International Basketball Federation (FIBA) officials hope that a 3x3 competiton taking place in a new urban venue cluster could become the "rugby sevens of Tokyo 2020".

Speaking following a busy session of finals here at the Asian Beach Games, FIBA 3x3 development associate

Rugby sevens and beach volleyball are the benchmarks for us," he told insidethegames here."

Mongolia narrowly lost the men's Asian Beach Games final to defending champions Qatar here last night

disciplines to the programme.Qatar face Mongolia in front of a good crowd in a makeshift arena at the Asian Beach

©Twitter/QOCWidmer insists that 3x3 would be cheap to install, however, and, like here at the Asian Beach

In our line of work you find yourself in some fairly bizarre situations from time to time, and the last three days has certainly been up there in terms of the weird and wonderful.

It began with the Opening Ceremony of the Asian Beach Games, taking place on the beach - naturally -

Ceremony ©ITGAnd the funny thing was, it was a carbon copy of the Opening Ceremony of the last Asian Beach

Holding the Beach Games outside of the Southeast Asian rainy season appears an overly novel idea...By

 First up was beach soccer, where Afghanistan were leading 6-5 again China when I arrived.

Games in San Diego with beach volleyball, surfing and variants of cheerleader-led American football

Hosts Vietnam won four gold medals here today as Asian Beach Games action intensified in 11 different

to Thailand's Varaporn Poorisrisak.Sepak takraw action between Laos and The Philippines at the Asian Beach

or continued today in the seven other sports of handball, kabaddi, petanque, sepak takraw, soccer, volleyball

The Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) has held a meeting with sporting governing bodies in the country to discuss preparations for next year's Commonwealth Youth Games in The Bahamas.

Association, Ghana Boxing Federation, Ghana Athletics Association, Ghana Tennis Association and Ghana Volleyball

 Athletics, swimming, rugby sevens, road cycling, judo, boxing, tennis and beach soccer have all

been confirmed on the programme and insidethegames understands beach volleyball will be included

Proposed locations for a number of sports should Los Angeles be successful with its attempt at securing the hosting rights for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics have been changed after the Bid Committee revealed it had added three existing venues to “enhance” its Games concept.

venues are currently in place so it "minimises construction risks, operational struggles and costs".Long Beach

swimming would also be staged on the waterfront, with the triathlon competitions happening at the Long Beach

Prix circuit.In the original Candidature File, the two sports had been planned for Santa Monica.Long Beach

’s Olympic and Paralympic Villages, according to Los Angeles 2024.Anaheim’s Honda Center would host volleyball

waterfront and football five-a-side at South Bay Sports Park, while sitting volleyball would remain

Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah has predicted that the Asian Beach Games, due to open in Danang in Vietnam

soccer, volleyball and athletics are also part of the programme.

 Woodball will be among the 14 sports on the programme at the 2016 Asian Beach Games in Danang ©

Phuket 2014Since its debut at Bali eight years ago, the Asian Beach Games have been held in Muscat in

 "There are many factors behind the popularity of the Beach Games concept," said Sheikh Ahmad."

As well as offering the chance to smaller cities and NOCs to host an OCA event, the Asian Beach Games

Bruno Oscar Schmidt and Alison Cerutti added to their Rio 2016 triumph by winning the International Volleyball

provided one of the moments of last month's Olympics for the host nation when they triumphed in the men's beach

volleyball final on Copacabana Beach, against Italians Daniele Lupo and Paolo Nicolai.They waited a

Iran secured their sixth Paralympic Games sitting volleyball gold medal with an emotional four-set victory

Golbarnezhad died after crashing during the C4-5 cycling road race in Pontal, a small peninsula and beach

21-25, 25-18, 25-15 triumph.Iran beat defending champions Bosnia and Herzegovina to win the sitting volleyball

Today we are so happy because the sitting volleyball team were able to win the gold medal."

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven admitted here today that the death of Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad has "cast a dark shadow" over the Paralympics, but believes the Games will still be remembered as a success.

Golbarnezhad, 48, died after crashing during the C4-5 cycling road race in Pontal, a small peninsula and beach

half-mast at the Riocentro - Pavilion 6 venue, where Iran beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-1 in the sitting volleyball

Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad has died after crashing during the C4-5 road race at the Paralympic Games here today. 

during a collision with a rock while descending midway through the race in Pontal, a small peninsula and beach

Riocentro - Pavilion 6 venue, where Iran are due to play Bosnia and Herzegovina in the men's sitting volleyball

Hotel in Hong Kong as the territory's delegation prepare to depart for the upcoming Danang 2016 Asian Beach

in attendance along with Pui Kwan Kay, the Chef de Mission of the Hong Kong delegation at the Asian Beach

, including 81 athletes, will represent Hong Kong in Vietnam.They will be competing in nine sports: beach

water polo, marathon swimming, beach athletics, beach handball, beach rowing, beach shuttlecock, beach

volleyball, beach woodball and muay thai.The fifth Asian Beach Games will be hosted in Danang, a major

the months and years ahead, we will reflect on these fantastic Games knowing this was the time when volleyball

The Beach Volleyball Arena on Copacabana Beach and the volleyball venue at the Maracanãzinho were the

Twenty years have passed since beach volleyball joined the Olympic programme.

knew we succeeded in this even before the matches finished because the beach volleyball and volleyball

We had six volleyball courts on Copacabana Beach in front of our very successful Volleyball House as

Volleyball and beach volleyball have become stronger and we already look forward to taking them to new

International Floorball Federation (IFF) President Tomas Eriksson has described next year’s World Games in Wroclaw as an “important step on floorball’s Olympic path”.

several sports which use it as a showcase for inclusion on the programme of the Olympic Games.Badminton, beach

volleyball, trampolining, rugby sevens, taekwondo, triathlon and women's weightlifting all first appeared

Olympic high bar champion Fabian Hambüchen has been named as the German Sports Aid Foundation Athlete of the Month for August.

gold at Rio 2016 having earned bronze in Beijing and silver at London 2012, saw off competition from beach

volleyball duo Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst and canoeist Sebastian Brendel.Hambüchen received 46.4

Agatha Bednarczuk and Barbara Seixas de Freitas to win the Olympic gold medal on the iconic Copacabana Beach

with the Closing Ceremony at the Maracanã Stadium on August 21, as he clinched two gold medals.Olympic beach

volleyball gold medallists Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst finished in second place ©Getty ImagesThe

A cultural festival is set to be held alongside the 2016 Asian Beach Games in Danang, as organisers confirmed

from Vietnam and overseas alike, and the people are ready to do their best to make the fifth Asian Beach

Games a great success for Danang and for Vietnam.”Beach handball is one of the sports set to be televised

at the Asian Beach Games ©Getty ImagesIt has been revealed that Vietnam TV will screen both Ceremonies

as well as live coverage of beach volleyball, beach soccer, beach handball and beach sepaktakraw.Around

including team and technical officials, as well as athletes.It will mark the fifth edition of the Asian Beach