British-Iranian woman Ghoncheh Ghavami has been sentenced to a year in jail for attending an International Volleyball

Ghavami's release, but news of her sentence coincides with Tehran being awarded the 2015 Asian Men's Volleyball

Championships by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC),The FIVB claim it was solely the decision

-year long rule banning women from attending football matches in the Islamic nation was extended to volleyball

The Iranian National Volleyball Federation has also worked continuously to secure her release."

And that women throughout the world should be allowed to watch and participate in volleyball on an equal

By Gary AndersonInternational Olympic Committee (IOC) Honorary President Jacques Rogge has visited a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan on his first mission as a Special Envoy of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General for Youth Refugees and Sport.

partners, says it will also implement a full programme for youngsters to play sports including football, volleyball

By Gary AndersonThe International Canoe Federation (ICF) has announced Conti Sports will continue to be the official canoe polo ball supplier for all official ICF events up until 2018.

Conti Sports has been manufacturing balls foe a number of sports, including basketball, football and volleyball

criticised delays in the announcement of a verdict following her arrest after attending an International Volleyball

authorities, which extended a quarter-of-a-century-old law banning women attending football matches to volleyball

chief Graça and demanded he protect the right of Iranian women to enter sports stadiums and attend volleyball

in jailOctober 2014: IOC and FIVB letters calling for release of woman jailed in Iran for attending volleyball

ignoredOctober 2014: Exclusive: FIVB urges Iranian President to "reconsider" jailing of woman for attending volleyball

match in IranSeptember 2014: Exclusive: FIVB cannot interfere in Iranian ban on women at volleyball,

By Nick ButlerHong Kong will be represented by a 126-strong delegation at next month's Asian Beach Games in Phuket, seeking to emulate the success enjoyed at the recent Asian Games in Incheon.

more established disciplines of marathon swimming, sailing, windsurfing, squash, triathlon and beach volleyball

By Daniel EtchellsThe Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) and representatives of its national sports associations have held discussions over the amendment of statutes at the National Stadium's conference hall in Riffa.

existing 27 sports associations were present, including those for football, athletics, basketball, volleyball

By Daniel EtchellsRio 2016 has announced Chinese sportswear maker 361° as an official supporter of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Rio 2016 spent a year evaluating the production and sustainability standards of the company.Brazilian volleyball

By Paul OsborneManly Beach in Sydney will once again become a host venue for the Australian Beach Volleyball

The announcement comes after two years of discussions between Volleyball Australia and Manly Council.The

earlier this month was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, had been leading the push to have volleyball

medallist Kerri Pottharst was a key driving force in Manly Beach's reintroduction as a national beach volleyball

As well as hosting the opening round of the Australian Beach Volleyball Tour, it will also be the venue

for the Oceania Championships and the Oceania Continental Cup Olympic qualifiers.The 10-day beach volleyball

By Mike RowbottomThe pole bearing the Azerbaijan flag, set at the shoreline of a city known as the Pearl of the Caspian, is a testament to a young nation's high ambition. When it was constructed, this pole - at 162 metres - was the tallest in the world (a distinction now claimed by neighbouring Tajhikistan which duly installed a version that is three metres higher). Its flag is the size of a football pitch.This expansive symbol of a country which celebrated 23 years of independence from the Soviet Union yesterday (October 18) stands just along the seafront from a huge...

exercise.Across the way from the Aquatics Centre work goes on to create the venues for water polo, beach volleyball

The Crystal Hall - venue for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest - merely requires adaption to host volleyball

By Mike Rowbottom in BakuThe committment of Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and the First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva to next year's inaugural European Games here has been underlined by their visit to the Olympic Stadium, which is under construction as the impending event's centrepiece.

to complete other venues such as the main Stadium, the Aquatics Centre and the facilities for beach volleyball

MackayGhoncheh Ghavami, the London law student imprisoned in Iran after attending an International Volleyball

Women are banned from attending volleyball matches in Iran.Iranian officials deny the charges against

to securing the release of Ghoncheh Ghavami from prison in Iran after being arrested for attending a volleyball

storiesOctober 2014: IOC and FIVB letters calling for release of woman jailed in Iran for attending volleyball

ignoredOctober 2014: Exclusive: FIVB urges Iranian President to "reconsider" jailing of woman for attending volleyball

match in IranSeptember 2014: Exclusive: FIVB cannot interfere in Iranian ban on women at volleyball,

By Nick Butler in MilanLetters from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Volleyball

student Ghoncheh Ghavami to be released from prison in Iran after she was arrested for attending a volleyball

League match between Iran and Italy at the Azadi Stadium on June 20.Women are banned from attending volleyball

specific charge she faces is for "propaganda against the regime" rather than directly attending the volleyball

A ban on women attending football matches in Iran has been in place since 1979 and was extended to volleyball

written to Graça and demanded he protect the right of Iranian women to enter sports stadiums and attend volleyball

match in IranSeptember 2014: Exclusive: FIVB cannot interfere in Iranian ban on women at volleyball,

Attending the final weekend of the International Volleyball Federation's (FIVB) Women's World Championship

Championships getting underway ©FIVBMy only previous experience of the indoor form of volleyball came

Like most sports, volleyball is a colossal physical, mental and strategic test, with some of the rallies

Now it is going to be in Brazil and then we have 2020 in Japan, another country of volleyball.

"We are going to have a decade of volleyball."

Forum in MilanLanguage learning software company Rosetta Stone have been appointed by the International Volleyball

President Ary S Graça claimed at the announcement of the deal, shortly before the final of the Women's Volleyball

in January, Rosetta Stone branding will feature prominently at all FIVB events, including the Beach Volleyball

World Championships, the World League Finals, World Grand Prix Finals, World Cup and FIVB Beach Volleyball

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