Judoka from the Czech Republic and Slovakia united for a joint training camp as coronavirus restrictions were eased.

The training camp lasted for a week and also included a beach volleyball match near the Vltava river.

The Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) reopened the Team Brazil Training Center following the coronavirus pandemic.

Pan American badminton champion Ygor Coelho, marathon swimmers Ana Marcela Cunha and Allan do Carmo, beach

volleyball duo Ágatha and Duda, diver Ingrid Oliveira and wrestler Giulia Penalber."

Next year’s Pacific Mini Games looks set to be postponed until December 2021 to avoid clashing with the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

last took place in Vanuatu in 2017, is due to feature six sports - athletics, badminton, baseball, beach

volleyball, golf, and triathlon.It was originally supposed to include 12 sports but was scaled down

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has claimed that preparations for the 2023 Pacific Games remain on course, despite the coronavirus crisis.

hosts of the Pacific Games in 2015, are helping build a new football academy, an outdoor futsal court, beach

soccer and volleyball facilities, an office complex and a 50-bed dormitory that will help provide athlete

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has added two Beach World Tour events to its calendar

competitions will be for men and women and will be one-star rated.Strandbad has hosted a number of high-level beach

volleyball events over the past decade, while the Lithuanian event will replace a World Tour competition

mark the return of international competition to Vilnius after the reopening of a fully refurbished Beach

Volleyball Centre last month.Another change to the calendar sees the two-star women's event in Larnaca

 In June, the FIVB confirmed that there are no plans to stage any top-tier Beach World Tour events

The European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) has confirmed that the 2020 edition of the European Beach

Volleyball Championship, otherwise known as EuroBeachVolley, will be scheduled to take place in the

in Jūrmala, seen as a popular destination with tourists and beach volleyball players.The city also held

 "We are delighted that we can offer to our top European beach volleyball athletes a unique platform

Volleyball Championship ©FIVBIt also announced that the Under-22 Beach Volleyball Championship will

to held in Vlissingen in The Netherlands, but the Dutch Volleyball Federation withdrew in light of local

restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.Izmir will also host the Under-18 Beach Volleyball European

International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) President Ary Graça said the governing body is taking steps

to ensure that safety comes first when beach volleyball returns.

In a video, Graça also highlighted the adaptation of the beach volleyball Olympic qualification system

is scheduled to return in September ©Getty ImagesGraça said: "Like all sports, beach volleyball has

With our athletes in mind, we have also taken the strong decision to move next year's Beach Volleyball

Beach volleyball holds a special place in my heart and like many of you, I'm missing it dearly, but I

When beach volleyball returns, there is no doubt that it will once again charm us all with its inspiring

The Netherlands is scheduled to host the first International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) competition

in the country since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic when the "King of the Court" beach volleyball

played from September 9 to 12 on the Jaarbeursplein in the city of Utrecht, the best men's and women's beach

volleyball teams of the world will compete for the first time since March.The FIVB and the Dutch Volleyball

The project presents beach volleyball in a completely different format, and I believe it has great potential

The last international beach volleyball event played on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour was in early

two and 10 people.The King of the Court has existed since 2017 and differentiates itself from most beach

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has confirmed that four FIVB World Tour events are scheduled

July 30 when the one-star event in the Slovenian capital takes place until August 2 with the European Volleyball

system will also be made in the coming weeks.FIVB had previously announced that a top tier, five-star Beach

When the International Olympic Committee (IOC) revealed that 20 of the 27 Olympic International Federations (IFs) had requested changes to the Paris 2024 event programme, the task was a simple one. Try to determine who has asked for what.

seeking new events for Paris 2024.Unsurprisingly the larger team sports such as football, hockey and volleyball

event.As previously reported by insidethegames the International Handball Federation has put forward beach

For instance, the beach handball proposal would reportedly have added 128 athletes.It seems likely some

Beach volleyball, canoe sprint, sport climbing and table tennis have been added to the Munich 2022 European

It is truly great news for our beach volleyball family that we have reached an agreement for Beach Volleyball

Germany has been a major beach volleyball force for many years, making history through their top teams

entertaining and dynamic sport, inspiring the next generation of players and rising the popularity of beach

volleyball to unprecedented heights."

Beach volleyball is one of four sports to be added to the programme ©Getty ImagesTable tennis was considered

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has confirmed there are no plans to stage any top-tier

Beach World Tour events earlier than the second half of October due to the coronavirus pandemic.

major in Gstaad in Switzerland was among the events cancelled by the FIVB earlier this year.The FIVB Beach

Volleyball World Tour has been suspended since mid-March ©Getty Images"The FIVB is working tirelessly

to ensure the safe return of beach volleyball events, and will launch the application process for the

The Beach World Tour has been on hold since mid-March due to the coronavirus crisis.There have been at

As the world of sport ponders on how best to return to action when the coronavirus crisis allows, there is a common requirement - maintaining the safety and health of participants and spectators.  But how to go about it? When to return? And with what changes, temporary or long-term?

perhaps, a virtual Presidential election.Fewer, but more meaningful competitionsFor the International Volleyball

and protection measures for all events, and the FIVB is working to establish a set of guidelines for volleyball

and beach volleyball events."

prior to this situation in December 2019, the FIVB Board of Administration approved plans for our next volleyball

The FIVB is working on safety guidelines for future volleyball and beach volleyball competitions ©Getty

American beach volleyball player Jake Gibb has delayed retirement to try and play in his fourth Olympic

caused the suspension of sport, the duo had earned top-10 finishes in 10 of their last 12 International Volleyball

 "I feel great, but I miss playing volleyball.

 "I really like just playing volleyball.

2012 and was 19th in Rio 2016 with Casey Patterson.If he does qualify, Gibb will become the oldest beach

volleyball player to ever compete at the Olympics.

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has announced the Athletes’ Relief Support Fund to give

FIVB says the fund is aimed primarily at those unable to afford basic necessitates at present, with volleyball-related

where an athlete resides, apply.FIVB President Ary Graça said that players were "the heart and soul of volleyball

Like most sports, volleyball has been hit hard by the pandemic, with the global calendar coming to almost

standstill and numerous marquee events either postponed or cancelled.The FIVB has axed this year's Volleyball

Nations League over the deadly virus, while next year's Beach Volleyball World Championships will instead