new partner, same story when reigning champion Piotr Kantor made a winning start at the International Volleyball

Federaton (FIVB) Beach World Tour in Warsaw, Poland.

The first edition of the African Beach Games will begin in Sal in Cape Verde tomorrow with around 1,000

competition, running until June 23.Eleven sports are on the programme in all - athletics, basketball 3x3, beach

handball, beach soccer, beach tennis, beach volleyball, coastal rowing, freestyle football, karate kata

, kiteboarding and open water swimming.The action will take place on Santa Maria Beach with an Opening

handball, beach tennis and coastal rowing.Live coverage will be provided by the Olympic Channel with

volleyball tournament will be the first event in the sport where Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification points

Tickets for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa will go on sale to the general public on Monday (June 17), while the Organising Committee have also announced ticketing details for the events.

2019 also confirmed that triathlon, sailing, va'a, shooting, archery, cricket, golf, lawn bowls and beach

volleyball will all be free entry.All other sports will charge WST$5 at the gate while children aged

those to secure a place in the women's main draw as qualification took place today at the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event in Warsaw.

The duo started their campaign at the Polish capital's Monta Beach Volley Club by beating home team Marta

21-17, 15-11.Ludwig and Kozuch were brought together in a recent German reshuffle prior to the FIVB Beach

issue with the points, so we are very thankful for this opportunity and we hope we can show our best beach

volleyball on the courts in Hamburg."

has unveiled the kit to be worn by athletes who will represent the country at the inaugural African Beach

nbsp;They are due to be used as qualifiers for the Association of National Olympic Committees World Beach

, karateka James Mwangi, and one swimmer, Nurayn Mohamed Bagha.They will also be represented in the beach

volleyball men's and women's contests, as well as in the men's competitions for beach football, beach

handball and beach tennis.The African Beach Games are set to start in Sal in Cape Verde on Friday ©NOCKThe

A total of 54 countries are set ti compete in the African Beach Games involving 11 different sports,

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour is set to return to Poland for the 16th-straight

It is the penultimate event on the Tour prior to the 2019 FIVB Beach World Championships, scheduled to

Brandie Wilkerson triumphed at last year's edition of the event in Warsaw ©FIVBCompetition at the Monta Beach

the winning duos sharing the $20,000 (£16,000/€18,000) first-place prizes.The last event on the FIVB Beach

Paralympic cyclist Ryan Boyle has been voted as the Team USA male athlete of the month at the Team USA Best of May awards after claiming two gold medals at the International Cycling Union Para-cycling Road World Cup in Belgium last month.

which earned them team honours in the May Team USA awards ©Getty ImagesThe team award was presented to beach

volleyball pair Kerri Walsh Jennings and Brooke Sweat after they won the gold medal at the International

Volleyball Federation (FIVB) World Tour four-star event in Jinjiang in China.The win was a first ever

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) Beach Tennis World Championships look set to be another Italian

time after being held in another Italian locale, Cervia, last year.The doubles contests - the primary beach

no second service and no service let.In progress, the game itself resembles a mix of badminton and volleyball

be kept above the 1.7m-high net using paddle bats and be returned over the net first time.Since the Beach

A group of 42 athletes, including Olympians and Commonwealth Games participants, have been announced in the Australia team for next month's Pacific Games in Samoa. 

 Representatives in athletics, beach volleyball, rugby sevens, sailing and weightlifting have been

athlete Charles Yosei Mneria has been included in the Kenya squad for this month’s inaugural Africa Beach

(NOCK) has named a strong squad across nine sports for the Games that will be hosted at Santa Maria Beach

volleyball, karate, beach football, beach handball, beach tennis and swimming.The Kenyan National Olympic

“The men’s and women’s beach volleyball teams are having their session at Nairobi’s Strathmore University

volleyball, Kenya will field the experienced Gaudencia Makokha who will pair with Naomi Too, while the

handball, beach tennis, karate as well as rowing and canoeing on Friday, June 14.

Golfer Brooks Koepka has been shortlisted for the Team USA male athlete of the month award for May after winning back-to-back titles at both the US Open and PGA Championship.

in with a chance of winning the team of the month award, having achieved gold at the International Volleyball

Federation Beach Volleyball World Tourfour-star event in Jinjiang in China.The men's fencing team has

seeds Anders Mol and Christian Sørum lived up to their favourites tag as they won the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach Tour title in Ostrava.

Brazilian duo Agatha Bednarczuk and Eduarda Santos Lisboa were the queens of Ostrava at the International Volleyball

Federation World Beach Tour ©Getty ImagesAgatha Bednarczuk and Eduarda Santos Lisboa won an all-Brazilian

Women's top seeds Heather Bansley and Brandie Wilkerson were stunned in round three of the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Alves 21-14, 21-10.Christian Sørum (L) and Anders Mol of Norway are favourites to win the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event in Ostrava, Czech Republic ©Getty ImagesIn round three of the

Cyprus sealed victory in the women's beach volleyball event but were beaten in the men's final by Andorra

The fourth and fifth seeds were knocked out of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World

Spanish second seeds Adrian Gavira and Pablo Herrera.The Spanish duo are bidding to retain their Ostrava Beach

and Marketa Slukova from the Czech Republic failed to get past the pool stage of the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour in Ostrava, Czech Republic ©Getty ImagesThe women's action also threw