Queensland has launched the most ambitious sports talent identification programme in Australia’s history looking ahead to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

of Olympic gold medallist Natalie Cook, who won gold in partnership with Kerri Pottharst in women's beach

volleyball at the 2000 Sydney Games, mandurahmail.com.au reports.Natalie Cook, beach volleyball gold

The Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (PNGOC) has appointed a senior management team for the Pacific Mini Games, with Kila Dick named Chef de Mission.

Dick is a former PNG Volleyball Association President and sits on the PNGOC Executive Board.Anzillah

and Super Typhoon Yutu causing destruction on Saipan.Baseball, badminton, golf, triathlon, athletics, beach

volleyball, tennis, weightlifting and va'a are the nine sports due to be contested.

Two Russian International Olympic Committee (IOC) members and two honorary members are set to retain their positions, with their roles unaffected by yesterday's recommended sporting measures against Russia and Belarus in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

athletes from both countries outright from their competitions.Competitions including the International Volleyball

officials holding roles with UEFA include RFU secretary general Aleksandr Alaev, who chairs its Futsal and Beach

The official mascot for this year’s European Championships in Munich will be announced at the end of the month.

take place between August 11 and 21 and are set to feature competition across nine sports - athletics, beach

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

Better late than never: the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has finally done the right thing

also have been disastrous for the image of a generally well-run organisation whose vision is to make volleyball

commercial operation, jumping into bed with the private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, to set up Volleyball

and beach volleyball international events, including the World Championships, Olympic Qualifiers and

the Volleyball Nations League".According to the FIVB controller’s report for 2020, CVC Capital bought

Finally, consider this: the Soviet Union (USSR) won six of the first 10 men’s volleyball World Championships

Several International Federations are monitoring the situation involving Ukraine and Russia, although there are no plans at this stage to move major sporting events.

the right to host "unless it is legally or practically impossible to do so", and the International Volleyball

Nations League in July, as well as Ufa in the Women's Volleyball Nations League from June 28 to July

3.A FIVB beach volleyball event is also scheduled in Arkhangelsk from March 9 to 13.The International

The FIVB is working in close collaboration with the Russian Volleyball Federation and Organising Committee

Volleyball 2022 in preparation for various volleyball and beach volleyball events set to be held in

Bay.It is situated around 155 kilometres to the east of Hangzhou.Ningbo will host both sailing and beach

take place at the newly-built Zhejiang Ocean Sports Center.The facility was finished in March 2021.A beach

volleyball stadium has also been built for the Games in the Donghai Banbianshan tourist area.NINGBO

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The International School Sport Federation (ISF) is nearing the launch of its first events for the year with online chess, cross country and ISF Gymnasiade due to be played first.

sports, including archery, artistic gymnastics, athletics, Para athletics, badminton, basketball 3x3, beach

volleyball, boxing, dancesport/breaking, fencing, judo, Para judo, orienteering, rhythmic gymnastics

Former sportscaster Bob Coldeen has been named Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI) Chef de Mission for the home Pacific Mini Games later this year.

 They joined baseball, badminton, athletics, beach volleyball, triathlon and golf on the programme

More than 6,000 athletes are set to participate in the 2022 Saudi Games across 45 sports, the Saudi Arabian Olympic and Paralympic Committee have announced.

rules and regulations.The chosen sports are archery, athletics, badminton, 5x5 and 3x3 basketball, beach

volleyball, billiards, bowling, boxing, camel racing, chess, road cycling, equestrian (in the form of

shooting, sports climbing, skateboarding, squash, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, volleyball

Los Angeles 2028 chair Casey Wasserman believes the inclusion of surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing could bring "freshness" to the Olympics.

swimming, rugby sevens, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, sport shooting, archery, triathlon, sailing and volleyball

playful personality and skateboarding experiences" with a focus on her favourite spot at the Venice Beach

Olympic bronze medallist Sky Brown revealed that her new LA28 emblem was designed to remind her of Venice Beach

A series of events to mark the 50th anniversary of Munich 1972 is underway, with the centrepiece set to be the European Championships, the biggest multi-sport event to be held in the German city since the Olympic Games.

triathlon, which appeared in the inaugural event in Glasgow and Berlin in 2018.They are set to be joined by beach

volleyball, canoe sprint, sport climbing and table tennis in Munich.A number of cultural events are

A new six-member panel has been installed as the Chilean Olympic Committee (COCH) Athletes' Commission.

at the Lima 2019 and Guadalajara 2011 Pan American Games as well as bronze at Toronto 2015.Lima 2019 beach

volleyball gold medallist Esteban Grimalt and silver medal-winning modern pentathlete Esteban Bustos

Maldives are perhaps looking forward to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games a little more than most.

ImagesMaldives are hoping to select 17 athletes for Birmingham 2022, in sports including athletics, swimming, beach

volleyball and 3x3 basketball.There are big hopes for table tennis player Fathimath Dheema Ali, who

Malaysia's Chef de Mission for Birmingham 2022 is a rugby man, and clearly remembers his country going up against the might of New Zealand at their home Kuala Lumpur 1998 Commonwealth Games.

, badminton, cycling, gymnastics, judo, lawn bowls, squash, triathlon, table tennis, weightlifting, beach

volleyball, hockey and rugby sevens.Preparations, as in the rest of the world, have been impacted by