By Nick ButlerRio 2016 have hit back at critics who claim venues will remain incomplete when the Olympic and Paralympic Games begin in a little over two years' time, by insisting 38 per cent of venues are already completed and there is progress with all the others. 

Work is also finished on the venues for football, archery, athletics and volleyball in the Maracanã Zone

By Nick ButlerInternational Paralympic Committee (IPC) vice-president Andrew Parsons has been appointed chair of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Integration Committee following reports of "encouraging progress" after a visit by senior officials. 

multi-sport preparation camp on 1,000 days road to Rio 2016November 2013: Rio 2016 venue switch for sitting volleyball

By Gary AndersonThe original ball used in the 1936 Berlin Olympics basketball gold medal game between the United States and Canada will go on auction in Baltimore, where it is hoped to fetch between $250,000 (£149,000/€183,000) and $500,000 (£298,000/€366,000).

The ball, which is said to be lumpy, deflated and "stitched together like a volleyball", is being put

By Nick ButlerSporting officials in Thailand have insisted that, despite the cancellation of a beach volleyball

last Wednesday (May 7) in response to the increase in tension that the Phuket leg of the International Volleyball

flourishing tourism industry there remains relatively unaffected.It is also claimed that while the volleyball

cancelled because an alternative date is difficult to fit into the regional schedule of golf events.But a Volleyball

World Grand Prix in Bangkok from August 15 to 17 and the Asian Girls' Under-17 Volleyball Championship

By Emily GoddardSome 40,000 tickets for this year's Invictus Games, the international sports event launched by Prince Harry for "wounded warriors", are due to go on sale on Friday (May 16).

women from 14 nations competing in nine adaptive sports - archery, athletics, road cycling, sitting volleyball

By Gary AndersonAn International University Sports Federation (FISU) delegation has completed a 12-day visit to 2017 Summer Universiade hosts Taipei during which officials visited competition venues and discussed progress and preparation with local organisers. 

athletics, swimming, diving, water polo, artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, fencing, tennis, volleyball

By Nick ButlerRio 2016 Organisers have received a welcome boost following a successful visit of delegates from 17 countries for the first National Paralympic Committee Open Day to a future host city.

Paralympians of 2013 as Rio celebrates 1,000 days to goNovember 2013: Rio 2016 venue switch for sitting volleyball

By Nick ButlerLeading Asian sports official Wei Jizhong claims Indonesia remain the front-runner to replace Hanoi as host of the 2019 Asian Games, despite India preparing to enter the race. 

better conditions than Indonesia for the time being," Jizhong, also President of the International Volleyball

political instability in Thailand has led to the cancellation of the Phuket leg of the International Volleyball

Following this the promoters of the FIVB Beach Volleyball Open, scheduled for October 15 until19 on Karon

By Gary AndersonThe Copper Box Arena at London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park has been announced as the host venue for next year's inaugural World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge.

personnel from 14 nations competing in nine adaptive sports - archery, athletics, road cycling, sitting volleyball

By Nick ButlerTickets will go on sale tomorrow for the 2014 Sainsbury's Anniversary Games following an announcement that the event will be held in the iconic setting of Horse Guards Parade Ground and The Mall in central London.

for many top British and international athletes.The Horse Guards Parade landmark, which hosted beach volleyball

20,000 capacity venue billed as what will be "the most striking athletics arena in the world".Beach volleyball

Games where 11 Royal Parks hosted competitions from triathlon to equestrian and of course the Beach Volleyball

By Nick ButlerBoxing, equestrian, rowing and volleyball, along with floorball and petanque, have been

By Gary AndersonApril 29 - Competitors hoping to secure a spot on the British team for the inaugural Invictus Games later this year have been paid a visit by the event's chief supporter Prince Harry today, as more than 25 service personnel begin the selection process for the wheelchair rugby, cycling and indoor rowing events.

One of those taking part today was London 2012 competitor Charlie Walker, part of the British sitting volleyball

There will also be beach volleyball, boxing, judo, taekwondo, shooting, gymnastics, wrestling, volleyball

By Nick ButlerApril 28 - Celebrations took place today to mark 200 days-to-go until the 4th Asian Beach Games in Phuket, an event which has special significance as the forerunner of the inaugural World Beach Games which is currently being proposed. 

venue clusters on Karon Beach, where marathon swimming, sailing and windsurfing, as well as handball, volleyball