By Nick ButlerA new multi-purpose sports hall has been opened by Royal Representative and Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC) President Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuk in Trashigang.

Among the sprots to be played there will be basketball, volleyball, badminton, table tennis and taekwondo

The Baku Sports Hall will be the home of racquet sports at the Baku 2015 European Games as Europe's best badminton and table tennis stars compete for the prestigious European crown.

29.Almost 300 athletes will compete at the venue across the two sports.The facility was previously a volleyball

centre and is expected to host basketball, handball and volleyball after Baku 2015.

Azerbaijan's beautiful coast makes it the ideal setting for beach sport.

, and is sure to give the fans exactly what they're looking for.Hosting both beach soccer and beach volleyball

elite beach stars compete for the coveted European title.The venue will host 128 athletes for Beach Volleyball

million/€1.27 million) of external funding which will be spread across the clubs, members and the wider volleyball

community, and help build a new beach volleyball centre in Oxford.

funding streams over the past 18 months.Of all grant applications made by members and associates of Volleyball

We are delighted to have secured this investment, which means we can now bring beach volleyball to Oxford

," said Jonathan Williams, Oxford Volleyball Club chairman."

This project, which will take a small area of Council-owned land and turn it into a beach volleyball

facility, promises to make beach volleyball accessible to the Oxfordshire community."

By Nick ButlerFukushima Governor Masao Uchibori has called for events during Tokyo 2020 to be held in his region to demonstrate improvements made there since the 2011 nuclear disaster.

Olympic programme - to new venues.The preliminary stages of team sports like football, basketball and volleyball

By Nick ButlerInternational Volleyball Federation (FIVB) President Ary S Graça has strongly denied allegations

illegally channeled funds to family and friends between 2010 and 2013 while he was head of the Brazilian Volleyball

blow for Rio 2016 preparations.Graça has claimed he always "acted in the best interests of Brazilian volleyball

it was "fully aware of the allegations against the former President and management of the Braziian Volleyball

wrongdoing and have openly explained how, at all times, they acted in the best interests of Brazilian Volleyball

second most popular in the host nation behind football.With Brazil having won 20 Olympic medals in volleyball

emerged in recent weeks involving organisers of the Men's World Championships in Poland, with Polish Volleyball

By Nick ButlerA widely expected Rome bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics has been confirmed today, just two years after the Italian Government scrapped its bid for the 2020 edition due to financial problems.

the capital will also be considered, with sailing and preliminary matches in football, basketball and volleyball

OsborneDB Schenker has been named official logistics and freight forwarding supporter of the International Volleyball

Volleyball and beach volleyball are truly global sports with a phenomenal following so we are proud to

deliver on time, in full and accurately, and that is what we want to step up and do for the world of volleyball

and beach volleyball."

story at [email protected] storiesMay 2013: Honda sign new deal with International Volleyball

By Nick ButlerGermany has withdrawn its men's team from next year's International Volleyball Federation

Olympic Games and for this the European ranking points are more important than the world ranking," German Volleyball

to reiterate that, on a global level, the World League is the most prestigious international men's volleyball

This means increased interest from our television broadcast partners, spectators and volleyball fans

European Volleyball Federation President André Meyer, added: "With some of the top teams in Europe now

Baku 2015 will represent a real high point in the international volleyball calendar and we are all looking

By Nick ButlerEgyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has opened the Special Olympics Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Regional Games in Cairo, in what is seen as a major boost for disabled sport in the African nation. 

taking place in athletics, swimming, cycling, table tennis, floor tennis, boccia, bowling, equestrian, volleyball

By Philip BarkerThe International Olympic Committee's (IOC) 127th Session will be the third time the Olympic family has gathered in Monaco, the smallest member of the Olympic Movement to host a full meeting of the IOC. This "Extraordinary" session at the Grimaldi Forum is for members to vote on President Thomas Bach's blueprint for the Olympic Movement  "Agenda 2020". Now, though, the troubled trail towards the Winter Olympics of 2022 seems certain to cast a long shadow. Stockholm were the first to withdraw followed by the Polish city of Krakow and Lviv in Ukraine. Oslo went through to the Candidate...

Women's football was admitted, along with beach volleyball and mountain biking.

By Nick Butler at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte CarloThe planned schedule for events at Rio 2016 is set to remain unchanged, it has been revealed, despite criticism over the late timing for finals in some sports.

action on multiple days", she said.Late finals are also a likelihood in other sports, including beach volleyball

article several weeks ago, my colleague David Owen proposed switching several indoor sports such as volleyball

By Nick ButlerBarbara Kendall turns and swivels around on her chair during our interview in Bangkok following an Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Athletes' Commission meeting."We've sent a questionnaire to every National Olympic Committee about the issues facing athletes today, but less than half have replied," she outlines, pausing for dramatic effect."But in Oceania, every single one has."

Vanuatu beach volleyball pairing Linline Matauatu (left) and Joyce Joshua have been one successful Oceanic

ImagesAs well as Kendall, the body contains representatives from all five continental associations: former volleyball

By Nick ButlerA first set of commemorative coins are being released by the Brazilian Central Bank today to mark the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

with the obverse showing locations where popular sports, including rowing, running, cycling and beach volleyball