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Birmingham 2022 beach volleyball could take place in city centre as organisers seek "iconic" location

  • Birmingham 2022

Victoria Square in Birmingham's city centre has featured in discussions of possible locations for the beach

volleyball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, with organisers seeking an "iconic" venue for the sport.

Beach volleyball was confirmed on Tuesday (August 13) as one of 19 sports which will be contested at

For beach volleyball, we have the pick of so many iconic venues," she told insidethegames.

Victoria Square has been considered, although other options are now being looked at for the beach volleyball

Beach volleyball is perhaps not as big here as in some other countries, but this gives it a platform,

The one decision we have to make is on beach volleyball and it is right we take time to make that decision


Historic inclusion of more women's medal events than men's at Birmingham 2022 not planned, claim CGF

  • Birmingham 2022

The inclusion of more women's medal events than men's at the 2022 Commonwealth Games happened by accident and was not a focus in selecting sports for the event, according to Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Dame Louise Martin.

Women's cricket, beach volleyball and Para table tennis were yesterday announced as events for the 2022

Women's Twenty20 cricket will makes its Commonwealth Games debut in 2022, while beach volleyball and


Birmingham 2022 "very hopeful" Indian boycott of Commonwealth Games can be avoided

  • Birmingham 2022

Organisers of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham claim they remain "very hopeful" that a boycott by India over the exclusion of shooting from the sports programme can be avoided.

be absent in three years' time.Grevemberg claimed the exclusion of shooting, with women's cricket, beach

volleyball and Para table tennis coming in, is part of the "evolution" of the Commonwealth Games programme


Women's cricket, beach volleyball and Para table tennis confirmed as events at Birmingham 2022

  • Birmingham 2022

Women's Twenty20 cricket, beach volleyball and Para table tennis have all been added to the programme

I would like to congratulate and formally welcome women’s T20 cricket, beach Volleyball and Para table

Women’s T20 cricket, beach volleyball and para table tennis have been added to our sports programme!

Graça expressed his satisfaction at beach volleyball appearing at Birmingham 2022.

 "We are honoured that beach volleyball has once again been selected for the Commonwealth Games

As a sports leader in gender equality, we are extremely proud to bring the fantastic atmosphere of beach


Nine-times Pan American Games gold medallist Longoria elected to Panam Sports Athlete Commission

  • Lima 2019

Nine-times Pan American Games racquetball gold medallist Paola Longoria of Mexico has been elected to the Panam Sports Athlete Commission alongside four others.

 Joining Longoria is Canada's Melissa Humana-Paredes, the current beach volleyball world champion.Tony

 The new members will now have an eight-year term on the Commission.Beach volleyball world champion



Olympic construction worker's death renews Tokyo 2020 heat fears

  • Tokyo 2020

Fears for the welfare of athletes at Tokyo 2020 have increased after a construction worker was reported to have collapsed and died from heatstroke while working at a construction site for next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games.

materials that are expected to suppress temperature rises by as much as eight degrees celsius.At the recent beach

volleyball test event in Tokyo, misting sprays and air-conditioned tents were among features trialled



Second Tokyo 2020 Olympic ticket lottery begins for residents of Japan

  • Tokyo 2020

Tokyo 2020's second-chance lottery for residents of Japan hoping to buy Olympic tickets has officially opened today.

due by September 24.The sports with sessions available are athletics, baseball/softball, basketball, beach

volleyball, canoe sprint, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, football, golf, gymnastics, handball

, hockey, modern pentathlon, mountain bike, rowing, rugby sevens, taekwondo, volleyball, water polo,


Attention turns to snow for Tokyo 2020 air-conditioning as heat-related death toll rises in Japan

  • Tokyo 2020

A demonstration of an air-conditioning system using snow has been launched in front of Saitama Stadium, one of the football venues for next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.

with the women’s event on August 2 and men’s on August 9 - the last day of competition.At last month's beach

volleyball test event in Tokyo, misting sprays and air-conditioned tents were among features trialled


Start time of Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games marathons brought forward to combat heat

  • Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

The start times of the marathons at next year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo have been brought forward by half an hour owing to the expected high temperatures in the Japanese capital.

that are expected to suppress temperature rises by as much as eight degrees centigrade.At the recent beach

volleyball test event in Tokyo, misting sprays and air-conditioned tents were among features trialled


Mol and Sørum win seventh FIVB Beach World Tour title in Vienna

  • Volleyball

Christian Sørum followed up their Tokyo Open victory from last weekend by clinching the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour title on Danube Island in Vienna.

Open glory puts Mol and Sørum second on the list of most wins in a single season on the men's FIVB Beach

21-17, 17-21, 15-11.Canadians Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes won the women's International Volleyball

Federation Beach World Tour event in Vienna ©FIVBCanada's world champions Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes

win represented a first ever gold medal triumph for Canada against Brazilian opposition on the FIVB Beach


Exclusive: Surfing set for San Diego stay following ANOC Beach Games relocation to Doha

  • Qatar 2019

Diego could yet host competition as part of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach

The inaugural ANOC World Beach Games was stripped from San Diego in June after Californian organisers

It will a World Beach Games surfing in San Diego."

director Robert Fasulo at Lima 2019 surfing competition where the sport's participation in the World Beach

I was one of the initial founders of the idea of the Beach Games along with Hein Verbruggen in the past

sports.Basketball, football, handball, karate, sailing, skateboarding, sport climbing, swimming, tennis, triathlon, volleyball



Three Brazilian teams through to women's semi-finals at FIVB Beach World Tour event in Vienna

  • Volleyball

teams booked their place in the women’s semi-finals as action continued today at the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event on Danube Island in Vienna.

have reached the last four of a World Tour tournament.All four teams had to win twice today at the Beach

Volleyball Major Series event, with Salgado and Antonelli beating the Netherlands’ Joy Stubbe and Marleen