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Robin Mitchell - holding the fort as the Acting ANOC President

  • The Big Read

A look back at the final day of the 2019 Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly provides an insight into how the COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the Olympic Movement in such a short period of time. 

beach soccer, beach handball, individual kata karate, kite foil, beach tennis, aquathlon, 4x4 beach volleyball


Brazil retains volleyball head coaches for Paris 2024

  • Volleyball

Brazil has announced that its men's and women's volleyball head coaches will remain in charge until the

several tournaments before the Games in Paris and we have to pay attention to next year's World Cup and Volleyball

We will have the Volleyball Nations League, in which we can place athletes and this is important for

 Brazilian Volleyball Federation (CBV) chief executive Adrian Behar welcomed the two appointments



Afghan women's youth volleyball player reportedly beheaded by Taliban as international community urged

  • Volleyball

Mahjabin Hakimi, a member of the Afghanistan women's youth volleyball team, has reportedly been beheaded

as the preexisting Afghan Government collapsed with United States military support.The International Volleyball

clarification" of the situation and aware of reports of Hakimi's killing.Only two of the women's youth volleyball

All the players of the volleyball team and the rest of the women athletes are in a bad situation and

Hakimi played for Kabul Municipality Volleyball Club before the Taliban seized power."

The women's national volleyball team has petitioned for foreign organisations to help get them out of




Olympic volleyball champion Muserskiy accepts doping ban but Russia will not lose titles

  • Volleyball

Russian volleyball player Dmitriy Muserskiy has been banned for nine months after admitting a doping

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) said that it, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and

time of the Olympics.As well as winning Olympic gold at London 2012, Muserskiy helped Russia win the Volleyball

Sport halved the window - but the FIVBwas given special dispensation to still stage next year's Men's Volleyball




Jamaica NOC President claims Commonwealth Games changes "body blow" to sports

  • Commonwealth Games

Changes to the Commonwealth Games programme which mean athletics and swimming will be the only compulsory sports at future editions of the event are a "body blow" to a host of other sports, the head of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) has warned.

including disciplines that have previously been listed as optional sports such as T20 cricket, beach volleyball


Los Angeles 2028 Athletes' Commission holds first meeting

  • Los Angeles 2028

The Athletes' Commission for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games has held its first meeting.

Gillette, who has won silver medals at five Paralympics, Paralympic cyclist Samantha Bosco, sitting volleyball

created to serve as a strategic advisory group, and Compton, who also founded the US women’s sitting volleyball



Russia aim for triple titles in men's and women's European Sitting Volleyball Championships

  • Volleyball News

Two-time defending champions in the men's and women's events, the Russian Sitting Volleyball Team aims

to take a historic double-treble in the European Sitting Volleyball Championships in Turkey.

Committee earned a silver medal at Tokyo, losing to Iran in the final, and have dominated European sitting volleyball

in recent years.The Russian Sitting Volleyball Team have appeared in six of the last seven finals, winning

Turkey, with Ukraine, 2019 runners-up Italy and Russia all in a challenging Group B.The European Sitting Volleyball


FIVB President Graça meets Maldives Olympic Committee to help grow beach volleyball in the country

  • OCA

International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) President Ary Graça has met with senior representatives from

the Maldives Olympic Committee (MOC) and the Government to discuss the development of beach volleyball

Beach volleyball has the huge potential to develop and grow in the Maldives," Graça said."

However, for beach volleyball to truly flourish at a high level will require great teamwork and cooperation

between the Maldives Government, Maldives Olympic Committee and Volleyball Association of Maldives."

Volleyball Empowerment initiative when he convened with the country's Minister of Youth, Sports and

Hosting a world-class beach volleyball in the Maldives would be the perfect opportunity to showcase the


FISU Oceania competition returns following COVID-19 struggles

  • Universiade

Competition has returned in the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Oceania region, following a difficult period during the COVID-19 pandemic as strict restrictions in the area limited the number of events conducted.

state-wide competition.Nevertheless, more than 800 students competed across seven sports - basketball, beach volleyball