I felt the first Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games might be a curious event given the change of hosts from San Diego to Qatar a matter of months before. The sight of children carrying guns during an Opening Ceremony merely confirmed my suspicions.
Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) secretary general Gunilla Lindberg is hopeful the organisation could announce a host for the second edition of the World Beach Games in the early part of next year.
Dmitrii Cheburkin played a starring role for Russia as they battled to victory over Brazil in the men’s 3x3 basketball final at the Association of National Olympic Committees World Beach Games today.
Brazil and Denmark were crowned beach handball champions at the Association of National Olympic Committees World Beach Games here today.
Brazil produced a magical samba to win the very last gold medal at these inaugural Association of National Olympic Committees World Beach Games.
Rafaella Miiller and Andre Baran, both beaten in prolonged and dramatic beach tennis doubles finals the previous night, went one better here today to earn mixed doubles gold for Brazil at the Association of National Olympic Committees World Beach Games with a 6-1, 6-1 win over France’s Nicolas Gianotti and Marie Eve Hoarau.
United States won both the men's and women's 4x4 beach volleyball titles here on the final day of the Association of National Olympic Committees World Beach Games.
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Germany's Florian Gruber made the most of his expertise in light winds to win gold in the men's kitefoil at the inaugural Association of National Olympic Committees World Beach Games.
The man who built Doha's skatepark believes the competition at the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games could be the touch paper for a Qatari revolution in the sport.
By Michael Pavitt, Dan Palmer, Mike Rowbottom and Philip Barker in Doha
Blessing Joy Onyebuchi won Nigeria’s first gold medal of these Association of National Olympic Committees Beach Games after a thrilling encounter with Hungary’s Zsanett Németh in the women’s over-70 kilograms beach wrestling.
World champion Heimana Reynolds secured victory in the men’s skateboard park event at the Association of National Olympic Committees World Beach Games as he continues to establish himself as the rider to beat at next year’s Olympic Games.
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It proved to be a dark night for Brazilian beach tennis at the Association of National Olympic Committees World Beach Games here as they lost in the men’s and women’s doubles finals - the latter of which suffered an unfortunate power failure during the first match point.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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Popular Dutchman Raymond Van Barneveld will make his farewell appearance at the Professional Darts Corporation's World Championships that start in London this week, as the sport continues to work on its long-range Olympic target. Mike Rowbottom reports.
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