Malaysia - January 2022Malaysia's Chef de Mission for Birmingham 2022 is a rugby man, and clearly remembers his country going up against the might of New Zealand at their home Kuala Lumpur 1998 Commonwealth Games.

, badminton, cycling, gymnastics, judo, lawn bowls, squash, triathlon, table tennis, weightlifting, beach

volleyball, hockey and rugby sevens.Preparations, as in the rest of the world, have been impacted by

The Gambia - June 2022The Gambia has only won a solitary bronze medal in its Commonwealth Games history but will travel to Birmingham 2022 with Africa's fastest woman.

including seven in track and field.The country has also selected two judoka, two swimmers, two boxers, a beach

volleyball duo and a powerlifter.Sainey Jawo and Mbye Babou Jarra, the beach volleyball team, will travel

Our beach volleyball team are African champions during the qualification for Birmingham 2022," said Jammeh

the Queen's Baton Relay for Birmingham 2022 included a cruise down the river and a stop at the Banjul Beach

Seychelles - October 2021As 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."

Rwanda - June 2022Sport can be used as a way to mend broken bridges and in Rwanda they certainly hope that is true.

 Mugisha will lead a team of 17 athletes to Birmingham 2022, in athletics, beach volleyball, cycling

than in any other African nation".It wants to be among the "top three African countries in basketball, volleyball

Mozambique - March 2022When Mozambique joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1995, it became the first country in the club not to have a constitutional link to Britain or any other member.

athletes to Birmingham 2022 in athletics, swimming, judo, boxing and triathlon, while qualification in beach

volleyball remains ongoing.This will be a smaller team than the 26 athletes who competed at Gold Coast

Kenya - July 2022Kenya has long dominated distance running at the Commonwealth Games but will arrive at Birmingham 2022 with a point to prove.

gold.Kenya will send 127 athletes to Birmingham in all, and will also compete in 3x3 basketball, badminton, beach

volleyball, boxing, cycling, hockey, judo, lawn bowls, powerlifting, rugby sevens, squash, swimming,

Ghana - June 2022Ghana is poised to take a record-breaking contingent to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Ninety-seven athletes are due to represent the African nation, in athletics, badminton, beach volleyball

Boxing and other sports, they train at the beach," he said."

Saint Kitts and Nevis - November 2021Saint Kitts and Nevis is hoping that the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will be the perfect showcase for the country's young athletes.

volleyball and table tennis.The country has sent three athletes to the ongoing Junior Pan American Games

We do not have a proper indoor facility so we focus on beach handball," he said.

 "For the past several months we couldn't play because we lost the beach to a tropical storm.

thing, to get the beach back the way it was.

Every year we lose beach when we have hurricanes."

The European University Sports Association (EUSA) has received interest from 12 of its members in potentially bidding for the 2026 European Universities Games (EUG).

programme will have 13 compulsory sports for men and women - badminton, basketball, 3x3 basketball, beach

handball, beach volleyball, football, futsal, handball, karate, rowing, table tennis, tennis and volleyball.There

The Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games Organising Committee has confirmed its sailing venue, the Zhejiang Ocean Sports Center, has been completed.

host events outside the main hub of Hangzhou.The city is 140 kilometres away from Hangzhou itself and beach

volleyball will also be hosted there.Zhejiang Ocean Sports Center (Asian Sailing Center), the venue

This year's European Universities Games in Belgrade have been postponed indefinitely because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

sports are due to be on the programme for the Games.These are badminton, basketball, 3x3 basketball, beach

handball, beach volleyball, chess, football, futsal, handball, judo, karate, kickboxing, orienteering

, rowing, rugby sevens, table tennis, taekwondo, volleyball and water polo.Para-table tennis is also

on the programme, as is sitting volleyball as a demonstration sport."

A documentary has been created to track the progress of 13 German athletes from nine sports on the road to the 2022 European Championships in Munich.

Lita Baehre, BMX freestyle rider Lara Lessmann, canoeist Max Lemke, track cyclist Gudrun Stock and beach

volleyball players Julius Thole and Clemens Wickler have also been selected as part of the Class of

A total of 27 National Olympic Committees (NOC) have entered players in esports categories for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games, with it set to make its medal sport debut at the Games in the Chinese city.

The number of NOCs interested in competing in football, basketball, 3x3 basketball, beach volleyball

International broadcaster Arena Channels Group has been confirmed as the official media partner for the European University Sports Association (EUSA) 2021 European Universities Games in Belgrade in Serbia.

14 to 17 and will involve 21 different disciplines.These are badminton, basketball, 3x3 basketball, beach

handball, beach volleyball, chess, football, futsal, handball, judo, karate, kickboxing, orienteering

, rowing, rugby sevens, table tennis, taekwondo, volleyball and water polo.Para-table tennis is also

on the programme, as is sitting volleyball as a demonstration sport.

Organisers of the 2022 multi-sport European Championships in Munich believe their event can help mark the end of the pandemic's blight on sport.

European Championships - following the inaugural edition in Berlin and Glasgow in 2018 - in athletics, beach

volleyball, canoe racing, sport climbing, cycling, rowing, table tennis, triathlon and gymnastics."