four-set victory over defending champions the United States on the second day of the International Volleyball

World League title with clash with FranceMarch 2015: World League Group 1 Finals to double as Rio 2016 volleyball

strikes deal with Beach Major Company as Swatch returns as Major Series sponsorDecember 2014: Rio 2016 volleyball

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has insisted Rio 2016 will achieve a "great legacy" when asked about pollution concerns on Guanabara Bay here on the eve of celebrations marking exactly one-year until the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games.

kickaround with the likes of 1994 World Cup winner Jorginho and Barcelona 1992 and Athens 2004 Olympic volleyball

Global snack provider Mondelēz International showed its support for the third edition of the British Paralympic Association’s (BPA) National Paralympic Day by providing a team of volunteers to aid the smooth running of the event.

day also offered the public the chance to try out a variety of disability sports, including sitting volleyball

Rio 2016's "Transforma" education programme, a key Olympic and Paralympic legacy of the Games, is being expanded around and beyond the host country following an online launch. 

much that they have even stopped insisting on football all the time.”Youngsters attending last month's Volleyball

is to come, around 200 participants from seven schools in the host city also enjoyed a visit to the Volleyball

Toronto 2015 volunteers will be thanked for their efforts during the Pan American Games at a gathering in the city today ahead of the Parapan American Games, due to underway with the Opening Ceremony on Friday (August 7).

various dignitaries in attendance.There will also be a photo opportunity of people trying out sitting volleyball

Great Britain’s Sophie Hahn, who broke her own women's 100 metres T38 world record at the recent International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics Grand Prix Final in London, is one of five nominees for July’s IPC Allianz Athlete of the Month award.

Championships record with a time of 1:08.85.Completing the quintet of nominees is Rwandan sitting volleyball

tennis player Jordanne Whiley.Mukobwankabo captained Rwanda to success in the ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball

nbsp;The win secured a qualification slot for Rwanda at Rio 2016, the first time a women's sitting volleyball

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Evaluation Commission has recommended that the CGF General Assembly votes to award the South African city of Durban the 2022 Commonwealth Games next month, but their report, released today, outlined several areas requiring immediate attention.

with the latter set to stage squash competition during the Games, while temporary venues for beach volleyball

The 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) came to an end with a packed day of medal action, followed by a Closing Ceremony in the Georgian capital city Tbilisi.

scored 14.600 points to win the parallel bars final.Several team sport finals also took place including volleyball

More than 2,000 people turned out to celebrate Olympic Day in Singapore, coinciding with the Opening Ceremony of the country's Youth Olympic Festival (SYOF).

basketball, badminton, football sevens, rugby sevens, sailing, shooting, table tennis, taekwondo and volleyball

US Paralympics have announced a 241-strong team for the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, due to be held from August 8 to 15.

competition to progress to next year’s Paralympic Games.The situation is the same for their men’s sitting volleyball

Moldova’s Alexei Sancov became the first gold medallist at the Tbilisi 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF), coming out on top in the boy’s 200 metres freestyle swimming event.

Davlianidze and Ana Shanidze won their respective boy’s and girl’s singles matches.Turkey’s girl's volleyball

Hosts Rwanda beat Egypt to claim the women’s title at the ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Championships

storiesJuly 2015: Egypt maintain impressive form ahead of gold medal match at ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball

ChampionshipsJuly 2015: Hosts Rwanda move into pole position at ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball

ChampionshipsJuly 2015: Egypt take control at ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball ChampionshipsJuly

2015: Hosts Rwanda among countries with 100 per cent records at ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball

ChampionshipsJuly 2015: Hosts Rwanda among quick starters at ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Championships

Venezuelan weightlifter Jesus Gonzalez Barrios has become the 17th athlete implicated in a doping scandal at the Pan American Games in Toronto and is set to be the first stripped of a gold medal after reportedly testing positive for an unnamed substance.

by PASO but have been revealed by the relevent National Olympic Committees.These include Puerto Rico volleyball

Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has officially opened the Tbilisi 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) during a colourful ceremony at the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium.

in nine sports - athletics, basketball, cycling, gymnastics, handball, judo, swimming, tennis and volleyball

Egypt made it five wins out of five in the men’s ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Championships

Brazil.Related storiesJuly 2015: Hosts Rwanda move into pole position at ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball

ChampionshipsJuly 2015: Egypt take control at ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball ChampionshipsJuly

2015: Hosts Rwanda among countries with 100 per cent records at ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball

ChampionshipsJuly 2015: Hosts Rwanda among quick starters at ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Championships