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Olympic champions in karate and water polo recognised by Serbian NOC

  • EOC

Karate star Jovana Preković and water polo player Filip Filipović scooped the top individual prizes at the Olympic Committee of Serbia's (OCS) end-of-year awards ceremony.

The most successful women's team prize went to the volleyball side who claimed bronze at the Olympics



Munich’s Olympic Tower to be revamped after 2022 European Championships

  • Munich 2022

Munich’s Olympic Tower is set to be renovated and closed for two years but work is not due to start until a year after the German city plays host to the 2022 European Championships.

Munich 1972 Olympics.Athletics, gymnastics, cycling, rowing, triathlon, sport climbing, table tennis, volleyball


COVID-19 vaccination made mandatory for Lodz 2022

  • Universiade

COVID-19 vaccination will be mandatory to compete at the Lodz 2022 European Universities Games, organisers have decided.

disciplines are included on the programme - 3x3 basketball, badminton, basketball, beach handball, beach volleyball

futsal, handball, judo, karate, kickboxing, muaythai, sport climbing, swimming, table tennis, tennis, volleyball

, water polo and sitting volleyball.


Venues for 2022 Volleyball Men's World Championship announced

  • Russian Sport

The organisers of the 2022 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Volleyball Men's World Championship

Championship too, including at Kaliningrad's Yantarny Sports Palace, Yaroslavl's Arena 2000, Kazan's Volleyball

his time as an athlete ©Getty Images"It is a great honour for me to become an ambassador for the FIVB Volleyball

Tetyukhin won successive medals from 2000 until 2012 at the Games, making him one of Russia's most notable volleyball

I am firmly convinced of one thing: next year we will see a real celebration of volleyball, our favourite


Lodz 2022 eyes record turnout as registration opens

  • Universiade

Organisers are eyeing a record attendance at next year's European Universities Games (EUG) in Lodz after registration for the event in Poland opened.

sports are included on the programme - 3x3 basketball, badminton, basketball, beach handball, beach volleyball

futsal, handball, judo, karate, kickboxing, muaythai, sport climbing, swimming, table tennis, tennis, volleyball

, water polo and sitting volleyball."



FINA receives WADA backing to host 2022 World Swimming Championships in Russia

  • Swimming

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has confirmed that it has been given the all-clear by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to stage next year’s World Swimming Championships (25m) in Kazan – with the event due to be held just one day after Russia’s hosting ban is set to end.

will not be the only International Federation to host a tournament in Russia next year.The 2022 Men’s Volleyball

Russian cities after WADA accepted it would be "legally and practically impossible" for the International Volleyball




Torrecillas resigns as World ParaVolley sport director as body searches for Paris 2024 technical delegate

  • Volleyball News

Laurent Torrecillas has resigned as sport director of World ParaVolley, citing "personal and business reasons that have been magnified by COVID-19".

seeking applications for the vacancy of technical delegate for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games sitting volleyball

competition.World ParaVolley is gearing up to host the 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships from

now progress to the 2022 World Championships based on their world rankings as of December 31.Sitting volleyball

is set to make its 13th Paralympic appearance at Paris 2024 ©Getty ImagesSitting volleyball has featured


Nakon Ratchasima in Thailand awarded 2023 IWAS World Games hosting rights

  • Paralympics

The 2023 International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Games are set to take place in Nakon Ratchasima in Thailand from December 1 to 9.

planning a programme of 14 sports, including athletics, swimming, shooting, wheelchair tennis, sitting volleyball

announced as the host of the 2022 IWAS World Games with archery, athletics, cerebral palsy football, volleyball


Michael Pavitt: Cyclo-cross faces tough task as discipline seeks Winter Olympic inclusion

  • Inside the Blogs

The winter sport season has been in full flow over the coming weeks, with organisers holding events despite the ongoing challenges posed by COVID-19 and the new Omicron variant.

Beach Games was being launched in 2019.The FIVB previously announced an optimistic aim to have snow volleyball

added to the Winter Olympics ©FIVBThe International Volleyball Federation are arguably the best example

in this area, having successfully overseen the inclusion of beach volleyball onto the Olympic programme

traditional indoor format.The governing body more recently opted for an ambitious effort to develop a snow volleyball



IPC announces nominees for Paralympic Sport Awards

  • Paralympics

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced nominees across six Paralympic Sport Awards categories, which will recognise achievements from Tokyo 2020.

triumph delivering a first Paralympic gold medal for Britain in a team sport.A record seventh sitting volleyball

against the Russian Paralympic Committee.The United States' successful defence of the women’s sitting volleyball