A few weeks ago, we marked 1,000 days to go until the Olympic Games return to Paris in 2024, one century after the last edition was hosted in our city in 1924.

for example, that the fans will be able to enjoy equestrian events at the Château de Versailles or beach

volleyball at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.

The International University Sports Federation's (FISU) Championships and World Cups department has toured several host cities to inspect preparations for the upcoming 2022 season.

, which will remain in place as a legacy for students once the event finishes.The speed skating and beach

volleyball visit inspections, held in the United States' Lake Placid, marked an opportunity to test

Eighty broadcaster representatives took part in a preparatory meeting in the build-up to the Munich 2022 European Championships.

place from August 11 to 21 2022.Nine sports are on the programme - athletics, cycling, sport climbing, beach

volleyball, gymnastics, table tennis, canoe sprint, rowing and triathlon.The first edition of the European

As a nation of 115 islands which are scattered about the Indian Ocean, it is perhaps unsurprising that Seychelles has one of the best swimmers in Africa.

judo at the Commonwealth Games, while they are hoping to qualify in the new sport of 3x3 basketball, beach

volleyball, table tennis and weightlifting."

The Volunteer Programme for 2022 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Championships and University World Cups has opened.

December 2021 ©FISUThere are 17 FISU Championships scheduled for 2022, including in sport climbing, beach

volleyball and modern pentathlon.Nine FISU World Cups are due to take place in 2022, including in 3x3

More than a 100 new roles are set to be filled in the operations division of Birmingham 2022 during the next few months.

record of successfully managing teams on large, complex projects.Temporary venue Smithfield will host beach

volleyball and 3x3 basketball during Birmingham 2022 ©Birmingham 2022Director of venues, Dominic Olliff

We are also installing two temporary arenas for beach volleyball, basketball 3x3 and wheelchair basketball

Tahiti and Vanuatu will hope to be named hosts of the 2027 Pacific Games during the two-day Pacific Games Council (PGC) General Assembly.

sports.Tennis, weightlifting and va'a were reinstated, with the sports joining baseball, badminton, athletics, beach

volleyball, triathlon and golf.

Beach volleyball player Karla Borger has been elected chairperson of the German Olympic Sports Confederation

Tickets for the Munich 2022 European Championships have been released, with prices beginning at €10 (£8.46/$11.65).

cycling and triathlon will be accessible free of charge.This is further extended to selected sessions in beach

volleyball and sport climbing, as well as to The Roofs festival.Next year's event will take place from

Skiing technicians took to the slopes to inspect the facilities at Whiteface and Gore Mountain, as preparations continue for the Lake Placid 2023 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Winter World University Games.

Championship, while the North Elba Athletic Complex is scheduled to host the FISU World University Beach

Volleyball Championship in August 2022.

Indonesia looks set to stage the 2023 Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games

Code.WADA director general Olivier Niggli told insidethegames he was "hopeful" staging the ANOC World Beach

which made their debut in Qatar in 2019, by the end of this year.Qatar hosted the inaugural ANOC World Beach

, and aquatics is the sport with two disciplines included.Open water swimming over five kilometres, beach

water polo, beach soccer, beach handball, individual kata karate, kite foil, beach tennis, aquathlon

- a triathlon discipline comprised of running and swimming - 4x4 beach volleyball and beach wrestling

Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) have officially signed the host city contract for the 2023 Mediterranean Beach

This is the second time that the Mediterranean Beach Games will be held in Greece, and I am glad that

Organisers of the 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games in Crete are hoping that up to 1,500 competitors could

part in the event ©ICMGThe previous edition of the Mediterranean Beach Games also took place in Greece

- beach volleyball, beach football, beach handball, beach tennis, wrestling and karate.Ammoudara beach

is set to stage rowing, canoeing and kite surfing, while Mallia beach is scheduled to host open water

A look back at the final day of the 2019 Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly provides an insight into how the COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the Olympic Movement in such a short period of time. 

of the Summer and Winter Olympics, ANOC is seeking to push ahead with future editions of its World Beach

 Open water swimming, beach water polo, beach soccer, beach handball, individual kata karate, kite

foil, beach tennis, aquathlon, 4x4 beach volleyball and beach wrestling are the core disciplines on

for the next World Beach Games in Crete, with the bid process launched following Tokyo 2020.

The awarding of the World Beach Games, and the return of a largely in-person ANOC General Assembly, could

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has effectively opened the door for prospective hosts to design the event whichever way they please, after a strategic roadmap was approved at the organisation's General Assembly last week.

for a greater flexibility for host nations to choose previously optional sports such as T20 cricket, beach

volleyball and 3x3 basketball, while both sport climbing and lacrosse were mentioned.The organisation

Changes to the Commonwealth Games programme which mean athletics and swimming will be the only compulsory sports at future editions of the event are a "body blow" to a host of other sports, the head of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) has warned.

sports, including disciplines that have previously been listed as optional sports such as T20 cricket, beach

volleyball and 3x3 basketball.This will allow hosts the ability to propose entirely new sports, relevant