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Russia omitted from Paris 2024 volleyball qualification, yet still confident of reaching Olympics

  • Volleyball

Sports authorities in Russia have insisted that they remain optimistic that the country's volleyball

Russia and Belarus have been suspended from international competitions by the International Volleyball

with priority given to continents yet to have a qualified team.Each of the teams invited to compete in volleyball

December.However, with qualification tournaments set to begin in September next year, the All-Russian Volleyball

The qualifying tournament will lose a lot, because our volleyball teams are consistently at the top of

criticised the "unfair and painful decision" to strip Russia of hosting rights for this year's Men's Volleyball


Youth Day celebrated by Oman Olympic Committee

  • OCA

The Oman Olympic Committee (OOC) has held a sports day to celebrate Omani Youth Day, which is held every year on October 26.

basketball.Powerlifting was part of the Youth Day too ©Oman Olympic CommitteeFootball, handball, beach volleyball


Bossa put in charge of Barranquilla 2027 Pan American Games

  • Pan American Games 2027

Rodolfo Bossa has been put in charge of managing the Barranquilla 2027 Pan American Games by the Colombian Government.

event in five years' time.Bossa is a lawyer from Cartagena who spent 10 years as head of the Bolivar Volleyball

I have had links in the sports sector, since I was president of the Bolívar Volleyball League for more

and President of the Federation of Sports Leagues of Bolívar and a member of the South American Beach Volleyball



Olympic volleyball champion Wójtowicz dies at 69 from pancreatic cancer

  • Volleyball

Tomasz Wójtowicz, regarded as one of the greatest-ever volleyball players, has died at the age of 69

Championships during his career too.At club level, he helped Italian side Santal Parma win the European Volleyball

finishing runners-up a year later.In 2002, he became the first Polish player to be inducted into the Volleyball


Paris 2024 Olympic Games preview show launches in France

  • Paris 2024

Double Olympic judo gold medallist Clarisse Agbegnenou discussed the twin challenges of Paris 2024 and the arrival of baby daughter Athéna in June in the first episode of Mon Paris Olympique, Warner Brothers Discovery Sports' major preview series for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

 These are set to include Tokyo 2020 volleyball gold medallist Earvin Ngapeth, Rio 2016 lightweight


Malaga named as host of European Universities Beach Sports Championships 2023

  • Universiade

Malaga has been selected as the host of next year’s European Universities Beach Sports Championships.

Two sports are due to form the competition, with beach volleyball set to take place between September

programme.EUSA delegates next visited the Municipality of Rincon de la Victoria to see where the beach volleyball

met with Antonio Fernandez, a representative of the Mayor of Town Hall of Rincon de la Victoria.Beach volleyball

the venue site and accommodations were staged alongside discussing details of organising the beach volleyball



FIVB President meets Bulgarian President to discuss volleyball development

  • Volleyball

International Volleyball Federation President (FIVB) Ary da Silva Graça Filho met with Bulgarian President

The meeting coincided with the "100 years of volleyball in Bulgaria" event and was also attended by Bulgarian

Volleyball Federation President Lubomir Ganev and European Volleyball Confederation President Aleksandar

great pleasure today to meet the State President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev and discuss how we can move volleyball

The FIVB fully supports the Bulgarian Volleyball Federation under the leadership of Lubomir Ganev and

There are many golden moments in the century-old history of volleyball in Bulgaria."


Yekaterinburg's 2023 International University Sports Festival to attract 250,000 spectators

  • Universiade

The International University Sports Festival due to take place next year in Yekaterinburg is expected to attract up to 250,000 spectators, organisers in Sverdlovsk maintain.

The festival is expected to involve 15 sports: badminton, 3x3 basketball, boxing, volleyball, judo, futsal

, table tennis, swimming, beach volleyball, beach football, diving, sambo, wrestling, tennis and taekwondo.A


FIVB World Cup in Japan named as first Paris 2024 volleyball qualifier

  • Volleyball

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has predicted that the 2023 World Cup event in Japan,

Japan has a long and successful history of hosting major international volleyball events and is well

association with our sport, so for Japan to host one of the Olympic qualification events is an honour," Volleyball

season and I feel that they have ability to compete equally with the top teams of the world," Japan Volleyball

Tokyo was the venue when volleyball was first included  on the Olympic programme in 1964.


Rio 2016 gold medallist Walkenhorst confirms Paris 2024 withdrawal

  • Paris 2024

Olympic champion Kira Walkenhorst will not compete at the Paris 2024 Games as she wants to put her family life first and support her wife.

Despite confirming her withdrawal from the event, the German beach volleyball player still wants to compete

indoor star Louisa Lippmann of Germany in a bid to represent the country in the French capital.Beach volleyball



Wingfoil replaces kitefoil at 2023 ANOC World Beach Games

  • ANOC World Beach Games

The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) has added the wingfoil sailing discipline to replace kitefoil on the programme for next year's World Beach Games in Bali.

water swimming over five kilometres, aquathlon, beach handball, beach soccer, beach tennis, 4x4 beach volleyball