Adrian Heidrich and Mirco Gerson recorded a second Pool A win, remaining unbeaten at the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour in Qinzhou.

The Swiss pairing made it two wins from two at Maowei Sea Gold Beach in the 3-star event, with victory

campaign with a 21-16, 21-16 triumph against Spaniards Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno in Pool C.The FIVB Beach

China triumphed in basketball and volleyball on the penultimate day of action at the World Military Games

basketball competition at the World Military Games ©FIBAThere was more joy for China in the women's beach

volleyball final, which Wang Fan and Xia Xinyi won 22-20, 12-21, 15-9.

 Bruno Schmidt and Evandro Junior of Brazil were the gold medallists in the men's beach volleyball

Organisers have revealed the preliminary sports schedule for the 2020 European Universities Games in Belgrade.

city next July, with 21 sports featuring on the programme.Football, futsal, karate, table tennis and volleyball

prior to the Opening Ceremony on July 12, according to the preliminary competition schedule.Badminton, beach

handball, football, futsal, karate, table tennis, Para-table tennis, volleyball and water polo will

in the first week of the Games.The second week will see a focus shift to 3x3 basketball, basketball, beach

volleyball, chess, handball, judo, Para-judo, kickboxing, orienteering, rowing, taekwondo and tennis.The

I felt the first Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games might be a curious

exactly resemble a rolling out of the red carpet and with a big banner saying, "Welcome everyone to our Beach

Games ©ANOC World Beach GamesIf we switch back to when San Diego was awarded the first World Beach Games

GamesEven events like the handball and volleyball competitions were intriguing, with different rules

The former saw teams required to win sets and placed a priority on spin shots, while the beach volleyball

, with beach handball and beach volleyball having also taken place at another complex where sand had

Gunilla Lindberg is hopeful the organisation could announce a host for the second edition of the World Beach

, claimed several countries had expressed an interest in hosting the event.The inaugural ANOC World Beach

The first ANOC World Beach Games concluded here on Wednesday ©Getty ImagesWhen asked by insidethegames

appears to have cooled, with Lindberg expressing uncertainty over GAISF involvement in future World Beach

GAISF involvement in the second World Beach Games seems uncertain despite an agreement signed last year

wrestling and beach tennis.Beach soccer, beach handball, beach volleyball, bouldering, skateboarding

As many as 42 events feature on the 2019-2020 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World

The calendar includes Beach Volleyball Major Series events in Swiss town Gstaad, Austria's capital Vienna

World Tour Finals earlier this year.The five-star Beach Volleyball Major Series in Gstaad is scheduled

Volleyball Under-19 World Championships in Thailand will follow the end of the 2019-2020 FIVB Beach

volleyball in as many regions as possible.The FIVB is also working on a new structure for Beach World

Tour events ahead of 2021 as the sport builds towards the next edition of the Beach Volleyball World

United States won both the men's and women's 4x4 beach volleyball titles here on the final day of the

Association of National Olympic Committees World Beach Games.

event.It was not to be as the US came through 21-18, 26-24 to condemn the Qataris to silver.Most of the beach

volleyball matches at the Games have been played at Al-Gharafa but the medal games were moved to the

"Picture Gallery"

Andre Baran and Rafaella Miller won the mixed doubles beach tennis for Brazil ©ANOCDenmark won the women's

beach handball title ©ANOCBrazil celebrate winning men's beach handball gold ©ANOCUnited States won

the women's 4x4 beach volleyball title ©ANOCSpain edged Britain to win the women's beach soccer gold

©ANOCUnited States beat hosts Qatar to win the men's beach volleyball title ©ANOCBrazil saw off Russia

to win the men's beach soccer gold ©ANOCFrance triumphed in the women's 3x3 basketball ©ANOCRussia won

"Photo_Gallery"

Spain ©ANOCSandra Sanchez won the women's kata for Spain ©ANOCBeach soccer action continued at Katara Beach

©ANOCHosts Qatar saw action in the 4x4 volleyball ©ANOC

Denmark overcame world champions Brazil to take control of Group A of the men’s beach handball competition

the first official day of competition at the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach

20-12 win over Australia.It set up a top of the table clash in the afternoon session at Al-Gharafa Beach

and a loss.Kata karate competition was held for the first time on sand as action began ©ANOC World Beach

GamesSpain’s karate stars unsurprisingly dominated the early stages of the beach kata competition.European

tomorrow morning, with medal matches scheduled for the afternoon session.A surprise came in the men’s 4x4 beach

volleyball competition as a professional US team suffered a 21-19, 14-21, 15-13 loss to Germany in the

"Photo_Gallery"

Ceremony ©ANOCThe Ceremony included a cultural performance ©ANOCSport continued with the first day of beach

kata karate ©ANOCThe first matches were played in 4x4 volleyball ©ANOCBeach handball continued with

high-flying antics ©ANOCBeach tennis competition got underway ©ANOCHands fight for the ball at the 4x4 volleyball

athletes found a different challenge in the sand ©ANOCMixed doubles matches took place on day one of the beach

Lejeune will fly the flag for Belgium at the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach

Denmark.The result and his subsequent performances earned Lejeune a place at the first edition of the ANOC Beach

countries, with 14 sports and disciplines to be contested.Sports include 3x3 basketball, bouldering, beach

handball, karate kata, kitefoil racing, skateboarding and beach soccer, as well as aquathlon.Open water

swimming, beach tennis, beach volleyball 4x4, waterski, wakeboard and beach wrestling also feature.The

The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games will be the latest event live

inaugural event will officially open tomorrow with an Opening Ceremony, although preliminary competition in beach

handball and beach soccer has already begun here.Olympic Channel general manager Mark Parkman welcomed

The inaugural ANOC World Beach Games will be a celebration of sport and beach culture," Parkman said.

handball, karate kata, kitefoil racing, skateboarding and beach soccer feature on the programme.Open

water swimming, beach tennis, beach volleyball 4x4, waterski, wakeboard and beach wrestling also feature.The

At the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Athletics Championships, which came to an end last weekend, a son et lumiere with electronic lights flashing names around the Khalifa International Stadium accompanied the introduction of athletes before competition.

arena in droves before the show had even begun.London 2012 promised top-level entertainment during the beach

volleyball but ended up offering young dancers gyrating along to the theme track from the Benny Hill

yet routinely forget to tell them what is happening on the field of play.An executive in charge of beach

volleyball at London 2012 promised entertainment "taken to another level".

Organisers of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) inaugural World Beach Games,due to

criticised over their crowd figures, Jaseem Rashid Al-Buenain, vice-president and general director of the Beach

also secretary general of the Qatar Olympic Committee, added: "We have free access for the first World Beach

Katara Beach, the most central of four venues for the inaugural ANOC World Beach Games that start in

scheduled to start tomorrow with preliminary rounds in the men's and women's handball at Al-Gharafa Beach

Games, including the handball and volleyball finals.Among the 1,300 athletes from 97 countries due to