The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) has said it plans to send 118 athletes and 76 officials to next year’s Olympic Games in Rio, while the total cost of the event to the body is set to be around KSh 632 million (£4.1 million/$6.2 million/€5.8 million).

of 80 individual athletes as well as two teams, the men’s rugby sevens team and either the women’s volleyball

Women being banned from watching volleyball matches in Iran is "ridiculous", according to former United

international bodies should respect female rights, deeming it "ridiculous that women cannot watch a volleyball

If they want to show the world they have modernised, then letting women watch volleyball would be a pretty

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Durban 2022 chief executive Tubby Reddy has claimed they will not go “beyond their budget” to include artistic gymnastics and track cycling on the sport programme for the Commonwealth Games, denting the hopes of both sports.

sports were proposed as part of the Durban 2022 bid: aquatics, athletics, badminton, basketball, beach volleyball

San Diego has been formally approved as host of the first Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games here today.

wakeboarding, water polo, windsurfing and beach versions of athletics, handball, tennis, badminton, volleyball

Prince Harry has met with United States' President Barack Obama at the White House here today to officially launch the Orlando 2016 Invictus Games, joining First Lady Michelle Obama and doctor Jill Biden in showing their support to service members, veterans and their families.

Games, which also featured competitions in athletics, archery, indoor rowing, powerlifting, sitting volleyball

The Jordan Olympic Committee are hoping to make their Five Rings Challenge a long-term initiative, having attracted hundreds of young participants since the launch in October.

aged between 18 and 30, consist of a warm-up followed by fun introductions and games of football, volleyball

London 2012 men’s volleyball gold medallists Russia have been drawn alongside recently-crowned European

Olympic qualifier in May and June.Reigning world champions Poland meanwhile will take on International Volleyball

victors Argentina.In the women’s competition, which will be held from January 4 to 9 at the Baskent Volleyball

of the European Championships semi-final in the women's event ©Getty ImagesPoland and 2013 European Volleyball

won by the host nation.Related storiesOctober 2015: France claim maiden victory at Men's European Volleyball

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Tickets for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have gone on sale in Britain today through authorised seller Travel Places, it has been announced.

for all matches for one particular team.This is available for 7-a-side football, goalball, sitting volleyball

Olympic Committee (GNOC) President Alhaji Momodou Dibba has reiterated his support for the Gambia Volleyball

Federation (GVBF) as the country's beach volleyball team bids for Rio 2016 qualification.

officially in February of this year, the ADP is a flagship four-year programme aimed at developing volleyball

I am aware of the progress made at the Volleyball Federation and I am ready to support it in all sectors

The Gambia beach volleyball team is on course for Rio Olympic qualification and we are hoping to see

The African Dream Project is an initiative of International Volleyball Federation President Ary Graca

Ary Graca with the primary aim of seeing an African country taking "centre stage" at the World Volleyball

International Cycling Union (UCI) President Brian Cookson believes it would be a "tragedy" if track cycling is not part of the Commonwealth Games programme at Durban 2022.

sports had been proposed as part of the city's bid: aquatics, athletics, badminton, basketball, beach volleyball

Meetings have taken place between Rome 2024 and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as the Italian city seeks to demonstrate the importance of both Games it is bidding for, while they have also claimed the event will bring similar legacy benefits to those seen at London 2012.

Basketball, volleyball and track cycling competitions would also be held close by, with new public transport

A beach volleyball World Tour open event in Iran will be the second stop on the International Volleyball

takewondo and wrestling, as well as volleyball.It has previously hosted the 2006 Men's Asian Beach Volleyball

FIVB is fully committed to providing women around the world with opportunities to watch and practice volleyball

Iranian authorities to try and find a solution where both men and women will be able to attend and watch volleyball

Open event in Vitoria, Brazil.Related storiesOctober 2015: Exclusive: Iran set to be awarded beach volleyball

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Volleyball Australia President and businessman Craig Carracher has been elected to the Australian Olympic

“Craig has received global recognition for his achievements in volleyball and together with his extensive

7-Eleven ©Getty ImagesCarracher pursued a career in law after he played on the Australian Pro Beach Volleyball

switched his focus from law to sports administration, becoming chief executive and a director of Volleyball

, adding that he is “highly regarded by the new President of the International Volleyball Federation

for his work in Asian and Oceania volleyball”.His election comes after Withers, the billionaire founder

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive David Grevemberg revealed here today they are discussing the prospect of cricket featuring at Durban 2022.

proposed as part of the Durban 2022 bid: consisting of aquatics, athletics, badminton, basketball, beach volleyball

France secured their first-ever triumph at the Men’s European Volleyball Championships, beating the

-27 victory with relative ease.It caps off a memorable season for Les Blues which saw them win the Volleyball

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reach finalOctober 2015: Slovenia stun world champions Poland to earn semi-final spot at Men's European Volleyball

ChampionshipsOctober 2015: Serbia survive scare with comeback victory over Estonia at Men's European Volleyball

ChampionshipsOctober 2015: Bulgaria book quarter-final spot at European Volleyball Championships but