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Discussions on 2021 World Beach Games set to headline ANOC Executive Council meeting

  • ANOC News

Discussions on the host of the 2021 Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games

meeting.ANOC secretary general Gunilla Lindberg said in October the body could award the 2021 World Beach

host of the event.The ruling Executive Council is also set to hold a debrief on the inaugural World Beach

2019 included 3x3 basketball, kitefoil racing, open water swimming, aquathlon, karate individual kata, beach

wrestling and beach tennis.Beach soccer, beach handball, beach volleyball, bouldering, skateboarding

wakeboard also featured.ANOC is thought to be open to changes to the programme at the second World Beach


EUSA report "big interest" in European Universities Games in Belgrade

  • Universiade

The organisers of this year's European Universities Games in Belgrade say there has been "big interest" in the event, with the first round of registrations closing tomorrow.

Opening and Closing Ceremonies.The sports on the programme are badminton, 3x3 basketball, basketball, beach

handball, beach volleyball, chess, football, futsal, handball, judo, Para-judo, karate, kickboxing,

orienteering, rowing, table tennis, Para-table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball and water polo.


Birmingham 2022 chief says construction projects and final venue plans among key tasks this year

  • Birmingham 2022

Birmingham 2022 are expecting a busy year, with major construction projects, the finalisation of venues and development of their cultural programme.

confidence in the schedule for the major construction projects, while confirmation of venues for the beach

volleyball and 3x3 basketball competitions is expected early this year.The CGF and Birmingham 2022 will


ICC Women's T20 World Cup trophy tour launches at Bondi Beach

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The trophy tour for the 2020 International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's T20 World Cup was officially launched in Sydney today.

The iconic golden sands of Bondi Beach transformed into a cricket field, as the final countdown began

joined by fellow trailblazing women, including basketballer Liz Cambage and Olympic gold medal-winning beach

volleyball player Kerri Pottharst.Also present were actresses Sharon Johal and Juliana King, who star

The @Nissan_Aus Navara DJ Deck had fans boogying at Bondi Beach for the launch of the ICC Women's T20


FIVB to showcase snow volleyball at Lausanne 2020

  • Lausanne 2020

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) will showcase snow volleyball during the Lausanne 2020

A two-day snow volleyball festival will take place on January 18 and 19 at the Place de l’Europe in the

the mountains to the beach.

is a perfect stage to get the next generation of Swiss residents excited about volleyball.”The snow volleyball

Giba and Vladimir Grbic, as well as two-time silver Olympic medallist Elizaveta Bracht-Tishchenko and beach

volleyball Olympic champion Julius Brink.The athletes will also offer snow volleyball masterclasses


Commonwealth Games Federation President reviews "exciting" 2019

  • Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Dame Louise Martin has described 2019 as "exciting" in her end-of-year review.

Attention was also on the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, with women's T20 cricket, beach volleyball


Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee launch Beach Games

  • ONOC

Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee secretary general Owen Lewis hopes the country's Beach

The competition, featuring 3x3 basketball, beach volleyball, beach touch rugby and beach handball, is

due to start on Monday (January 6) and last until the following Saturday (January 11) at the Beach Courts

 The Beach Games organised by Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee will feature four

The beach touch competition will be held first, followed by beach handball.Following that, the beach

volleyball competition will then be held, with the 3x3 basketball held concurrently at the National Tennis


Discovery Networks Denmark and DR split up country's Tokyo 2020 sports coverage

  • Tokyo 2020

Danish public-service broadcaster DR and Discovery Networks Denmark have divided up their television coverage for next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.

athletics, badminton, gymnastics and women’s football.Boxing, canoeing, handball, sailing, triathlon and volleyball

surfing, which is making its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, along with basketball and basketball 3x3, beach

volleyball, golf, hockey and rugby sevens.Discovery can broadcast all disciplines live on its subscription


Dukurs and Sevastova take awards as Latvia's athletes of the year

  • EOC

Skeleton competitor Martins Dukurs and tennis player Anastasija Sevastova have been voted as Latvia’s respective men’s and women’s Athlete of the Year at the annual ceremony in Riga broadcast live on Latvian television.

won athlete of the year in the technical sports category having claimed his fourth world title.Beach volleyball

best team in the individual sports category.They were also named most improved at the International Volleyball

Federation World Tour Beach Volleyball Awards.Latvia’s men's handball team was named team of the year


Turin to host 2020 Volleyball Nations League men's finals

  • Volleyball

Turin will host the 2020 Volleyball Nations League (VNL) men's finals, it has been announced.

Italy is a country with a strong tradition in volleyball, and I am happy to see that this tradition is

the wonderful finals of the World Beach Volleyball Tour in Rome earlier this year, it is clear that

a growing number of volleyball fans in Italy are eager to attend live competitions."

The Italian Volleyball Federation is pleased to know that the VNL 2020 men's finals will be played in

Turin, as the FIVB informed us today," said Pietro Bruno Cattaneo, the Italian Volleyball Federation


Liam Morgan: Sports bodies should refuse to host events in Russia, regardless of WADA decision

  • Inside the Blogs

The decision from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Russia has caused a headache for International Federations (IFs) across the Olympic Movement and beyond.

state-controlled doping scheme was at its peak.Granted it may be easier for the IBSF than the International Volleyball

or where the country has indicated an interest to bid/entered a bid for a major event:International Volleyball

FIFA (Russia hosting 2021 Beach Soccer World Cup): "FIFA has taken note of the decision taken by WADA


Best male and female athletes to be crowned at inaugural Panam Sports Awards

  • PASO

Best male and female athletes are set to be named at the inaugural Panam Sports Awards here tomorrow (December 13).

100 and 200m at the World Championships in Doha ©Getty ImagesArgentina’s basketball team and Chile’s beach

volleyball duo Marco and Esteban Grimalt complete the contenders following successful years.The women


Pompey elected Panam Sports Athlete Commission President

  • PASO

Guyana’s Aliann Pompey has been elected as President of the Panam Sports Athlete Commission, it has been announced here today.

 The Commission includes Brazilian sailor Isabel Swan, Canadian beach volleyball player Melissa


Yekaterinburg to host inaugural Combat Sports World University Championship in 2022

  • Universiade

The Russian city of Yekaterinburg will host the inaugural Combat Sports World University Championship in 2022.

Universiade beach volleyball will be hosted by Lake Placid ©FISUBridge and chess have already been grouped

United States, expected to hold Winter Universiade in 2023, was attributed two Championships in 2022, beach

volleyball and speed skating.

popular ones like rowing and handball, but also sports that are growing rapidly in popularity, like beach

volleyball and waterski and wakeboard."


Registration opens for European Universities Games 2020 in Belgrade

  • Universiade

The European University Sports Association (EUSA) announced registration is open for the European Universities Games 2020 in the Serbian capital Belgrade.

to 25.A group of 19 sports are set to be contested, including badminton, basketball, 3x3 basketbal, beach

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

, rowing, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball and water polo.Competition will also take place