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

and Christian Sørum got off to the perfect start as they bid for a third consecutive International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour gold medal in Ostrava.

Wall 21-12, 21-18.Spain's Adrian Gavira and Pablo Herrera remained on course to defend their Ostrava Beach

Open earlier this week.Their triumph in China saw them become the oldest women’s team to win an FIVB Beach

the lowest ranked duo to progress to the main draw in the women's competition at the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour in Ostrava.

Norway's Anders Mol and Christian Sørum will be out to secure a third straight International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour gold medal when they compete at the latest event on the circuit in

medal to their collection.Spain's Adrian Gavira and Pablo Herrera will aim to defend their Ostrava Beach

Around 2,000 people were present as the Opening Ceremony of the 18th Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) took place tonight in Budva Old Town.  

Tivat, Cetinje and Podgorica.There will be 10 disciplines on the programme – athletics, basketball, beach

volleyball, bowls, judo, shooting. swimming, table tennis, tennis and volleyball.

Nearly 900 athletes have gathered in Montenegro to participate in the 18th Games of the Small States of Europe, which holds its Opening Ceremony tomorrow and concludes on Saturday (June 1).

disciplines on the programme – athletics, swimming, basketball, judo, shooting, table tennis, tennis, beach

volleyball, volleyball and bowls.Iceland top the all-time medal table with 1,204 medals, including 479

with 71 medals, 35 of them gold.Among the likely leading performers for the host nation will be men’s volleyball

players Jovan Delic and Ivan Zvicer, and women’s volleyball players Anja Pejovic and Milena Burzanovic.Also

Triple Olympic gold medallist Kerri Walsh Jennings returned to the top of an International Volleyball

Federation Beach World Tour podium for the first time in nearly three years as she won the Jinjiang

it feels so good to finish on top," said Walsh Jennings, who last won on the World Tour at the Long Beach

The world is so good at volleyball so you have to be the best on that day to win and we played great

partner Tri Bourne, 21-17, 21-10.Both men's semi-finals were played yesterday.The next major stop on the Beach

Weightlifters Steven Kari and Dika Toua were named male and female athlete of the year, respectively, at Papua New Guinea's SP Sports Awards.

year, also impressed at the Commonwealth Games as she won silver in the women's 53kg class.Olympic beach

volleyball champion Kerri Pottharst spoke as the special guest ©SP Sports AwardsThe Glasgow gold medallist

the Alotau under-15 girls' basketball team of 2018.The event also included a speech from Australian beach

volleyball player and special guest Kerri Pottharst.Pottharst is a three-time Olympian who won gold

Norway's Anders Mol and Christian Sørum are one victory from two consecutive titles on the International Volleyball

Federation Beach World Tour after reaching the final of the Jinjiang Open today.

I couldn't expect more than such a high level of beach volleyball for tomorrow."

McMillan defeated top seeds Barbara Hermannova and Marketa Slukova at the Jinjiang Open as the latest Beach

Volleyball World Tour leg continued.

British landscape architecture studio Gustafson Porter + Bowman will redesign the parks surrounding the Eiffel Tower in order to address crowding problems and improve services for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

 The first stage of the project is due to be completed by 2023.Beach volleyball is set to take place

United States defending champion Trevor Crabb enjoyed a strong start to the Jinjiang Open with new partner Tri Bourne.

Crabb won the men’s competition at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour four

a 21-14, 21-9 victory over the Chinese pairing Wu Jiaxin and Ha Likejiang.Pool matches of the FIVB Beach

Norway’s Hendrik Nikolai Mol and Mathias Berntsen came through qualification at the latest International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event as the Jinjiang Open began.

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18-21, 15-12 win against Austria’s Teresa and Nadine Strauss.Competition at the four star FIVB Beach

China will host the latest event of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) World Tour season

threats.Competition will begin tomorrow with pairings seeking to earn places in the main draw at the Yakou Beach

venue.The Jinjiang Open is one of the final major events before the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships

Sunday (May 26).The Jinjiang Open is the penultimate four star event on the World Tour prior to the FIVB Beach

Volleyball World Championships.It will be followed by a competition at Ostrava in the Czech Republic

Norway’s Anders Mol and Christian Sørum were the winners of the men's event in Itapema as beach volleyball

teams from Europe swept all medals from an International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) World Tour stop

victory over Canada’s Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes.The final was a rematch of the Huntington Beach

Chetumal, silver in Ostrava in Czech Republic and bronzes in Itapema and Swiss town Gstaad.The FIVB Beach

Volleyball World Tour is set to continue next week with a four-star event in Jinjiang in China, and