Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive David Grevemberg has stated there is a set programme for Birmingham 2022, with any further additions resting with the organising committee.

decision to omit it from the event was made by Birmingham 2022.Grevemberg believes the addition of beach

volleyball to the Gold Coast 2018 sport programme could be potential model that could be considered

by Birmingham 2022.Beach volleyball had originally missed out on inclusion on the programme, despite

“Beach volleyball has been a beautiful addition to the sport programme here, but as we we're designing

“Beach volleyball is a great example and we are pleased to be celebrating the sport here.”

genocide has been marked at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, with a minute’s silence taking place at a beach

volleyball match featuring the country’s athletes.

displaced as refugees.In a few moments, a minute's silence will be observed at the NZL vs RWA Women's Volleyball

You will see in the beach volleyball competition between Rwanda and New Zealand a moment of silence."

The sun shone for most of the day, the waters of the Pacific sparkled and giant beach balls were thrown

into the crowd as beach volleyball made its Commonwealth Games debut here.

What an opportunity for the sport of beach volleyball, it has been a long way to get here," said Steve

Hart of Volleyball Australia.Agreement was only reached to include the sport in the Games in early 2016

 A general view of the beach volleyball stadium ©Getty Images"Behind the scenes there was a lot

of work from Volleyball Australia to really lobby to push to get it into the Commonwealth Games on the

At the Sydney 2000 Olympics, the court was on Bondi Beach and Australia took women's gold through Kerri

An Australian cricket scandal and discussions about future editions of the Commonwealth Games may have dominated the past week but it is just a few days before sporting action gets underway on the Gold Coast.

Commonwealth team sports of hockey and netball, it will interesting to see what impact basketball and beach

volleyball will have, with the latter making its Games debut.It is probably fair to say that neither

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Louise Martin has revealed the organisation have met with the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) following the decision not to include the sport on the programme for Birmingham 2022. 

be assessed by Birmingham 2022, whom the decisions rests with.Grevemberg referenced the addition of beach

volleyball to the Gold Coast 2018 sport programme a potential model that could be considered by Birmingham

2022.Beach volleyball had originally missed out on inclusion on the programme, despite lobbying attempts

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive David Grevemberg and Olympic beach volleyball

Canada are targeting 100 medals at next month's Commonwealth Games here after their full 283-member squad was announced.

participated in the Scottish city, largely owing to the inclusion of men's and women's basketball, beach

volleyball and women's rugby sevens.Olympic wrestling champion Erica Wiebe, winner of the 75 kilograms

Gold Coast 2018 officials have insisted they are happy with the pace of ticket sales for next month's Commonwealth Games, despite the availability of around 200,000 with just over a week to go until the Opening Ceremony.

of blue riband events ©Gold Coast 2018Events which are sold out on the official website, including beach

volleyball and rugby sevens finals, are also available through Gold Coast 2018's fan marketplace - the

We made around 3,000 available for rugby sevens and beach volleyball, for example, and they sold out

Lithuania’s Monika Povilaityte and Ieva Dumbauskaite became the first-ever European Snow Volleyball champions

The pair, beach volleyball world champions at under-19 level in 2012, were twice pegged back by Turkish

 "Beach volleyball remains our top priority but we enjoyed playing on snow very much and we hope

Russia's Ruslan Daianov and Taras Myskiv were crowned European Snow Volleyball champions ©CEVRussian

and women and from 18 countries - travelled to the birthplace of the sport to contest the European Volleyball

Norway's Janne Kongshavn and Kristine Wiig were among the day one winners at the inaugural Snow Volleyball

women and from 18 countries - have travelled to the birthplace of the sport to contest the European Volleyball

Eurosportand ORF.Kongshavn and Wiig teamed up specifically for this tournament after 10 years ago they played beach

volleyball together - with Wiig ‘mentoring’ Kongshavn as Janne was making her international debut at

Snow volleyball, which was played as an exhibition at last month's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, reaches

and women and from 18 countries - will travel to the birthplace of the sport to contest the European Volleyball

tournament.Alexei Strasser and Sébastien Chevallier, a 2012 Olympian, who are the reigning Swiss Snow and beach

volleyball national champions, will be trying to leave their mark once they take to the court on the

their national champions Elisabeth Klopf and Viktoria Mair.Lithuania also have three teams, including beach

I very much look forward to a true volleyball party in Wagrain-Kleinarl, the birthplace of snow volleyball

International Surfing Association (ISA) President Fernando Aguerre has claimed he campaigned to have the sport included at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

strategic plan.It was claimed that the decision not to include surfing was also due to the addition of beach

volleyball to the Games programme.The Opening Ceremony at Gold Coast 2018 will feature 400 surf life

Surf Life Saving Queensland will have a prominent role in the Games Opening Ceremony on April 4.The beach

Queensland is set to a enjoy a multi-million dollar windfall thanks to countries and territories setting-up training camps in the region before next month's Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, it has been claimed. 

using facilities such as the Clippers basketball stadium, Nambour Weightlifting Club and Mooloolaba beach

for beach volleyball training.

Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen of The Netherlands won their first International Volleyball Federation

(FIVB) Beach World Tour event of the season in Doha as they overcame Russia’s new team Oleg Stoyanovskiy

said.Brouwer and Meeuwsen began the year by winning bronze in front of their home fans at the FIVB Beach

Russia’s new team of Oleg Stoyanovskiy and Igor Velichko.reached their first FIVB Beach World Tour final

We had to play a very high level of volleyball because of the teams that were here, and that is the key

hopes of local pairing Cherif Younousse and Tajin Ahmed to reach tomorrow’s final of the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event in Doha.

medal as a tandem.Oleg Stoyanovskiy and Igor Velichko of Russia have reached the final of the FIVB Beach

match between the top seeds and the local pairing.It is the fourth time that Doha has hosted an FIVB Beach

Volleyball World Tour tournament, following competitions in 2014, 2015 and 2016.