The third and final batch of Rio 2016 commemorative postal stamps has been launched, featuring Olympic and Paralympic mascots, Vinicius and Tom.

Olympic Park where the new Olympic Tennis Centre is based.They feature the sports of athletics, beach volleyball

Australia are set to nearly double their Olympic gold medal tally from London 2012  in Rio de Janeiro next year, according to an annual benchmark study by the Australian Olympic Committee.

medals in 20 disciplines in Rio which I think is realistic.Related storiesDecember 2015: Beach volleyball

A road map is to be drawn-up to decide the future path of the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV)

stall as President, allowing all those in attendance to "share their vision for the future of Europe’s volleyball

meeting followed a #RoadToRio event attended by star players and coaches as well as by International Volleyball

calendar was also approved.This includes two major highlights: the 2016 CEV Beach Volleyball European

and beach volleyball in Europe.” 

Related storiesOctober 2015: Serbian elected President of European Volleyball ConfederationOctober 2015

"Good governance and autonomy are strongly linked; they are two sides of the same coin.” This maxim, taken from the background document to the Olympic Agenda 2020 proposals approved almost exactly a year ago by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), meeting in Monaco, encapsulates why 2015 has been such a disastrous year for advocates of maximum autonomy for sports organisations.

leaves just two summer Olympic sports to account for.One of the most interesting responses came from volleyball

Maldives Olympic Committee (MOC) officials have reiterated their "full support" for the National Government and have vowed to work alongside it to promote sporting development at a time of instability in the island nation.

the various National Sports Associations of Maldives.This consisted of bodies representing football, volleyball

An agreement has been signed between USA Volleyball and Sports Illustrated Play, a digital software business

players.This seeks to enhance communication within affiliated leagues and teams.The agreement between USA Volleyball

will enhance the off-the-court playing experience for our club directors and junior members," said USA Volleyball

Software Partner, we are committed to enabling a more rewarding youth sports experience for all of USA Volleyball

We are proud to welcome USA Volleyball and its loyal membership to our organisation."

Related storiesJanuary 2015: USA Volleyball elects sitting volleyball representative to Board of Directors

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has rebranded itself as "World Sailing" as part of a strategic shift in its governance approach today, it has been announced.

strategic review was approved by the World Taekwondo Federation yesterday, while the International Volleyball

World Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper believes it is important that rugby sevens puts on a “big show” when it makes its Olympic debut at Rio 2016 in order to further its case to become a core sport on the Games programme.

spectator friendly event at Rio 2016 and is hopeful of the sport having a similar impact to beach volleyball

Sydney 2000 gold medallist Natalie Cook has been handed a role by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

The beach volleyball star is set to work in the AOC’s Athlete Services Team throughout the duration

A ban on women attending matches in Iran could be lifted by mid-February, International Volleyball Federation

banning women from attending football matches in the Islamic nation was controversially extended to volleyball

They have asked the FIVB to make more radical requests, including asking Iranian volleyball officials

Related storiesNovember 2015: Iranian ban on women attending volleyball matches "ridiculous", claims

former US Secretary of StateOctober 2015: FIVB confirm Iranian-leg of beach volleyball World Tour calendar

for 2016October 2015: Exclusive: Iran set to be awarded beach volleyball World Tour event as FIVB work

A video charting the rise of Colombian teenager Luis Herazo to becoming a Paralympic hopeful following his involvement in an Agitos Foundation project has been unveiled to coincide with a penultimate Road to Rio Foundation Session.

standard of Para-sport in the Americas.It focused specifically on coaching for goalball and sitting volleyball

goalball team coach, Alessandro Tosim, and Amauri Ribeiro, the former coach of the national sitting volleyball

Olympic Committee of Israel (OCI) chief executive Gili Lustig has met with Wilfried Lemke, the United Nations secretary general’s special adviser on sport for development and peace (UNOSPDP), to promote sport as a catalyst for peace-building and reconciliation.

of the largest indoor sports venues in the county and offers facilities for football, gymnastics, volleyball

Extra places will be available at the International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating final after the Trophee Eric Bompard was cancelled in Bordeaux due to the Paris terror attacks.

simultaneous shootings and bombings across the city.Football, rugby union, taekwondo, handball and volleyball

I felt a little out of my depth on arrival in Tokyo last week for the finale of the World Baseball Softball Confederation’s (WBSC) inaugural Premier12 tournament.

In basketball, you essentially have non-stop scoring action, similar to handball, volleyball and water

Roles within Algeria’s various sporting federations will be offered to retired athletes as part of a new initiative in the nation, it has been announced following the first-ever Forum of Algerian Athletes.

“From volleyball players and handball players who followed a degree course and have achieved the first