AirBadminton has proven to be a big hit here as officials in the sport express their excitement over the growth in the outdoor discipline.

qualified to compete in AirBadminton at this year’s Association of National Olympic Committees World Beach

Because of the popularity of badminton in Indonesia, they said they wanted AirBadminton at the World Beach

We hope to stay in or at least be invited [to the ANOC World Beach Games] because it was a good opportunity

It’s a journey a bit like beach volleyball which is a fantastic journey that volleyball has been through

It is probably something that taps into sun, beach and being trendy."

Registrations have begun for the European University Sports Association (EUSA) Winter Championship at Val di Zoldo, Italy.

September 18.Three disciplines - slalom, giant slalom, and parallel - are on offer for both sports.Snow volleyball

ChampionshipThe 2023 season started with a Championship in Football from Nine 15 to July 4.Championship in Beach

Sweden's European champion pairing David Åhman and Jonatan Hellvig have won the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) men's Beach Pro Tour Elite16 event at the Am Rothenbaum Stadium in Hamburg.

Lisboa and Ana Patrícia Ramos leap from the top step of the podium after their victory in Hamburg ©Volleyball

World Beach Pro Tour In the women’s competition, top ranked 'Duda' Lisboa and Ana Patrícia Ramos defeated

A total of eight sports at the Accra 2023 African Games are set to serve as Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualifiers.

Olympic qualifiers, the other sports on the programme are arm wrestling, athletics, 3x3 basketball, beach

volleyball, boxing, cricket, football, handball, hockey, judo, karate, rugby, taekwondo, volleyball

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) general secretary Sergei Lebedev claimed the CIS Games in Minsk were proof that "there are no and cannot be borders between states, there is no and should not be politics and discrimination".

Belarus a long way behind in second ©RBFThe CIS Games saw athletes compete in sports including athletics, volleyball

, beach football, futsal, 3x3 basketball, rhythmic gymnastics and shooting sport.Russia topped the standings

There was something Brian Lewis said at the start of the Commonwealth Youth Games which stuck with me throughout the six days of competition plus the Closing Ceremony in Trinidad and Tobago.

Completion of the Black Rock Facility for beach volleyball may have been tight, but it is an impressive

Trinidad and Tobago's Sports Minister Shamfa Cudjoe has revealed the Commonwealth Youth Games here was delivered within its allocated budget of TTF$35 million (£4 million/$5.1 million).

there was an emphasis on the use of existing venues, the new Black Rock Facility was constructed for beach

Trade Association Games (CARIFTA) in athletics.Trinbago 2023 primarily used existing venues, but a new beach

volleyball facility was completed shortly before the start of the Commonwealth Youth Games ©Getty Images"We

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Games champions ©Getty ImagesCanada's Katarina Drozd, left, and Calinda Kok, right, won the women's beach

volleyball gold against Jasmine Rayner and Cameron Zajer of Australia ©Getty ImagesOliver Toomes, left

, and Andon Kiriakou, right, made it a beach volleyball double for Canada in the men's final against

Canada won both beach volleyball gold medals on the final day of competition at the Trinbago 2023 Commonwealth

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44-25 in the semi-finals, and are set to play South Africa for gold ©Getty ImagesCanada are in both beach

volleyball finals, with Oliver Toomes, left and Andon Kiriakou, right, set to face England's Rob Morgan

Scotland's Matthew Ward completed a stellar Commonwealth Youth Games here with a fourth gold on the final day of swimming competition in the men's 200 metres individual medley.

is due to conclude tomorrow at the Commonwealth Youth Games with medal matches in fast5 netball and beach

volleyball on Tobago and the end of athletics, Para athletics and track cycling on Trinidad.

Scotland won a thrilling men's rugby sevens final in golden point extra-time against Fiji at the Commonwealth Youth Games here, while Australia dominated the women's decider against Canada.

had concluded earlier in the day in Tobago with the mixed team relay super sprint race at the Buccoo Beach

set to be the penultimate day of competition at the Commonwealth Youth Games, with fast5 netball and beach

volleyball events continuing in Tobago.

Solomon Islands Secretary of the Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening Stanley Pirione has called on Makira-Ulawa Province citizens to be hospitable to foreign visitors during the country's hosting of the Pacific Games.

be contested at the Games with the Olympic events of archery, athletics, basketball, 3x3 basketball, beach

volleyball, boxing, football, golf, field hockey, judo, rugby sevens, sailing, swimming, table tennis

, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, kayaking, volleyball, and weightlifting all included.Body building, karate

David Åhman and Jonatan Hellvig successfully defended their men’s title at the European Beach Volleyball

Playing for a first time in the Red Bull Beach Arena at the Danube Island, the two 21-year-old Swedes

pic.twitter.com/fRbJRSCzKD— European Volleyball (@CEVolleyball) August 6, 2023The Swedes became the sixth

EuroBeachVolley history to win back-to-back editions of the tournament.With two continental titles and also three Volleyball

World Beach Pro Tour victories under their belts, Åhman and Hellvig are quickly establishing themselves

Volleyball Championships in Vienna ©Euro Beach Volley"We really didn’t expect we would be able to make

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competition began today at the Black Rock Beach venue on the island of Tobago ©Getty ImagesTrinidad

, left, and Jahreef Miguel, right, were among the winners of their opening group match in the men's beach

volleyball ©Getty ImagesIt was a warm day on the Caribbean island, but rain briefly brought a pause

to beach volleyball proceedings ©Getty ImagesEngland's Alice Jagielska, right, and Daisy Boardman, left

, won one of the opening matches of the women's beach volleyball tournament at Trinbago 2023 ©Getty ImagesSwimming