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Esports attracts entries from 27 nations for Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games

  • Hangzhou 2022

A total of 27 National Olympic Committees (NOC) have entered players in esports categories for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games, with it set to make its medal sport debut at the Games in the Chinese city.

The number of NOCs interested in competing in football, basketball, 3x3 basketball, beach volleyball


Arena Channels Group announced as European Universities Games media partner

  • Universiade

International broadcaster Arena Channels Group has been confirmed as the official media partner for the European University Sports Association (EUSA) 2021 European Universities Games in Belgrade in Serbia.

involve 21 different disciplines.These are badminton, basketball, 3x3 basketball, beach handball, beach volleyball

futsal, handball, judo, karate, kickboxing, orienteering, rowing, rugby sevens, table tennis, taekwondo, volleyball

and water polo.Para-table tennis is also on the programme, as is sitting volleyball as a demonstration



Incoming Panama Olympic Committee President receives Outstanding Woman Award

  • PASO

Panama Olympic Committee President-elect Damaris Young has been named winner of the Outstanding Woman Award of 2021 by the Panamanian Association of Business Executives (APEDE).

International Olympic Committee Athlete Environment Commission since 2016, while she chairs the International Volleyball


Three further competition venues confirmed for World Games 2022

  • Birmingham 2022

Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham-Southern College (BSC) and Avondale Park have been confirmed as venues for next year’s World Games in Birmingham in the United States.

Sport climbing, breaking, parkour and beach volleyball competitions will be held at Sloss Furances.Originally


Graham re-elected Cook Islands NOC President

  • ONOC

Hugh Graham has been re-elected President of the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) at the organisation's Annual General Meeting (AGM).

President in 2012 and was later re-elected in 2013 and 2017.He has also been President of the Cook Islands Volleyball


ISSF Executive Committee agrees 2022 World Championships should remain in Russia

  • Shooting

The ISSF Executive Committee has agreed it will be "impossible" to strip Russia of next year's World Shooting Championships, paving the way for the event to remain in the country despite the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling.

Championships in Moscow.Russia is also due to host the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup this year, and the men's Volleyball


Basketball venue revamp completed for Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games

  • Hangzhou 2022

The Hangzhou 2022 Organising Committee has confirmed renovation work on the 9,550-seater basketball venue for next year’s Asian Games has been completed.

94 per cent complete, with workers installing and upgrading equipment to meet the requirements for volleyball


World ParaVolley confirms pools for final Tokyo 2020 sitting volleyball qualifier

  • Volleyball News

World ParaVolley has confirmed the pools for the rearranged final men's sitting volleyball qualification

winner of the competition in the German city will secure the last available place in the men's sitting volleyball

tournament at Tokyo 2020.The event in Duisburg offers the last place in the men's sitting volleyball


Smithfield

  • Birmingham 2022 Venues

Location: BirminghamSports: Basketball 3x3, wheelchair basketball 3x3 and beach volleyball Formerly

the site of Birmingham’s Wholesale Markets, Smithfield will be the home of the beach volleyball and

transform what he described as a “blank canvas” into a “vibrant venue”.The basketball 3x3 and beach volleyball

wheelchair basketball 3x3 competitions are scheduled to run from July 29 to August 2, while the beach volleyball



Karamarinov foresees "really successful" Munich 2022 European Championships despite packed sporting schedule

  • European Championships

Dobromir Karamarinov, Interim President of European Athletics, has forecast that next year’s European Championships in Munich will be "really successful" despite the crowded sports programme following the pandemic postponements of 2020 and beyond.

following the success of the joint hosting by Berlin and Glasgow in 2018 will involve athletics, beach volleyball


Italy to host 2021 Volleyball Nations League and employ bubble system

  • Volleyball

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has chosen Italian city Rimini to host the women's and

men's Volleyball Nations League (VNL) in a bio-secure bubble this year.

A bubble concept was approved in January by the VNL Council, allowing the world's top volleyball nations

round-robin phase, with the top four teams then proceeding to the finals - a departure from the usual six.The Volleyball


Exclusive: Russia to remain host of 2022 ISSF World Championships despite CAS ruling

  • Shooting

Another International Federation looks set to keep its World Championships in Russia, despite the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ordering them to move major events due to be held before December 2022 out of the country.

Championships in Moscow.Russia is also due to host the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup this year, and the men's Volleyball