Iran sitting volleyball head coach Hadi Rezaei has warned preparation will be key if the team is to retain its Paralympic Games title at Tokyo 2020 later this year.
The final men's sitting volleyball qualifying event for this year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo is now scheduled to take place in Duisburg from June 1 to June 4.
ParaVolley Europe has announced plans to stage two beach tournaments in July.
Barry Couzner has been re-elected as President of the World ParaVolley after standing unopposed at the organisation’s General Assembly.
An unnamed sitting volleyball player has been suspended for one year by World ParaVolley after being found to have violated classification rules.
The World ParaVolley Foundation has launched a campaign to raise $10,000 (£7,600/€8,300) to help develop the sport and provide new opportunities to athletes.
The Board of World Para Volley has approved the postponement of the final men's qualifier for the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Next year's European Sitting Volleyball Championships in Turkey have been pushed back by five months due to the coronavirus pandemic and recent developments regarding a COVID-19 vaccine.
Hangzhou in China has been awarded the 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships.
World ParaVolley has extended its agreement with Japanese equipment supplier Senoh prior to next year's postponed Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
ParaVolley Africa President Hayat Khattab says she hopes to "achieve something for Para-athletes" after being appointed to Egypt’s Senate.
World ParaVolley has offered member federations free beach volleyballs to run programmes and competitions with.
German city Duisburg is to host the re-arranged World ParaVolley Men’s Paralympic Qualifier, which is planned for February next year.
ParaVolley Europe has cancelled all of its planned competitions in October as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.
Tanja Gašić has become the first-ever employee of ParaVolley Europe.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
International Paralympic Committee - Paralympic Games Brand Manager - Bonn, Germany
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) offers the position of a full-time Paralympic Games Brand Manager (f/m/x) in an international and multicultural team at the IPC Headquarters in Bonn, Germany, starting in early 2021. The IPC is the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement. We supervise the organisation of the Paralympic Games and Paralympic Winter Games and serve as International Federation for 10 Para sports. The Paralympic Games Brand Manager is accountable to the Head of Brand and Engagement and will be responsible for ensuring the Paralympic brand is represented in a consistent and impactful way at the Paralympic Games.
As the International Ice Hockey Federation prepares to decide whether Belarus remains a co-host of its World Championship later this year, Philip Barker recalls other occasions where human rights has been a key topic in the build-up to a country staging a major sports event.
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