When Mozambique joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1995, it became the first country in the club not to have a constitutional link to Britain or any other member.

to Birmingham 2022 in athletics, swimming, judo, boxing and triathlon, while qualification in beach volleyball

Brazilian duo Rebecca Cavalcanti and Talita Antunes are heading to the inaugural World Volleyball Beach

during their seven-month association where they finished fifth at the final event on the International Volleyball

Schweiner will be making their Beach Pro Tour debut to follow up on their appearance in the FIVB Beach Volleyball

Yekaterinburg is continuing preparations for staging next year's International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer World University Games through the renovation of Palace of Sporting Games, despite the increasing likelihood that Russia will be stripped of hosting rights.

cancelled.The Palace of Sporting Games had been intended to host matches at this year's International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Volleyball Men's World Championship, but Russia has also been stripped of hosting

Changes are aplenty on Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation's (NOC*NSF) Athletes' Committee, with five members including chair Hinkelien Schreuder departing and Inge Janssen taking over as head of the body.

2022 women's skeleton bronze medallist Kimberley Bos, 400m running specialist Marit Dopheide, beach volleyball

The Munich 2022 European Championships Board has decided to not allow the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials at their events. 

participating federations.The participating federations are European Athletics, Confédération Européenne de Volleyball

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has confirmed Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials will not participate in the organisation’s events and activities until at least the end of 2022.

finished second on the overall medals table at Naples 2019 with 22 gold medals, including in the women's volleyball

ParaVolley has banned Russian teams - including the current women's world champions - from its sitting volleyball

More than 100 Australian athletes are set to receive a slice of AUD1.485 million (£830,000/$1.1 million/€990,000) in a bid to boost medal hopes for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

2020 was Australia’s best since Athens 2004 when it achieved 17 golds, 16 silvers and 17 bronzes.Beach volleyball

Mariafe Artacho del Solar, who claimed women's beach volleyball silver along side Taliqua Clancy at Tokyo

To be at the top level in beach volleyball we need to compete internationally - there's so much involved

The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) 2022 World Games, scheduled to take place in Sochi from October 2 to 9, has been withdrawn following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Para volleyball has been included by IWAS in the provisional programme for the 2022 World Games ©Getty

Iran is set to field a women’s volleyball team at the Asian Games for the first time in 48 years at Hangzhou

Our strategy is to have a special look at women’s volleyball," Davarzani told the Tehran Times.A woman

holds up a banner during a men's volleyball match at Rio 2016 in protest of Iran's exclusion of female

fans ©Getty Images"Fifteen years ago, we started the support of our men’s volleyball team and moved

To achieve our goals in women's volleyball, we planned to use the experiences of good coaches in the

The women’s volleyball competition is due to run from September 8 to 16, with the men’s event set to

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has set a deadline of March 14 for bids to host the 2022

FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship to be submitted.

Volleyball World expects substantial interest for this opportunity to host the best men’s volleyball

National Federations and potential host nation(s) are invited to submit their bid to host the FIVB Volleyball

competition in Russia due to the war in Ukraine.The FIVB has said that is will be "impossible" to host the Volleyball

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has given prizes to three outstanding women in their respective fields as part of the 2022 International Women's Day Awards.

the country joined the IPC.As the secretary general of the NPC Zimbabwe, she has introduced sitting volleyball

Leaders of the Organising Committee for the 2025 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer World University Games in Rhine-Ruhr visited the FISU office in Lausanne.

 A total of 18 sports are expected to be contested, including 15 core sports.Beach volleyball, rowing

The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games may be scheduled for the English summer, but that doesn't mean the athletes will be competing in hot weather.

We do have some facilities available, but it's mainly indoor for basketball and volleyball, those being

Queensland has launched the most ambitious sports talent identification programme in Australia’s history looking ahead to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Olympic gold medallist Natalie Cook, who won gold in partnership with Kerri Pottharst in women's beach volleyball

at the 2000 Sydney Games, mandurahmail.com.au reports.Natalie Cook, beach volleyball gold medallist