By Tom DegunFebruary 25 - Five-a-side indoor football, known as futsal, could be a good addition to the sports programme at the Commonwealth Games, it has been claimed by the Movement's leading official.

optional disciplines.The optional sports for the Commonwealth Games are archery, basketball, beach volleyball

Surely, it can't be long before even beach volleyball becomes as much a charade as WrestleMania.Want

By James CrookFebruary 13 - The European Beach Tennis Championships will be held in Great Britain for the first time this August, as the event travels to the south coast city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex.

and Eva D'Elia winning the women's doubles.Beach tennis is played on a similar-sized court to beach volleyball

to the fold and badminton, baseball, handball, judo,softball table tennis, triathlon, taekwondo and volleyball

By Duncan MackayFebruary 8 - Sports who wanted to be included on the programme for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast have had their hopes dashed after Australian officials revealed that there would be no additions.

Beach volleyball, especially, had been pushing for inclusion, while canoeing, judo and ten pin bowling

By Tom DegunFebruary 5 - Global hospitality giant Hilton HHonors have renewed their sponsorship with the United States Olympic and Paralympic teams in a four year deal that will include the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi and the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.

addition to its Team USA sponsorship, Hilton HHonors is the official hotel partner of USA Gymnastics, USA Volleyball

By Emily GoddardFebruary 5 - The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has secured an eight-year

extension of its exclusive marketing, tournament organising and television rights deal with the Japan Volleyball

Association (JVA) and Fuji TV to cover the 2015 and 2019 FIVB Volleyball World Cups.

plays an integral role in the Olympic qualification process and is a very important tournament for volleyball

it took place in Montevideo, Uruguay, before the event moved to Japan on a permanent basis.The proud volleyball

Japan has hosted the FIVB Volleyball World Cup since 1977 "We are very pleased to be able to host the

The 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Cup will be the first Olympic volleyball qualification event for Rio 2016

By Duncan MackayFebruary 1 - UK Sport today reversed a decision to cut British Basketball's funding following a high-profile campaign waged by leading figures in the sport, including Chicago Bulls superstar Luol Deng.

But several other Olympic sports, including table tennis and indoor volleyball, will remain with zero

, sitting volleyball and wrestling will still receive zero funding despite pleas for a re-think.

 UK Sport will, however, look again at the award it has made to women's beach volleyball, to provide

Britain's volleyball teams competed in the Olympics for the first time at London 2012 but now the future

They cut the head off the chicken with this and I am disappointed for British sport, not just volleyball

By Emily GoddardJanuary 31 - The European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) has unveiled the Velux Group

the financial terms of which have not been disclosed, will see the event renamed the 2013 CEV Velux Volleyball

The tournament is now named the 2013 CEV Velux Volleyball European Championship – Men The continental

tournament attracts the best volleyball players in Europe, with European champions Serbia and Olympic

Volleyball is hugely popular in many of our key markets," Velux managing director Michael K Rasmussen

The sponsorship of the CEV Volleyball European Championship – men in 2013 is a wonderful opportunity

By Duncan MackayJanuary 31 - Taiwan has officially set-up a Preparatory Committee for the 2017 Universiade, which is being held in the capital Taipei.

17 sports, including swimming, diving, basketball, fencing, football, judo, table tennis, tennis and volleyball

By Tom DegunJanuary 30 - Amber Charles, who memorably proved one of the stars of the successful London 2012 bid presentation in Singapore eight years ago, has pleaded with UK Sport to reconsider their decision to cut funding for British Basketball with the two organisations having met to discuss the issue today.

of several sports that presented to UK Sport today in a bid to see their funding restored.Handball, volleyball

Campbell adopted former performance director Peter Keen's "no compromise" approach Sports, including volleyball

performance director Peter Keen and carried out rigidly under Baroness Campbell's stewardship.British Volleyball

By Emily GoddardJanuary 23 - The United States women's hockey team are set to move to what is soon to be America's largest indoor sports complex, Nook Sports, after USA Field Hockey secured a deal with Spooky Nook Sports in what has been termed as a "game changing moment" for the sport.

staff.As well as hockey, the venue also has multiple courts and fields for other sports, including volleyball

Colombian athletes competing in athletics, basketball, baseball, football, swimming, table tennis and volleyball

By David OwenIt has been an exciting week. The Candidature files of the three cities vying to host the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games have landed. This means that, for the first time, it is possible to compare the detail of the three rival projects. If, that is, you are prepared to sift through nine dense, if showy, volumes.Don't worry: I've done it so you don't have to, and the first thing I would say, if my red-rimmed eyes do not deceive me, is that, though it is a short shortlist, it is a very varied one.

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