Latvian stars will be hoping to match the best in the continent on home sand at the Beach Volleyball

Graudina will lead Latvian hopes on home sand in the women's tournament ©Getty ImagesIt is the biggest beach

volleyball event to take place in Latvia and organisation has been praised by the European Volleyball

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe would have hoped for a deluge of eyebrow-raising moments at these World Championships.

 I had a brief stint away from the athletics to attend the Beach Volleyball World Championships

notable, something which has been lacking here.Of course, it would be naïve to think the atmosphere at a beach

volleyball event could be replicated at an athletics meeting.

KT Tape and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) are set to premiere their “Working Out With Team USA presented by KT Tape” video series tomorrow.

muscle, ligament and tendon pain relief and support ©KT Tape / TwitterAmong the brand's ambassadors are beach

volleyball player Kerri Walsh Jennings, marathon runner Meb Keflezighi, Paralympic skier Oksana Masters

Brazil successfully defended their International Volleyball Federation World Grand Prix title with a

came on the same day as compatriots Evandro Goncalves and Andre Loyola lifted the men's trophy at the Beach

Volleyball World Championships in Vienna.Brazil fought hard to level the score at 24-all in the first

spoiled the raucous Austrian party as they beat Clemens Doppler and Alexander Horst to clinch the men's Beach

Volleyball World Championships title here today.

strong crowd, who remained loud and boisterous throughout the contest.The Austrian duo were the first beach

volleyball players from the landlocked nation to reach a World Championships final and the reception

International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) director general Fabio Azevedo is confident the sport will

earning greater funding from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).Azevedo claimed here at the Beach

Volleyball World Championships that a data report from the IOC, which showed how the sport had the highest

of all of the disciplines at Rio 2016 Olympics, had strengthened their case.According to the report, volleyball

and beach volleyball had a combined total of 2,634,677,000 viewing hours at the Games.Azevedo also

The aim is to increase the relevance of volleyball in worldwide society."

medallists Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst of Germany fought back from a set down to clinch the women's Beach

Volleyball World Championships title with victory over American duo Lauren Fendrick and April Ross here

and European crowns.They will get the chance to defend their continental gold medal at the European Beach

Volleyball Championships in Jurmala in Latvia later this month.Their triumph also saw them become the

When you picture a nation adorned with beach resorts, Austria is not a country that springs to mind.

Volleyball World Championships."

known for its prowess in beach volleyball.

@Volley_Austria #FIVBWorldChamps pic.twitter.com/ZcjsmzsodK— Beach Volleyball (@FIVBBeach) August 5,

 Their World Tour events are also held in similar format, while even beach volleyball at the Olympics

Will those who came to the Beach Volleyball World Championships in Vienna remember the sport or the party

Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt of Brazil to reach the quarter-finals on a dramatic day at the Beach

Volleyball World Championships here.

will take on Olympic gold medallists Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst of Germany in the final of the Beach

Volleyball World Championships ©FIVB"This is our second time in the quarters at the worlds and we’ve

It was tough but we practiced hard for the last four years so we didn’t lose our beach volleyball, we

to completing their medal collection as they progressed to the quarter-finals of the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Championships in Vienna.

form as they dispatched Sara Hughes and Kelly Claes of the United States 21-16, 21-16 at the Red Bull Beach

a comfortable 21-15, 21-7 win.Christiaan Varenhorst, who finished second at the 2015 edition of the Beach

Volleyball World Championships in The Hague along with Reinder Nummerdor after they lost to Cerutti

pairings had mixed fortunes as the women’s competition reached the knock-out stage at the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Championships in Vienna.

Championships with different partners, but the duo were unable to reach the last 16 together at the Red Bull Beach

Santos Lisboa suffered a surprise defeat to finish in third place in their pool at the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Championships in Vienna.

beaten 21-19, 21-15 by Madelein Meppelink and Sophie van Gestel of The Netherlands at the Red Bull Beach

Lauren Fendrick and April Ross became the first pairing to win their pool at the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Championships in Vienna.

Taliqua Clancy of Australia 21-16, 21-13 to secure a third straight win at the tournament at the Red Bull Beach

Scotland's Gold Coast 2018 Chef de Mission John Doig said the country is targeting their best ever overseas display at next year's Commonwealth Games.

the Gold Coast programme ©Getty Images"This time basketball is back and the only additional sport is beach

volleyball and we're very hopeful that our teams for that event will qualify."

An Olympic Park, featuring facilities for more than 20 sports, has been officially opened by the Paraguayan Olympic Committee (COP) in Asunción.

Athletics Federations class II graded track.Four tennis courts, with seating for 485 spectators, and a beach

sports complex also form part of the park.The beach complex has two small courts for volleyball and