Athletes competing at the Commonwealth Youth Games were given a good luck message by Her Majesty The Queen before Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis declared the event open during a fun-filled Ceremony here tonight.

, the Baton is scheduled to visit a number of local landmarks, sporting events in track cycling and beach

volleyball, and young persons’ community projects before it departs for Bermuda.Wellington Miller, President

The Gold Coast 2018 Queen's Baton today arrived in The Bahamas following its journey from fellow Caribbean country the Cayman Islands.

here tonight before it spends a further five days in the country.The Baton will be also welcomed at beach

volleyball and road cycling events due to be held on Saturday (July 22) and Sunday (July 23).It is also

The Opening Ceremony began the 23rd edition of the Summer Deaflympics in Turkish city Samsun today.

deaf athletes in the Black Sea city.They will compete 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.The first sporting action

Russian Olympic Committee President Alexander Zhukov and International Cycling Union (UCI) vice-president David Lappartient are among new members of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) Coordination Commission for the 2019 European Games in Minsk.

June 21 to 30 in 2019.It will feature the 16 sports of archery, athletics, badminton, basketball 3x3, beach

soccer, beach volleyball, boxing, canoe sprint, cycling, gymnastics, karate, judo, sambo, shooting,

Organisers of the Commonwealth Youth Games have been given a financial boost after the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) announced they had provided a cash injection of $250,000 (£192,000/€218,000) to help support the event here.

BTC are the principle sponsor of the event, which officially begins tomorrow with action in judo and beach

volleyball and the Opening Ceremony.The investment was officially announced by Dexter Cartwright, interim

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Relays and also hosted this year's FIFA Beach

the event, first held in Edinburgh in 2000.There are due to be 96 gold medals awarded in athletics, beach

soccer, beach volleyball, boxing, road cycling, judo, rugby sevens, swimming and tennis.Five of these

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Louise Martin praised organisers of the Commonwealth Youth Games for their "tremendous" work and claimed the venues were "second to none" on the eve of the event here.

previous four editions of the International Association of Athletics Federations World Relays.Beach volleyball

and beach soccer will take place at the Bahamas Football Association National Stadium, the venue for

the recent FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup."

What I have seen here - the complex and the beach volleyball stadium, are second to none."

soccer, beach volleyball, boxing, road cycling, judo, rugby sevens, swimming and tennis.Five of these

Samsun in Turkey will host the 23rd edition of the Summer Deaflympics from tomorrow.

deaf athletes in the Black Sea city.They will compete 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.The action will be the

Athletes from England, Wales and South Africa were among those to arrive here today as they prepare to compete at the Commonwealth Youth Games.

sporting event ever staged in The Bahamas, is made up of 72 athletes, who will compete in athletics, beach

volleyball, boxing, judo, rugby sevens, swimming and tennis.A total of 24 competitors are set to represent

South Africa in athletics, beach volleyball, boxing, judo, swimming and tennis.A total of 39 athletes

biggest edition of the event, first held in 2000.There are due to be 94 gold medals awarded in athletics, beach

soccer, beach volleyball, boxing, road cycling, judo, rugby sevens, swimming and tennis.

and Ana Patricia Silva Ramos retained their women’s title as Brazilian pairs won both finals at the Beach

Volleyball Under-21 World Championships in Nanjing.

Brazilian and Russian pairs will contest both the men's and women's finals at the Beach Volleyball Under

survived sweltering conditions as well as tough Iranian opposition to reach the quarter-finals of the Beach

Volleyball Under-21 World Championships in Nanjing today.

Spain’s Jimenez Gutierrez and Alejandro Huerta Pastor for a place in the last four at the International Volleyball

World Boxing Organisation (WBO) heavyweight title holder Joseph Parker and a number of Olympians have issued messages of support to athletes representing New Zealand at the Commonwealth Youth Games.

Olympic Committee for the Games in The Bahamas back in May.Members of the team will compete in athletics, beach

volleyball, boxing, cycling and swimming.Prior to their departure to The Bahamas, athletes attended

aged between 14 and 18 set to participate.The event will see 94 medals contested across athletics, beach

soccer, boxing, road cycling, judo, rugby sevens, swimming, tennis and beach volleyball.

Klaffinger of Austria claimed two victories today to top their main draw pool at the 2017 International Volleyball

Federation Under-21 Beach World Championships in Nanjing.

Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) have continued their planning for Tokyo 2020 by welcoming the Games' Rights Holding Broadcasters (RHBs) to the Japanese capital for a three-day briefing.

artificial island within Tokyo Bay.RHBs were briefly introduced to the Shiokaze Park, which will host beach

volleyball in 2020, and the Odaiba Marine Park, which will be the venue for the triathlon and marathon

Brazil’s Eduarda Santos Lisboa and Ana Patricia Silva Ramos started their International Volleyball Federation

Under-21 Beach World Championships title defence successfully in Nanjing today.