Australia's Lauren Bates won the first gold medal of the Trinbago 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games here, with South Africa's Miles Bailey Liebenberg the men's cycling time trial winner.

Beach volleyball competition began today at the Black Rock Beach venue, and is set to run until Thursday

A total of 2,214 athletes from 22 countries have registered to take part in the CIS Games, which started in Belarus capital Minsk today and which is due to feature a spectacular Opening Ceremony tomorrow.

which are due to conclude on August 13.They include Olympic sports 3x3 basketball, archery, athletics, beach

volleyball, boxing, handball, hockey, judo, modern pentathlon, rhythmic gymnastics, shooting, swimming

The Commonwealth Youth Games are set to make a return tomorrow in Trinidad and Tobago tomorrow with a carnival-style Opening Ceremony for more than 1,000 athletes aged between 14 and 18.

athletics and Para athletics at Trinbago 2023 ©Getty ImagesRoad cycling also features along with swimming, beach

volleyball and rugby sevens.Beach soccer, boxing, judo and tennis featured at Bahamas 2017, but are

Stadium, which today held a men's Twenty20 cricket international between the West Indies and India.Beach volleyball

all venues are ready for the Commonwealth Youth Games here, despite the late arrival of sand for the beach

volleyball.

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) was concerned about preparations for the sport at the Black Rock Beach

Federation.According to the world governing body, sand for beach volleyball tournaments should be sifted

The important thing is all our venues are ready and we will be having the beach volleyball in the new

CGF President Dame Louise Martin also played down delays to preparations for beach volleyball at the

Beach volleyball is taking place on Tobago as part of the "twin-island model" which involves events being

Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) President Diane Henderson hopes the Commonwealth Youth Games here can "foster cultural exchange and lifelong friendships among young people".

until August 11.Swimming, athletics, Para athletics and cycling are due to be held on Trinidad and beach

volleyball, fast5 netball, rugby sevens and triathlon on Tobago during Trinbago 2023.

Organisers of the Santiago 2023 Pan American and Parapan American Games have reported a flying start to ticket sales, with four sports selling out within 24 hours.

finals also already sold out.These included in artistic swimming, men’s basketball, men’s tennis, men’s beach

volleyball and men’s indoor volleyball.All artistic gymnastics sessions bar one have sold out, while

The Solomon Islands 2023 Pacific Games ticketing and sponsorship programme is underway following a ceremony in capital city Honiara.

be contested at the Games with the Olympic events of archery, athletics, basketball, 3x3 basketball, beach

volleyball, boxing, football, golf, field hockey, judo, rugby sevens, sailing, swimming, table tennis

, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, kayaking, volleyball, and weightlifting all included.Body building, karate

Olympic champions Anders Mol and Christian Sørum clinched the men's title at the Beach Volleyball World

tiebreaker that was clinched 15-10 by the Tokyo 2020 gold medallists to clinch their third triumph on the Volleyball

World Beach Pro Tour this season."

They make us be better beach volleyball players and that's good for the sport."

Humana-Paredes clinched their second World Tour gold medal this year in front of a home crowd in Montreal ©Volleyball

Organisers of next year’s delayed African Games in Accra have been urged to "double their efforts" to ensure the readiness of the continental multi-sport event.

triathlon and wrestling.The other sports on the programme are arm wrestling, athletics, 3x3 basketball, beach

volleyball, boxing, cricket, football, handball, hockey, judo, karate, rugby, taekwondo, volleyball

Paris 2024 has marked one year to go until the Olympic Games by releasing new tickets which are available to all on a first-come-first-served basis.

Just under three million tickets have been put up for sale in athletics, beach volleyball, boxing, rowing

Tickets for beach volleyball are part of those made available ©Paris 2024In spring next year, a resale

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has revealed the shortlist of athletes, International Federations (IF) and National Olympic Committees (NOC) for the inaugural Climate Action Awards.

Paloma Schmidt Gutierrez, Canadian Paralympic cycling bronze medallist Marie-Claude Molnar and former beach

volleyball player Lina Taylor of Bulgaria for the prize.The International Biathlon Union has been shortlisted

The Olympic Rings and the Paralympic Agitos have been unveiled in Queensland this weekend to mark the nine-year countdown to the Games in Brisbane.

take part in a series of activities.Among those included basketball in Brisbane’s King George Square, beach

volleyball on the Gold Coast’s Kurrawa Beach and skateboarding at Alex Park on the Sunshine Coast.Youngsters

Trinidad and Tobago Minister of Sport and Community Development Shamfa Cudjoe said she doesn't "expect any major problems" despite the late finish to venues for Trinbago 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games.

opportunity to promote sport and tourism, before giving an update on the rugby, netball, triathlon, and beach

volleyball venues."

triathlon taking place in Buccoo and ending at the iconic Buccoo Goat Racing Facility and of course beach

volleyball taking place at the new sporting facility which is being built for the beach games."

Paris 2024 Olympic works delivery company Solideo has taken on five new projects prior to the Games scheduled for July 26 to August 11 next year.

number of projects to 69 ©Getty ImagesThe sand of the Ladoumègue Sports Centre needs to be replaced for beach

volleyball training at a cost of €327,000 (£283,000/$365,000) while the changing rooms of the Vélodrome

Kenya has set itself a target of broadening the number of sports it competes in the Olympic Games at Brisbane 2032.

and women’s teams qualified for the rugby sevens tournaments.The women’s team also qualified for the volleyball

tournament, while Kenya also sent representatives in beach volleyball, boxing, swimming and taekwondo.Kenya