duo Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins recorded their second victory of the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Championships as they beat Markus Bockermann and Lars Fluggen

claimed a 21-19, 21-15 win over the German pair in Pool B of the men's competition at the Red Bull Beach

Germany's Nele Alder-Baerens, Lenka Matouskova of the Czech Republic and the Russian 4x100 metres quartet all set Deaflympics records on their way to gold medals in Samsun today.

bronze to his marathon gold in 15:08.43.Away from track and field, Ukraine won both gold medals in beach

volleyball as they topped the podium in the men's and women's competitions.Anna Zatylkina and Raisa

Schmidt won their opening pool play match today as they look to defend their title at the International Volleyball

Federation Beach Volleyball World Championships in Austria’s capital Vienna.

Brazilians beat Mozambique’s Aldevino Nguvo and Justino Tovela 21-13, 21-13 in Pool E at the Red Bull Beach

Plesiutschnig and Cornelia Rimser today to make a winning start to their campaign at the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Championships in Austria’s capital Vienna.

The fifth seeds triumphed 21-15, 21-14 at the Red Bull Beach Arena on Danube Island, putting them top

Russia swept the podium in the women's 800 metres as they continued their dominance at the 23rd Summer Deaflympics in Turkish city Samsun.

respectively.Elsewhere on a busy day of action, Japan produced a commanding display to clinch the women's volleyball

athletes in the Black Sea city.They are competing in 20 sports - athletics, badminton, basketball, beach

volleyball, bowling, road cycling, football, golf, handball, judo, karate, mountain bike, orienteering

, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball and wrestling.

Russia's Viktor Dinges and Ukraine's Iana Melnyk claimed the respective men's and women's long-distance orienteering gold medals as action continued today at the 23rd Summer Deaflympics in Turkish city Samsun.

athletes in the Black Sea city.They are competing in 20 sports - athletics, badminton, basketball, beach

volleyball, bowling, road cycling, football, golf, handball, judo, karate, mountain bike, orienteering

, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball and wrestling.

champions Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt will be looking to defend their title at the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Championships in Vienna, where action is due to begin tomorrow

The Red Bull Arena on Danube Island in Vienna will have seating for 10,000 fans during the FIVB Beach

Volleyball World Championships where Clemens Doppler and Alexander Horst will carry Austria's hopes

descend on the Austrian capital’s Danube Island for 10 days of action inside the 10,000-seater Red Bull Beach

It’s the biggest beach volleyball event ever and it’s in my hometown - words can’t describe it," the

We’ve practised on the Red Bull Beach Arena already and even with an empty stadium I’m getting goosebumps

International Floorball Federation secretary general John Liljelund has claimed success at the 2021 World Games in American city Birmingham may propel the sport to the Olympic programme if Los Angeles hosts in 2028.

several sports which use it as a showcase for inclusion on the programme of the Olympic Games.Badminton, beach

volleyball, trampolining, rugby sevens, taekwondo, triathlon and women's weightlifting all first appeared

Allen John claimed golf gold after a thrilling one shot victory following an extra hole in the men's matchplay final at the 23rd Summer Deaflympics in Samsun today.

athletes in the Black Sea city.They are competing in 20 sports - athletics, badminton, basketball, beach

volleyball, bowling, road cycling, football, golf, handball, judo, karate, mountain bike, orienteering

, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball and wrestling.

Iranian Keyvan Erkhenbayar enjoyed a thrilling victory today to claim under-57 kilograms freestyle wrestling honours at the 23rd Summer Deaflympics in Samsun.

athletes in the Black Sea city.They are competing in 20 sports - athletics, badminton, basketball, beach

volleyball, bowling, road cycling, football, golf, handball, judo, karate, mountain bike, orienteering

, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball and wrestling.

Russia enjoyed more success today at the 23rd Summer Deaflympics in Samsun today with victories in sports including mountain biking and karate.

athletes in the Black Sea city.They are competing in 20 sports - athletics, badminton, basketball, beach

volleyball, bowling, road cycling, football, golf, handball, judo, karate, mountain bike, orienteering

, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball and wrestling.

Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) President Ben Nunoo-Mensah spoke to members of the country’s team heading to The Bahamas for the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games.

flying over.Their team members will feature in athletics, swimming, boxing, tennis, cycling, judo and beach

volleyball.

Brazil’s Talita Antunes and Larissa Franca have won back the women’s title at the International Volleyball

Flüggen completed a remarkable week by taking home the title.They became just the 16th pair in the FIVB Beach

Ukraine held off Russia by just 31 seconds after more than an hour of racing to claim the mixed team relay orienteering title at the 23rd Summer Deaflympics in Samsun today.

athletes in the Black Sea city.They are competing in 20 sports - athletics, badminton, basketball, beach

volleyball, bowling, road cycling, football, golf, handball, judo, karate, mountain bike, orienteering

, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball and wrestling.

Australia entered the record books as the first nation to win a Commonwealth Youth Games beach volleyball

team-mate Blake Takken sealed the bronze medal by beating Kelvin Carboo and Eric Tsatsu 21-12, 21-16.Beach

volleyball will make its debut on the main Commonwealth Games programme at Gold Coast 2018.Trinidad

and Tobago won the girls' beach soccer title by beating Jamaica 5-4 in a close final ©Getty ImagesHistory

was also made at the same venue as beach soccer's Commonwealth Youth Games debut culminated in Trinidad

clash against Saint Lucia.The Bahamas delighted the home crowd inside the venue, used for the FIFA Beach