The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) have named a seven member wrestling team for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Sports and Leisure Centre.New Zealand have also confirmed the addition of Sam and Ben O'Dea to their beach

volleyball team for the Games.The brothers have been seeded fourth in the men's event, as the discipline

Several of the leading pairs at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour secured

Iranian pairings lost all four of their matches as qualifying got underway at the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour competition on Kish Island.

to give time for my family because of competition and training, that is why I reconsidered playing volleyball

That convinced my wife that I should play the discipline that I love, which is beach volleyball."

I am very happy that I am back playing beach volleyball."

from attending games.Competition organisers, however, insist that female fans have attended previous volleyball

World ParaVolley have launched the World ParaVolley Foundation to help improve the lives of athletes.

the Foundation in five areas, including women in sport and anti-doping.Emerging countries, standing beach

volleyball, boosting the governance structures and aiding volunteer experts has also been targeted.

The schedule for the first-ever Commonwealth Games beach volleyball competition has been made, with 36

It is an exciting day for all the competing nations and beach volleyball fans around the world to learn

We are proud to see beach volleyball being contested at the Commonwealth Games for the first time in

volleyball."

Beach volleyball is set to feature at the Games for the first time ©Getty ImagesThe pool phase will take

volleyball and seven other sports, however.Beach volleyball will take place in Coolangatta, with a temporary

Kish Island in Iran will again host a leg of the International Volleyball Federation Beach World Tour

Janis Smedins, will compete with new partner Edgars Tocs at the three-star event.The pair won the Dela Beach

nbsp;controversy, however, as it remains male-only.A law restricting female access was introduced at volleyball

Peters Ice Cream have been confirmed as the latest sponsor of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

The Proud & Punch range is set to be served at the Coolangatta beach volleyball venue during the

Organisers of the upcoming 2018 International University Sports Federation (FISU) World University Beach

Volleyball Championship have met in the host city Munich to finalise preparations for the competition

competition schedule, which confirmed the tournament dates of July 9 to 13.The FISU World University Beach

Volleyball Championship will be held in July ©FISUBurk expressed her excitement at the upcoming championship

The World University Beach Volleyball Championship will be completed by various cultural programmes."

Gaining a place on the Winter Olympic programme is only a very long-term objective for snow volleyball

surface which became harder and icier as competition progressed but it was otherwise very similar to beach

Snow Volleyball underlines the universality of the sport of volleyball, which is now accessible all year

round, from the summer to the winter, from the beach to the mountains, indoor and outdoor," said Serbia's

reluctant to add new sports given how they are trying to cut the size of the Games.It was pointed out that beach

volleyball also grew from a similarly small-level position, though."

Two words made my blood boil in the run-up to Pyeongchang.

No, not "North Korea"; or "Peace Olympics"; or even "Gangnam style".The words were "snow volleyball".

The International Volleyball Federation was to showcase snow volleyball at Pyeongchang, I read.According

As I have argued before, if volleyball wants to get on the Winter Olympic programme, the way to do it

is to transfer the traditional volleyball competition from the Summer to the Winter Games, leaving Summer

as the exclusive preserve of the sport's beach volleyball variant.Switching volleyball and adding futsal

Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) have announced sanctions against marathon runner Cassie Fien and volleyball

United States volleyball player McKienzie, who competed at the London 2012 Olympic Games, tested

positive for two substances during the Australian Beach Volleyball Tour Finals in Sydney last March.The

James Avery Drost pulled off a surprise victory to claim the gold medal in the men's International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour in Shepparton.

They play one of the most fun styles of volleyball."

, right, ensured American pairings won titles in both the men's and women's tournaments at the FIVB Beach

Volleyball World Tour in Shepparton ©FIVBThe third, and deciding, set was incredibly tense and the match

and Kelsie Wills of New Zealand to secure the bronze medal as the competition concluded.The next FIVB Beach

Volleyball World Tour event is due to be a men's-only competition on Kish Island, part of Iran.

seeds Christopher McHugh and Damien Schumann booked their place in the semi-finals of the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event in Shepparton.

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) are set to showcase snow volleyball at the Pyeongchang

In collaboration with the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV), a "Snow Volleyball Night" will take

and beach volleyball.Three-time Olympic medallist and three-time world champion Giba of Brazil will

in the future.Kim Yeon-Koung will be among the volleyball and beach volleyball players taking part ©

Getty Images"It is a fantastic setting for us to showcase snow volleyball," he said."

We believe that volleyball is now accessible to everyone, from the summer to the winter, from the beach

Schumann played against each other on the first day of main round competition at the 2018 International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event in Shepparton.