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Indigenous Olympic beach volleyball medallist Clancy appointed to AOC Athletes' Commission

  • ONOC

Taliqua Clancy, who won silver in the women's beach volleyball tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

background.Chair of the AOC's Indigenous Advisory Committee and sprinter Patrick Johnson, recommended the beach

volleyball player for the position, which was approved by the Executive Board last week.At the Rio 2016

Games, Clancy became the first indigenous beach volleyball player to represent Australia at the Olympics.The

from health inequality.Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar won Olympic silver in the women's beach

volleyball tournament ©Getty ImagesClancy took Olympic silver with partner Mariafe Artacho del Solar


FIVB President meets head of Senegal volleyball in development talks

  • Volleyball

International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) President Ary Graça has met with the President of the Volleyball

International Federation to the African nation, aiding in their sports development, particularly in youth beach

volleyball.Seye was joined by high-performance beach volleyball coach Francois Winograd from France,

volleyball team prior to the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, also set to take place in Senegal.At the

volleyball in Senegal, particularly as the FIVB-appointed coach has already been working there for six

We also discussed some beach volleyball hosting opportunities for Senegal as the country prepares to


Sporty squirrel "Gfreidi" named official mascot for Munich 2022

  • Munich 2022

A sporty squirrel wearing a traditional Bavarian hat has been chosen as the official mascot for this year’s European Championships in Munich.

take place between August 11 and 21 in Munich and feature competition across nine sports - athletics, beach

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


Ghana women qualify for 2022 Commonwealth Games beach volleyball tournament

  • Birmingham 2022

Ghana’s women's beach volleyball team have booked their place at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Ghana reached the final at the African qualifier at Laboma Beach, defeating Kenya, The Gambia, Nigeria

Volleyball men’s team have qualified for the 2022 Common Wealth Games to be held in Brimingham, UK.

#cantstoptherise https://t.co/WeKnbyrydN— Volleyball SA (@vsa_social) March 29, 2022Despite the defeat

 Beach volleyball made its Commonwealth Games debut at Gold Coast 2018, with Australia winning the

volleyball competition later this year.Tickets are available by clicking here.


Cook and Johnson join Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee

  • Brisbane 2032

Olympic gold medallist Natalie Cook and Australia's fastest man Patrick Johnson have joined the Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee.

Cook, who was part of Australia's Sydney 2000 beach volleyball gold-winning squad, and Johnson, who holds


Meteorological stations installed to monitor weather for Hangzhou 2022

  • Hangzhou 2022

Meteorological observation stations are set to be used to monitor weather conditions for this year’s Asian Games in Hangzhou.

located near venues.They are also due to monitor the temperature of sand and water for events including beach

volleyball and aquatic sports.A portable meteorological station has been set up next to the new velodrome


Younousse and Tijan of Qatar claim the title at Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour in Mexico

  • Volleyball

World ranking leaders Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan of Qatar won the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour

second consecutively in Mexico, following their victory at the Cancun Hub on the 2021 International Volleyball

Federation World Tour.The Qatari duo have now won 11 international beach volleyball medals, three golds

Brouwer and Meeuwsen were the first Dutch pair to win an Olympic medal in the discipline of beach volleyball

Schoon and Stam also won silver at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Challenge event in Tlaxcala after

volleyball medal as partners as they had finished fourth three times last year, including at the Tokyo


Qataris Younousse and Tijan set to play for gold at Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour in Mexico

  • Volleyball

World ranking leaders Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan of Qatar advanced to the finals of the Volleyball

World Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 event in Rosarito in Mexico.

 Dutch pair Raisa Schoon and Katja Stam will be seeking their first victory in international beach

volleyball as partners ©Getty Images During the semi-finals, they secured another 23-25, 22-20,

The beach volleyball players will keep fighting for the title during the medal matches, which are scheduled





Mozambique

  • Birmingham 2022 Chef de Mission interviews

When Mozambique joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1995, it became the first country in the club not to have a constitutional link to Britain or any other member.

athletes to Birmingham 2022 in athletics, swimming, judo, boxing and triathlon, while qualification in beach

volleyball remains ongoing.This will be a smaller team than the 26 athletes who competed at Gold Coast


Cavalcanti and Antunes head to first World Volleyball Beach Pro Tour in fine form

  • Volleyball

Brazilian duo Rebecca Cavalcanti and Talita Antunes are heading to the inaugural World Volleyball Beach

during their seven-month association where they finished fifth at the final event on the International Volleyball

Elswhere, Czech Republic pairing Odrej Perusic and David Schweiner will be making their Beach Pro Tour

debut to follow up on their appearance in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Finals gold medal match.After


Janssen takes over from Schreuder as chair of much-changed NOC*NSF Athletes' Committee

  • EOC

Changes are aplenty on Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation's (NOC*NSF) Athletes' Committee, with five members including chair Hinkelien Schreuder departing and Inge Janssen taking over as head of the body.

treasurer.Beijing 2022 women's skeleton bronze medallist Kimberley Bos, 400m running specialist Marit Dopheide, beach

volleyball player Madelein Meppelink, rower Jasper Tissen, wheelchair basketball player and Para Alpine


Hundreds of Australian athletes to receive AOC cash injection in boost to Paris 2024 medal hopes

  • Paris 2024

More than 100 Australian athletes are set to receive a slice of AUD1.485 million (£830,000/$1.1 million/€990,000) in a bid to boost medal hopes for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

2020 was Australia’s best since Athens 2004 when it achieved 17 golds, 16 silvers and 17 bronzes.Beach volleyball

Mariafe Artacho del Solar, who claimed women's beach volleyball silver along side Taliqua Clancy at Tokyo

To be at the top level in beach volleyball we need to compete internationally - there's so much involved