The Organising Committee of the 2022 Pacific Mini Games in the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) has requested budget details from each of the six participating sports.

Athletics, baseball, beach volleyball, triathlon, badminton, and golf are set to feature at the Mini

Recent developments in the never-ending fallout to the Russian doping scandal have done little to dispel the theory that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) verdict was a punishment in name only.

Russia is still due to host World Championships in volleyball and shooting next year, while Moscow is

also scheduled to stage the 2021 Beach Soccer World Cup.It is feasible the UWW may be the only organisation

favourites Cherif Younousse Samba and Ahmed Tijan lived up to their billing tonight as they won the Doha Beach

Volleyball Cup.

Yves Haussener 21-15, 21-19 in the final of the one-star competition that has got the International Volleyball

Federation Beach Volleyball World Tour underway in 2021.The Swiss pairing had reached the final earlier

21-12.Switzerland's Quentin Mitral and his playing partner Yves Haussener earned silver in the Doha Beach

Volleyball Cup, losing to Qatar's Cherif and Ahmed ©Getty ImagesThe home pair, who were undefeated throughout

Home favourites Cherif Younousse Samba and Ahmed Tijan maintained their winning run at the Doha Beach

Volleyball Cup as they earned a place in the semi-finals.

ranked pairing a place in the last four of the one-star competition that is getting the International Volleyball

Federation Beach Volleyball World Tour underway in 2021.Standing in the way of a final appearance for

quarter final.Turkey’s Murat Giginoglu and Volkan Gogtepe are through to the semi-finals of the Doha Beach

Volleyball Cup ©Getty ImagesOn the other side of the draw, Turkey’s Murat Giginoglu and Volkan Gogtepe

Rwanda entered athletes in athletics, beach volleyball, cycling and powerlifting in Australia but their

At Gold Coast 2018, Sierra Leone sent a 24-strong team competing in athletics, beach volleyball, boxing

At Gold Coast 2018, Saint Kitts and Nevis sent a team of seven athletes who competed in athletics, beach

volleyball and table tennis.

There was also success for Linline Matauatu and Miller Pata who secured bronze in the women’s beach volleyball

Home favourites Cherif Younousse Samba and Ahmed Tijan have made a strong start to the Doha Beach Volleyball

Cup, the one-star competition that is getting the International Volleyball Federation Beach Volleyball

Pavel Shustrov 21-14, 21-17.Three other pairings have secured quarter-final places at the Al Gharrafa Beach

Grevemberg and Sydney 2000 Olympic beach volleyball gold medallist Natalie Cook attended the

Bavaria's State Minister of the Interior, for Sport and Integration, Joachim Herrmann, has expressed hope the 2022 European Championships in Munich can mark a return to sport in full bloom.

, cycling, gymnastics, rowing and triathlon will feature at consecutive editions of the event, with beach

volleyball, canoe sprint, sport climbing and table tennis joining the programme.Facilities at the Olympic

Egypt and the United States progressed through the qualifying round to reach the main draw of the Doha Beach

Volleyball Cup.

 Qatar’s Cherif Younousse Samba and Ahmed Tijan are considered the favourites for the Doha Beach

Volleyball CupThe final team to make it through to the main draw comprised Travis Mewhirter and Adam

 The Doha Beach Volleyball Cup is a one-star International Volleyball Federation World Tour event

The Philippines has targeted improvement at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou after confirming the sports the country hopes to compete in.  

enter in Hangzhou include aquatics, archery, athletics, baseball/softball, basketball, 3x3 basketball, beach

volleyball, boxing, breaking, bridge, canoeing, chess and cycling.Yuka Saso won two gold medals for

are also on the list, as well as skateboarding, sport climbing, squash, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, volleyball

The first International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event of 2021 is set to get underway

A total of 24 teams from 14 countries will compete in the Doha Beach Volleyball Cup, a one-star FIVB

 Eleven of the teams in the Doha Beach Volleyball Cup are ranked on the FIVB World Tour list.Qatar

’s Cherif Younousse Samba and Ahmed Tijan headline the Doha Beach Volleyball Cup ©Getty ImagesThey are

 Following the conclusion of the Doha Beach Volleyball Cup, a men and women's four-star FIVB World

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has risked possible sanctions from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after confirming its World Championships this year would remain in Moscow.

Russia is also due to host the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup this year, and World Championships in shooting

and volleyball in 2022.The country lost the hosting rights for the 2022 World Wrestling Championships

The European University Sports Association (EUSA) has held an annual awards ceremony online with the aim of recognising and celebrating the achievements and contributions of individuals, universities and associations in European university sport.

participants present across the 2019 EUSA Championships.Technion Israel Institute of Technology’s men’s beach

volleyball team were awarded the annual Enno Harms Fair Play award.The award recognises a fair play

the rest.The team were commended for their actions in assisting both teams and organisers at the EUSA Beach

Volleyball Championships after they were ruled out due to a team member getting injured in training

The Eiffel Tower is set to receive a golden look by the conclusion of this year, with the Parisian landmark undergoing renovation work ahead of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

reportedly cost €50 million (£44 million/$60 million).The Eiffel Tower is expected to be the backdrop to beach

volleyball events during the Games, as well as triathlon and open water swimming.Anne Hidalgo, the Mayor

Construction of the beach volleyball venue for the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou is progressing smoothly

The beach volleyball venue is located in the Donghai Banbianshan tourist resort of Ningbo, a port city

, and Volleyball Nations League matches.The city is also set to host sailing during Hangzhou 2022 and

for the Games, with the others being Jinhua, Wenzhou and Chun.Hangzhou 2022 will be the seventh time beach

volleyball features at the Asian Games, with the sport first appearing at Bangkok 1998.The beach volleyball

 The remaining four beach volleyball gold medals in Asian Games history have gone to Japan, Kazakhstan