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Swedish Olympic Committee adds 16 more athletes to talent support programme

  • EOC

The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) has added 16 athletes to its Top and Talent support programme for 2023, giving prospects assistance in their bid for glory at future Olympic Games.

this year to secure a shooting quota spot at the Paris 2024 Olympics for Sweden, and 17-year-old beach volleyball


Alan Hubbard: Iran’s place in world sport now hanging by a thread

  • Inside the Blogs

Reports that Iran plans to publicly hang a young professional footballer for campaigning for women’s rights and basic human rights underlines my decision made many years ago to give religion a swerve.

Foruzan Abdi was captain of Iran’s women’s national volleyball team, who was arrested in 1981 while in




Registration opens for next year’s European Universities Championships

  • Universiade

University national teams are being encouraged to put themselves in the mix to compete in next year’s European University Championships across a series of sports.

EUSA (@eusaunisport) December 15, 20223x3 basketball, badminton, basketball, beach handball, beach volleyball

taekwondo, football, futsal, golf, handball, orienteering, rowing, rugby 7s, table tennis, tennis, volleyball

Hungary.The calendar is due to conclude when the tournament for the beach sports of beach handball and beach volleyball


International School Sport Federation sets registration deadlines for 2023 events

  • Latest

The International School Sport Federation (ISF) is entering its final preparations for a busy year after setting the final registration deadlines for its events set to take place in 2023.

competition, attentions turn to warm weather as Bat-Yam in Israel is due to host the ISF World School Beach Volleyball


ISF delegation visits Bahrain 2024 Gymnasiade venues

  • Multi-Sport Games

A delegation from the International School Sport Federation (ISF) met with the Local Organising Committee and ISF Technical Committee Presidents to discuss preparations for the Bahrain 2024 Gymnasiade.

programme.Competition is expected to happen in athletics and Para-athletics, archery, badminton, 3x3 basketball, beach volleyball



Russia claims FIVB broke promise to compensate them for moving World Championships after Ukraine invasion

  • Volleyball

Volleyball Federation of Russia (VFV) secretary general Alexander Yaremenko has accused the International

Volleyball Federation (FIVB) of having "changed its position" in refusing to provide compensation for

like to note that the FIVB has always been upfront and consistent in our discussions with the Russian Volleyball

Federation".The Men's Volleyball World Championship was won by Italy.Russia, who would have competed

World Championship held in Poland and Slovenia ©Volleyball WorldUkraine took their place as the next

However, he added that the VFV does not intend to move to the Asian Volleyball Confederation from the

European Volleyball Confederation.


IOC President’s video message supports launch of Albanian NOC schools scheme

  • EOC

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach recorded a video message that was broadcast during the recent Sports Teams in Schools event staged by the Albanian National Olympic Committee (NOC).

being implemented in junior and secondary schools and is being initially carried out in basketball and volleyball



British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee holds successful health and anti-doping seminar

  • PASO

British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee (BVIOC) President Ephraim Penn has insisted that an an anti-doping and sports nutrition workshop on the islands will "educate athletes and coaches on the processes and expectations for clean sport".

athletics, basketball, cricket, cycling, football, netball, sailing, softball/baseball, taekwondo and volleyball


Kosovo Olympic Committee partners with UN to stage anti-abuse forum

  • EOC

The Kosovo Olympic Committee (KOC) has partnered with the United Nations (UN) to host a forum on empowering girls and women to prevent abuse in sport.

deputy director of the sports department at the MCYS, Naser Krasniqi, director of the girls' national volleyball


Commonwealth Youth Games athletics venue switched

  • Commonwealth Youth Games

Organisers of the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games have revealed that athletics will now take place at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Mucurapo, Port of Spain.

play a central part in the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2023 ©ITGRugby sevens, fast5 netball, beach volleyball