Brazilian sport ambassadors at the ongoing Fortaleza 2015 Youth School Games have met with many of the 3,850 student-athletes participating in competition across the nine-day event to offer their guidance and support.

Games and include Athens 2004 men’s marathon bronze medallist Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima and Olympic volleyball

talent.Competition at the Games has already proved fierce and sports including judo, basketball and volleyball

Hosts Japan slipped to their first defeat at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Men's World

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Peru's Gladys Tejeda has been stripped of the gold medal she won in the marathon at July's Pan American in Toronto as the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) notified National Olympic Committees of a further six athletes being banned for doping today.

failures produced by three of the others having already been widely reported.These include Puerto Rico volleyball

Blessing Okagbare has reportedly been banned from appearing at next year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro by Nigeria following a row over her appearance at the Diamond League meeting in Zurich last week.

"I played volleyball for this country, so there is nothing an athlete will tell me about sports.

The United States are the early leaders after the opening day of the International Volleyball Federation

finished hosting the World Women's Championships, which were won by China.Related storiesSeptember 2015: Volleyball

Volleyball and beach volleyball will be huge successes at Rio 2016, according to the President of the

Ary Graça, who heads up the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), is a native of Rio de Janeiro

state of his sport with a little under a year until the Olympics next summer.Graça attended the beach volleyball

beach volleyball.Action took place at the Olympic venue on the world famous Copacabana Beach, while volleyball

replicate the conditions athletes can expect at the Games next year.The Rio Open served as a beach volleyball

“I have no doubt that beach volleyball and volleyball will be a huge success at the Rio 2016 Olympic

Ireland’s Jason Smyth can now officially lay claim to being the fastest Para-athlete in the world as he won the cross-classification 100 metres race held to mark One Year to Go until the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro today.

sports such as wheelchair basketball, five-a-side football for the visually impaired and sitting volleyball

China’s secured their fourth International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Women’s World Cup title after

Kirsten Beckett scooped all-around gymnastics gold while also helping South Africa to the women's team title on a somewhat chaotic first official day of sporting action in Brazzaville today.

won in four sets, with Nigeria overcoming Egypt while South Africa got the better of Uganda.In men's volleyball

China’s hopes of claiming a fourth International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Women’s World Cup title

Japan excite home crowd at FIVB Women's World CupAugust 2015: Russia lead way after first round of FIVB Volleyball

Student athletes competing in the Fortaleza 2015 Youth School Games are receiving support from several Brazilian Olympians, who have been signed up as part of the event's ambassadors programme.

ambassadors are Athens 2004 men’s marathon bronze medallist Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima and Olympic volleyball

Russia moved back to the top of the standings at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Women

Japan excite home crowd at FIVB Women's World CupAugust 2015: Russia lead way after first round of FIVB Volleyball

Women's World CupAugust 2015: Russia go from strength to strength at FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup

The 11th edition of the All-Africa Games are due to open today in the Republic of Congo's capital Brazzaville.

Africa topped the medals table.Despite the opening ceremony being this evening, the badminton, fencing, volleyball

, gymnastics and boxing has already begun.Athletics, basketball, beach volleyball, cycling, football,

world champions the United States eased to a straight-sets victory against Cuba at the International Volleyball

Japan excite home crowd at FIVB Women's World CupAugust 2015: Russia lead way after first round of FIVB Volleyball

Women's World CupAugust 2015: Russia go from strength to strength at FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup

with emphatic win against ArgentinaAugust 2015: Russia maintain perfect start at FIVB Volleyball Women's

A plan to introduce a list of 16 core sports will help make the Commonwealth Games more sustainable, it has been claimed here today. 

target, full bore, clay target, pistol and small bore, Para table tennis, Para triathlon and beach volleyball