China's Dong Jie and Hang Ting's progress at their home Beach Volleyball Under-19 World Championships

meet the Russian team of Maria Bocharova and Maria Voronina for the title in this International Volleyball

Federation event at the Tangshan International Beach Sports Park.The two Marias defeated Canada's Erika

Moreno said.Spain’s Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno celebrate their quarter-final win at the FIVB Beach

Volleyball Under-19 World Championships in Nanjing, but they went out in the semi-finals ©FIVBRussia

The ninth edition of the Micronesian Games will begin in Yap tomorrow with the Opening Ceremony.

withdraw due to financial concerns.The sports on the programme include men's baseball, basketball, volleyball

, beach volleyball, football, athletics, table tennis and weightlifting.Wrestling, va'a canoe and open

Minsk 2019 have claimed that a three-day Chef de Mission seminar was successful as preparations for the second European Games continue.

will compete in 15 sports in Minsk.This will include 3x3 basketball, archery, athletics, badminton, beach

soccer, beach volleyball, boxing and canoe sprint.Cycling, judo, karate, sambo, shooting, table tennis

Canada and the United States, are among the eight pairs through to the women’s quarter-finals at the Beach

Volleyball Major Series event in Gstaad in Switzerland.

with a 21-16, 21-17 win over Russia’s Svetlana Kholomina and Nadezda Makroguzova at the International Volleyball

US 21-18, 21-18.Dalhausser and Lucena had entered this week’s event with 18-straight match wins in Beach

Volleyball Major Series events with three-consecutive gold-medal finishesThe men’s semi-final matches

quarter-finals are also due to take place with the semi-finals and medal matches set for Sunday (July 15).The Beach

Volleyball Major Series is now in its fourth year having started in 2015.

John and Eric Stadie upset the seeding system in an all-German men's final at the World University Beach

Volleyball Championship on home sand in Munich.

China's Dong Jie and Hang Ting delighted their home fans as they reached the quarter-finals of the Beach

Volleyball Under-19 World Championships in Nanjing with a 22-20, 21-19 win over Bolivia's Maria

14, 21-12.Pairs from seven other nations advanced from the women's round-of-16 in the International Volleyball

Federation event at the Tangshan International Beach Sports Park.Canada's Erika Vermette and Dana

Brazilian second seeds Gabriel Zuliani and Gabriel De Abreu Lima Pisco to reach the quarter-finals of the Beach

Volleyball Under-19 World Championships in Nanjing ©FIVBPoland's Julia Gierczynska and Patrycja Jundzill

Defending champions Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena battled into the second round of the Beach Volleyball

The American duo saw a 19-match winning run come to an end at the International Volleyball Federation-organised

Two home pairs will contest the men's final at the World University Beach Volleyball Championship in

Schneider and Simon Pfretzschner finished top of Pool A to reach the round-of-16 in the men's event at the Beach

Volleyball Under-19 World Championships in Nanjing, China.

today with a 21-14, 21-14 win over Canada's Cole Irwin and Robert Kemp at the Tangshan International Beach

with a 21-16, 21-14 win over Kazakhstan's Nurdos Aldash andAbdulmajid Mokhammad in this International Volleyball

21-13, 15-11 and finish top of Pool B.Key pool matches took place in Nanjing today during the men's beach

volleyball competition at the FIVB Under-19 World Championships ©FIVBItaly's Di Silvestre and Marchetto

Kenya's former rugby sevens captain Humphrey Kayange has been appointed as his country's Chef de Mission for this month's third African Youth Games. 

 Kenya are set to compete in seven disciplines at the Games, including athletics, beach volleyball

American legend Kerry Walsh Jennings began well in her pursuit of a share of history at the Beach Volleyball

opponents Karla Borger and Margareta Kozuch in a Pool E match on centre court in the International Volleyball

May-Treanor eight times and with April Ross four.Philipp Bergmann and Yannick Harms were in form at the beach

volleyball event ©FIVBThis included a stunning success over Brazilians Agatha Bednarczuk and Barbara

Top seeds Cao Shuting and Zeng Jinjin began their pursuit of the women's Beach Volleyball Under-19 World

winning start to their Pool A campaign at the tournament at the Chinese city’s Tangshan International Beach

Mateusz Paszkowski today to secure their place in the men’s quarter-finals at the World University Beach

Volleyball Championship in Munich.

 The United States have two pairings through to the quarter-finals of the women's event ©USAV Beach

Four European pairs moved into the men’s main draw at the Beach Volleyball Under-19 World Championship

progressed to the main draw after coming through three matches at the Chinese city’s Tangshan International Beach

Katie Sadlier.Action in Nanjing is due to continue tomorrow.It is the 15th edition of the International Volleyball

Spain enjoyed knock-out success in the men's draw at the World University Beach Volleyball Championship

Rain delay at the #FISU Beach Volleyball #UniWorlds @FIVBBeach ☔️ pic.twitter.com/qOmCuEZK4z— #FISU