Vanuatu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee President Antoine Boudier believes the inaugural edition of the World Beach Games levelled the playing field for smaller countries.

A special highlights video dedicated to the inaugural World Beach Games in Qatar has been released by organisers the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC).

The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) is preparing to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the inaugural ANOC World Beach Games in Qatar.

Next year's Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games has been postponed until 2023 because of the coronavirus pandemic, insidethegames can reveal.

A separate surfing competition associated with the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games will not be held, organisers have confirmed to insidethegames.

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.

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.