A series of changes have been approved in an effort to add "further value" to competitions at the Pacific Games, while a motion to add women's rugby league nines was ratified.

organisation's Sport Committee at their General Assembly here today.The PGC Executive Board agreed that beach

volleyball, judo and weightlifting competitions should also act as the Oceania Championships.Minogue

with the weightlifting event already serving as an qualifier.Ranking points would be on offer in both beach

volleyball and judo.All three events would feature athletes from Australia and New Zealand, as

weightlifting.In 2016, the PGC announced the powerhouse nations would be allowed to compete in athletics, beach

Condolences have been sent to the United States' most decorated male skier Bode Miller from across the American sporting community following the tragic death of his 19-month-old daughter.

drowning in a swimming pool in Southern California.Reports said Miller's wife Morgan, a professional beach

volleyball player, dived into the pool after her daughter had fallen in but was unable to revive her.Emeline

Sanya City in China has been announced as host of the sixth Asian Beach Games in 2020 following an Olympic

competition venues, the Kuwaiti official added.An OCA inspection team has visited Sanya City ©OCAThe Asian Beach

emerged as a popular tourist destination and also serves as the training base of the Chinese national beach

volleyball team.Hangzhou in China is also due to host the 2022 Asian Games.Beijing will host the Winter

year.Cambodia, India, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan had previously been mentioned as potential Asian Beach

Samoa 2019 will be the final edition of the Pacific Games to feature more than 24 sports, with the multi-sport event set to be capped for future editions.

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.The programme

Australia have confirmed that they will compete in 27 sports at the Buenos Aires 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games.

event.Australian participation has been confirmed in archery, athletics, badminton, 3x3 basketball, beach

volleyball, boxing, canoeing, diving, equestrian, fencing, golf, gymnastics, hockey, judo, karate, modern

San Diego as preparations for the inaugural Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach

discipline, while a five kilometres open water swimming race was also included.BMX cycling, bouldering, beach

handball, kata karate, kitefoil sailing, park skateboarding, beach soccer, beach tennis, 3x3 basketball

, beach volleyball 4x4 and beach wrestling also feature.Shortboard and longboard surfing events are now

and wakeboarding.It has been claimed that delegates were impressed by the size and space of Mission Beach

Reigning Olympic men's beach volleyball champions Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt have ended their

The Brazilian duo, whose victory on Copacabana Beach at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

disciplines due to appear at the inaugural Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach

handball, kata karate, kitefoil sailing, park skateboarding, beach soccer, beach tennis, 3x3 basketball

, beach volleyball 4x4 and beach wrestling are also included.Most of the disciplines are different to

athletics are among sports successfully pioneered at other beach events not included.Competition at

the 2019 World Beach Games will take place on Mission Beach in San Diego, where the announcement about

 "By bringing them together for the first time under the ANOC World Beach Games banner, we will

successful week for hosts Brazil as the reigning world champions topped the podium at the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event in Itapema.

Vienna.Furthermore, it secured them their second medal of the season having won silver at the Huntington Beach

Brazil's Evandro Gonçalves and Andre Loyola have reached their second-straight final on the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour after earning a place in the gold medal match at their home event

duo's successful journey to the final comes on the back of a second-place finish at the Huntington Beach

surprise teams to qualify for the quarter-finals as action continued today at the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour Itapema Open.

Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) President Paulo Wanderley has signed a commitment to prevent abuse and sexual and moral harassment in sport.

vice-president Marco La Porta and director general Rogério Sampaio, while three Olympic medal-winning athletes - beach

volleyball player Emanuel Rêgo, sailor Isabel Swan and modern pentathlete Yane Marques - represented

Hosts Brazil dominated the first day of the main draw at the International Volleyball Federation

(FIVB) Beach World Tour Itapema Open with three of the country’s five women’s teams advancing to the

second match of the day, the Brazilians, who have won both the Fort Lauderdale Major and the Huntington Beach

#BeachWorldTour pic.twitter.com/xMrLuliYde— Beach Volleyball (@FIVBBeach) May 17, 2018In the men’s tournament

will be held on Sunday (May 20).The Itapema Open is the fourth four-star event of the 2017-2018 FIVB Beach

Ferreira celebrated his 26th birthday in style by successfully navigating qualifying at the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour Itapema Open.

Top Brazilian beach volleyball players will be hoping to thrive on home sand when the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour Itapema Open begins tomorrow.

leading the men's entries.They will be seeking a repeat of the home success they managed on Copacabana Beach