World ParaVolley has honoured American referee Dan Apol with a posthumous recognition certificate.

at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, after suffering a brain aneurysm aged 44.Apol also officiated in beach

volleyball at the Rio 2016 Olympics, becoming the first sitting volleyball referee to be given this

honour.He is credited with being a key contributor to ParaVolley Beach and first became involved in volleyball

in 1987.In 2006, he became a volunteer coach of the American sitting volleyball teams, while his officiating

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has announced the dates and sports for the sixth edition of the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) in Thailand next year, including the introduction of teqball.

high aims to become a regular at multi-sport events.Teqball has already been part of the 2019 African Beach

Games and will be part of the 2020 Asian Beach Games in Chinese city Sanya in December.Thailand previously

taekwondo, indoor hockey, karate, esports, badminton, pencak silat, cheerleading, sambo, indoor rowing, volleyball

Petria Thomas, Australia's Chef de Mission for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, believes that 2022 will be a "stand-out year" for athletes from the country.

originally scheduled for next year have been moved to 2022, including World Championships in athletics, beach

volleyball and aquatics.This means they will take place in the same calendar year as Birmingham 2022

The Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) Zambia and the National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NCOZ) are celebrating 10 years since the opening of the centre, promoting development in the region.

activities such as the Teulings Youth Sports Challenge which engages hundreds of young talented athletes in beach

volleyball, swimming, hockey, netball and taekwondo will only resume once the nation is declared Covid

The OYDC Zambia, has over 19 sports disciplines namely; athletics, judo, boxing, volleyball, football

and a swimming pool also exist at the Centre, as well as courts for basketball, netball, tennis and volleyball

It has been an interesting couple of weeks for organisers of the Munich 2022 European Championships, the second edition of the multi-sport event.

Beach volleyball, sport climbing and table tennis are believed to be among the other sports potentially

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has extended its Olympic beach volleyball qualification

route has been extended to June 27.In a statement, the FIVB said they were the only changes to its beach

qualification deadlines after Tokyo 2020 was postponed ©Getty Images"We believe that these changes to the beach

 "With this announcement, we are giving beach volleyball players certainty of the roadmap for the

A total of 48 quotas are available in beach volleyball at Tokyo 2020, 17 per cent of which had been filled

before the COVID-19 pandemic hit.Both the men’s and women’s beach volleyball tournaments at Tokyo 2020

The European Canoe Association (ECA) has confirmed that canoe sprint will be added to the programme for the Munich 2022 European Championships.

increasing the number of sports.Canoe sprint could be one of up to four additions to the event, with beach

volleyball, sport climbing and table tennis also tipped to be added.Seven sports featured at the inaugural

Four new sports could potentially be added to the 2022 European Championships programme following the approval of organisers.

come in," Weikert said of the Glasgow-Berlin event.German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung reported that beach

volleyball, sport climbing and canoeing could be added, along with table tennis.Seven sports featured

Olympic beach volleyball silver medallist Marcio Araujo is recovering from COVID-19 after admitting he

Marcio Araujo and Fabio Magalhaes claimed silver in the men's beach volleyball event at Beijing 2008

Pacific Games Council President Vidhya Lakhan has warned the number of participants for the 2021 Pacific Mini Games could be "much lower" due to the coronavirus pandemic.

for the Games.Under the revised plan only six sports will feature - athletics, baseball, badminton, beach

volleyball, golf and triathlon.Swimming and weightlifting are among those to miss out, having initially

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has confirmed that next year's Beach Volleyball World

Italico, which hosted the 2019 edition on the Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals, will be the venue

We believe that rescheduling the 2021 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships was the best solution

 "Rome hosted a very successful FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2011, and we are extremely

 "We may have to wait a little longer now to crown our new beach volleyball world champions, but

The Beach Volleyball World Championships are usually held every two years, with Hamburg in Germany hosting

The Northern Mariana Islands are planning for the 2021 Pacific Mini Games to take place in May or June next year as originally planned, according to Pacific Games Council (PGC) President Vidhya Lakhan.

the first time.The Games were scaled down from 12 sports to six, with athletics, badminton, baseball, beach

volleyball, golf and triathlon set to be held.The PGC have been open to organisers adding further sports

As the International Olympic Committee and Tokyo 2020 work on the "huge jigsaw puzzle" following the postponement of the Olympic Games because of the coronavirus pandemic, Federations are dealing with the impact on their own calendars.

of 2021 to accommodate the Olympic Games shortly after the postponement was announced.International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) - Next year’s Beach Volleyball World Championships have been awarded to

Nostalgia is very much in vogue at the moment as much by necessity as desire.

taekwondo, Greco-Roman wrestling or artistic gymnastics, what the heck, they cheered anyway.And the women’s beach

volleyball on Bondi was a sight to behold.

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour has cancelled further events

event was scheduled for July 15 to 19 in Espinho.In a statement, the FIVB said: "All changes to the beach

volleyball calendar have been adapted following consistent monitoring of the global situation and in

Volleyball World Tour in July ©FIVBDue to the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to 2021, the FIVB

is working with the International Olympic Committee to adapt the beach volleyball qualification system

for the Games.As of March 16, the beach volleyball world ranking has been frozen indefinitely, a system