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China withdraws from final baseball qualifier for Tokyo 2020 Olympics

  • Baseball and Softball

China will not compete in the baseball event at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after the country withdrew from next month's final qualifier in Chinese Taipei.

withdrawn its teams from several major events because of the coronavirus pandemic, most recently the Volleyball


Meppelink elected President of FIVB Athletes' Commission

  • Volleyball

Dutch beach volleyball player Madelein Meppelink will be President of the International Volleyball Federation

the Athletes' Commission from 2016 to 2020.Meppelink, who was ranked women’s world number one beach volleyball

After the first FIVB Athletes' Commission election, Dutch beach volleyball player Madelein Meppelink

Commission has equal gender representation among its membership, and the same number of representatives from volleyball

and beach volleyball.


DOSB and DBS launch campaign telling stories of athletes journeys to Tokyo 2020

  • EOC

The German Olympic Sports Federation (DOSB) and the German Disabled Sports Association (DBS) have launched a campaign telling the stories of athletes journeys to participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Olympic and Paralympic team, and features athletes including tennis player Angelique Kerber, beach volleyball


Record-equalling 22 candidates seeking election to IPC Athletes' Council

  • Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

Twenty-two athletes from 13 sports and all six populated continents are on the ballot for the summer representative positions of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletes' Council.

Paralympic cycling champion Carol Cooke, Georgian wheelchair fencer Irma Khetsuriani, German sitting volleyball



Samba and Tijan claim Beach Volleyball World Tour gold at third attempt

  • Volleyball

Ahmed Tijan made it third time lucky in Cancun as they secured the men’s title at the International Volleyball

Federation Beach Volleyball World Tour event.

Eduarda Lisboa.Huge win for @ausvolley Olympians @TaliquaClancy and @MariafeADS at the 4-star FIVB Beach Volleyball


Commonwealth Games Australia names athlete support scheme as Breakthrough2022

  • Birmingham 2022

Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) has re-named its athlete support scheme – worth a total of Aus$2 million (£1.1 million/$1.5 million/€1.3 million) - “Breakthrough2022” as the countdown continues to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Games.A further Aus$240,000 (£134,000/$185,000/€154,000) was delivered to women’s T20 cricket, beach volleyball


Qatari pair reach third successive Beach Volleyball World Tour final in Cancun

  • Volleyball

Cherif Younousse Samba and Ahmed Tijan will play for gold in the third and final International Volleyball

Federation Beach Volleyball World Tour event in Cancun - having had to settle for silver in the first

We've been trying to improve our volleyball IQ, game by game, and just play better matches every time


Duisburg given go-ahead to stage final Tokyo 2020 sitting volleyball qualifier in June

  • Volleyball News

Duisburg in Germany has been given the green light to stage the final men’s sitting volleyball qualification

almost 19,000 new cases and a further 232 deaths yesterday.The winner of the final Tokyo 2020 sitting volleyball

Nevertheless, we remain confident that we will be able to hold the men’s sitting volleyball qualifying

United States.The winner of the competition will secure the last available place in the men's sitting volleyball


COVID-19 countermeasures under spotlight at two Tokyo 2020 Olympic test events

  • Diving

be implemented at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are being put to the test at international diving and volleyball

the two tournaments, taking place at venues that will be used at the delayed Games.The International Volleyball

too closely around the three-metre springboard.China and Japan are going head-to-head in a series of volleyball




China withdraw from Volleyball Nations League due to COVID-19 restrictions

  • Volleyball

The Netherlands’ men’s volleyball team have stepped in to replace China following their withdrawal from

the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) in Italian city Rimini.

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has confirmed the China Volleyball Association (CVA) has

one of the 16 men’s teams to compete in the tournament.The Netherlands will take China's place at the Volleyball

to compete in the competition due to the team’s sporting excellence and the commercial potential of volleyball