as three Commonwealth Games medallists return

  • Birmingham 2022

Mariafe Artacho del Solar are aiming to turn silver into gold after being named Australia’s women's beach

volleyball team for the Commonwealth Games in English city Birmingham.

, the Australian duo have secured silver at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and performed well on the World Beach

and Tokyo 2020 Olympics ©Getty ImagesBurnett and McHugh put their chemistry to the test at the Asian Beach

Volleyball Championships in Thailand last November.McHugh will now be hoping to retain the men’s title

Australia Volleyball chief executive Andrew Dee added: "All four athletes are incredible ambassadors

Men’s and women’s beach volleyball competitions at Birmingham 2022 are scheduled to run from July 30


Smedek claims two tennis gold medals at Deaflympics while Ukraine win more titles

  • Paralympics

Jaroslav Smedek captured men’s singles and mixed doubles gold medals on a memorable day for the Czech tennis player at the Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul in Brazil.

Chiu-Mei of Chinese Taipei beat Israel’s Rotem Ashkenazy 6-3, 6-3 to seal bronze.Ukraine claimed four beach

volleyball medals after teams from the nation faced off in both the men's and women's finals ©Getty

basketball competition, defeating Italy 91-77.There were all-Ukrainian finals in both the men’s and women’s beach

volleyball events, with the first and second teams playing each other.The first team won on both occasions.Iran



Birmingham 2022 Queen's Baton Relay heading for Antigua as continues journey around Caribbean

  • Birmingham 2022

The Queen’s Baton for the 2022 Commonwealth Games is scheduled to arrive in Antigua and Barbuda tomorrow on what will be its 56th stop in the journey to Birmingham.

here,"Cadets passed the Baton to 20-year-old Adicia Burton, nominated as a "changemaker".She played beach

volleyball for Dominica at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires and has been a representative


Acting FISU President meets Albanian Prime Minister on Tirana visit

  • Universiade

Acting International University Sports Federation (FISU) President Leonz Eder has met the Albanian Prime Minister on a visit to the nation.

desire to host FISU competitions in the future.FISU World University Championships in weightlifting, beach

volleyball or futsal have been highlighted as potential events which could be held in Albania.





Shooting Australia organises working group in bid to add sport to Victoria 2026

  • Victoria 2026

Shooting Australia has announced that it has created a dedicated Commonwealth Games working group to ensure the sport is included on the programme at Victoria 2026.

guaranteed a place at the competition are T20 cricket, swimming and diving, athletics, badminton, boxing, beach

volleyball, cycling, gymnastics, hockey, lawn bowls, netball, rugby sevens, squash, table tennis, triathlon


Lithuanian pairing earn pool-phase spot at Beach Pro Tour Challenge in Doha

  • Volleyball

Lithuania’s Monika Paulikiene and Erika Kliokmanaite earned a place in the pool phase of the Volleyball

World Beach Pro Tour event after coming through qualification in Doha.

pairing eventually overcoming Switzerland’s Adrian Heidrich and Leo Dillier 21-19, 17-21, 15-12.The Beach

Pro Tour’s Challenge tournament in Doha is scheduled to run until May 8.Host Qatar has staged several volleyball

international events successfully in the last couple of years, including on the International Volleyball

Federation Beach World Tour.


FISU secretary general visits Brazilian University Beach Games

  • Universiade

executive Eric Saintrond dressed in flip-flops and casual shorts to visit the Brazilian University Beach

Obviously traditional sports like beach volley and beach soccer contribute to create an atmosphere that

University Sports Federation of Ceará, featured 10 disciplines for the first time - 3×3 basketball, beach

soccer, beach handball, beach tennis, beach wrestling, cross training, footvolley, futmesa, beach volleyball

and mixed 4×4 volleyball.


Exclusive: European Championships 2026 will have "between seven and 10" sports, says ECM

  • European Championships

The 2026 multi-sport European Championships, for which host city bidding officially opened yesterday, will Involve "between seven and 10 sports".

rowing.Aquatics and golf will not be back for the second edition in Germany, but four four new sports - beach

volleyball, canoe sprint and Para-canoe events, sport climbing and table tennis have been added.How


Qatar's beach volleyball stars eager to win home gold at Beach Pro Tour Challenge

  • Volleyball

Top ranked beach volleyball pair Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan will return for the first time since

their success in Rosarito at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour event in Doha, which starts tomorrow

Qatar's Younousse and Tijan claimed gold at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 tournament in

last year's four-star World Tour tournament on home soil, the Qatari duo will be searching for gold at Beach

Now we have a Beach Pro Tour Challenge event in Doha, so we want to do our best and make the Qataris

 Hosts Qatar have staged several volleyball international events successfully in the last couple

of years, including on the International Volleyball Federation Beach World Tour.The competition took


Appointment process opens for hosting of 2026 European Championships

  • European Championships

The host city appointment process for the third multi-sport European Championships in 2026 has been officially launched, with the successful city - or cities - due to be announced this year.

yesterday and 4,700 athletes are due to compete in 177 medal events across nine Olympic sports - athletics, beach

volleyball, canoe sprint, cycling, gymnastics, rowing, sport climbing, table tennis and triathlon."