Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion (£706 million/€822 billion) American Rescue Plan Act for COVID-19 relief funding has been credited with helping organisers of next year’s Pacific Mini Games in Saipan being able increase the number of sports from six to nine.

They will join baseball, badminton, athletics, beach volleyball, triathlon and golf on the programme

The International Korfball Federation (IKF) has extended its partnership with Mikasa Corporation for the company to continue to provide the IKF’s official ball.

Mikasa also produces equipment for sports such as water polo and volleyball ©Getty ImagesSaeki added

IKF ball for more than a decade.The Japanese company has similar agreements with the International Volleyball

FIVB) and International Swimming Federation.Mikasa will be the official ball provider for indoor and beach

volleyball events at both the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympics under the terms of its agreement with

The Croatian Academic Sports Federation has held a university sport awards ceremony, with the event marking achievements over recent years.

table tennis squad were named Women’s Team of the Year for 2018-2019, with the men’s award going to its beach

individual awards for the season.The University of Zagreb also earned the 2019-2020 team prizes.Its beach

volleyball team earned the women’s award, while the men’s basketball team was also honoured.Ante Zuzul

Poland's Piotr Kantor and Bartosz Losiak claimed their first Beach Volleyball World Tour title for three

For all the latest news ➡️ https://t.co/KwbXbZNHyw☀️ #BeachVolleyball pic.twitter.com/AGkvpWXk1K— Beach

Volleyball World (@BeachVBWorld) May 30, 2021Christiaan Varenhorst and Steven van de Velde of The Netherlands

Last month marked the 10th anniversary since the Lee Valley White Water Centre officially opened to the general population, the only venue built for the London 2012 Olympics to have public use prior to the Games.

There is an area marked out for beach volleyball, along with a child’s play area as well."

strengthened their claim to one of the United States places at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as they won the Beach

Volleyball World Tour four-star event in Sochi this evening.

For all the latest news ➡️ https://t.co/KwbXbZNHyw☀️ #BeachVolleyball pic.twitter.com/CSOfIJkHt3— Beach

Volleyball World (@BeachVBWorld) May 29, 2021Sponcil and Claes had qualified for the final with a 23

Earlier today Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan progressed to their fourth consecutive semi-finals on the Beach

For all the latest news ➡️ https://t.co/KwbXbZNHyw pic.twitter.com/t9PqxTQVBb— Beach Volleyball World

We just want to play our best beach volleyball."So far we did and I hope we will continue tomorrow."

The men’s eighthfinal match-ups were set up at the Sochi four-star stop on the Beach Volleyball World

In what is the fifth of six International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) four-star events offering Olympic

Alvaro Filho of Brazil.The men’s eighthfinal match-ups were set up at the Sochi 4-star stop on the Beach

Volleyball World Tour after the second legs of the pool stage and the first elimination round took place

Russia could be stripped of next year's World Shooting Championships after the sport's global governing body reopened the bidding process for the event amid pressure from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

its 2021 World Championships in Moscow, despite the CAS decision.Russia is also due to host the FIFA Beach

Soccer World Cup this year, and the men's Volleyball World Championship in 2022.The country lost the

giantkillers Taina Bigi and Victoria Tosta to secure their place in the last 16 of the International Volleyball

Federation Beach Volleyball World Tour four-star event in Sochi.

standings in Pool D.Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo are setting their sights on a strong run at the Beach

Volleyball World Tour four-star event in Sochi after beating Pablo Herrera and Adrian Gavira ©Getty

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch looks set be carried off road in Sapporo next month if, as expected, COVID-19 state of emergency measures remain in force there beyond May 31.

 Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach in the prefecture is set to host the Olympic debut of surfing, while

 Paralympic events in goalball, wheelchair fencing, sitting volleyball and taekwondo are scheduled

speedy win with her partner Brooke Sweat to reach the main draw of the penultimate Tokyo 2020 ranking beach

volleyball tournament in Sochi.

matches, booking a spot in tomorrow's main draw.The Sochi tournament is the fifth of six International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour four-star events offering Olympic ranking points.The tournament

Dumbauskaite told Volleyball World."It’s actually our first normal season together."

Pairs from eight different countries claimed the eight women's vacancies in the main draw at the FIVB Beach

Volleyball World Tour event in Sochi ©FIVBThe last women’s match of the day saw Spain’s Amaranta Navarro

sixth Olympic appearance when she and partner Brooke Sweat contest the penultimate Tokyo 2020 ranking beach

volleyball tournament that starts in Sochi tomorrow.

The Sochi tournament is the fifth of six International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball

face a battle at the Olympic qualifier that starts in Sochi tomorrow to reclaim the second US men's beach

volleyball place at the Olympics ©Getty ImagesThe last remaining quota places per gender and continent

Virtual meetings have been held for organisers of World University Championships and University World Cups in 2022 and 2024.

currently scheduled for 2022 - in cross-country, ski orienteering, speed skating, sport climbing, golf, beach

volleyball, triathlon, orienteering, squash, futsal, modern pentathlon, rowing, canoeing, shooting,

Munich 2022 has unveiled "Back to the Roofs" as its slogan for next year's European Championships.

nbsp;The new motif featuring the nine sports that will form the European Championships - athletics, beach

volleyball, canoe sprint, cycling, gymnastics, rowing, sport climbing, tennis and triathlon - is a nod

Pacific Games Council (PGC) chief executive Andrew Minogue believes the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) can still host a successful Pacific Mini Games despite a challenging build-up.

the programme for the Games, boosting the number of sports to nine.Baseball, badminton, athletics, beach

volleyball, triathlon and golf were the existing six.Weightlifting had initially featured on the programme