Peru suffered a heavy defeat to Cuba in the first 2019 Pan American Games men's softball game here as world champions Argentina began their campaign with a victory against Mexico.

against Dominican Republic, while Cuba narrowly beat Puerto Rico 27-24.Elsewhere, qualifying rounds in beach

volleyball, squash and bowling were held.The 2019 Pan American Games officially begins tomorrow with

the Opening Ceremony at Estadio Nacional del Perú, preceded by sporting action in artistic skating, beach

volleyball, equestrian, modern pentathlon, rugby sevens and squash.Around 6,700 athletes are expected

Organisers tested misting sprays and air-conditioned tents at the Tokyo 2020 beach volleyball test event

last year.With one year to go, 150 volunteers queued to trial the cooling measures at the Tokyo 2020 beach

volleyball venue of Shiokaze Park, currently staging the four-star Tokyo Open, a $300,000 (£240,000/

€269,000) International Volleyball Federation Beach Volleyball World Tour event.Supporters were also

Barbosa and Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes won both their matches at the FIVB Tokyo Open - the Tokyo 2020 beach

volleyball test event - on a day when organisers trialled cooling methods to in case of heatwave conditions

Sport has got under way here at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games in the preliminary rounds of the beach

volleyball and handball.

Beach volleyball athletes were the first competitors of Lima 2019, two days before the Opening Ceremony

It’s time to cheer on the best beach volleyball players in the Americas ??

The Panam Sports Executive Committee stayed overnight at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games Village ahead of the start of competition here. 

 Sporting action began today in the preliminary rounds of the beach volleyball and handball.

good moment to earn their first place in a main draw at a four or five-star event on the international beach

volleyball circuit this season as they progressed from qualifying at the Tokyo Open - a test event for

The Japanese pairing, seeded eighth at this crucial $300,000 (£240,000/€ 269,000) International Volleyball

beat second-seeded Vitor Felipe and Pedro Solberg of Brazil to reach the main draw of the Tokyo 2020 beach

volleyball test event ©FIVBFifth-seeded Victoria Bieneck and Isabel Schneider of Germany, 10th-seeded

A delegation of 90 Peruvian athletes were the first to enter the 2019 Pan American Games Village as the start of competition looms closer here.

Among the group were the Peruvian gymnastics, handball, beach volleyball, baseball and softball teams

preliminary rounds are set to begin tomorrow in two events.Eight group matches will be held in the beach

volleyball at Costa Verde San Miguel and four handball games are scheduled at Villa Deportiva Nacional

Female football player Shirley Cruz will be Costa Rica's flag bearer for the 2019 Pan American Games Opening Ceremony here.

 Seven athletes are scheduled to compete in cycling, while beach volleyball, bowling, gymnastics

A host of the world's top players are set to get a feel for the beach volleyball venue at next year's

The traditional International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour four-star event in Tokyo

Olympic gold medallist Alison Cerutti and Alvaro Morais Filho secured their second International Volleyball

Federation Beach Volleyball World Tour title as they won an all-Brazilian final against Andre Loyola

great because the Portuguese people are a lot like the Brazilian people and they live through these beach

volleyball games with their hearts."

Nadezda Makroguzova and Svetlana Kholomina of Russia claimed their first International Volleyball Federation

Beach Volleyball World Tour four-star title with victory in the women's final in Portugal.

When the Closing Ceremony wrapped up at the end of the Pacific Games yesterday, the Pacific Games Council (PGC) would have felt their decision to hand over the event to Samoa with just 18 months notice had been justified.

strengthened competitions, whether that be in weightlifting where the region is generally strong, or in beach

volleyball and rugby sevens, where Australia's women's teams ultimately went down to talented opposition.The

Oscar Schmidt of Brazil cruised into the first knockout round with two victories at the International Volleyball

Federation Beach Volleyball World Tour event in Portugal.

Pacific Games Council (PGC) are positive about the progress being made by Solomon Islands 2023 as they prepare to stage the next edition of the Pacific Games, but admit organisers have a key year as they seek to finalise venue plans and funding.

football, golf, judo, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis and triathlon.Rugby sevens, sailing, swimming, volleyball

- both indoor and beach - weightlifting and Va’a – a canoeing discipline – are also compulsory.Eight

claimed two straight-sets victories to reach the last 16 of the women's tournament at the International Volleyball

Federation Beach Volleyball World Tour event in Portugal.

Six sports will feature on a scaled down programme at the 2021 Pacific Mini Games in the Northern Mariana Islands, which is seeking to recover from the impact of Super Typhoon Yutu last year.

Games.Under the revised plan only six sports will feature, including athletics, baseball, badminton, beach

volleyball, golf and triathlon.Swimming and weightlifting are among those to miss out, having initially