France and Serbia were victorious in the second day of the water polo competition at the Oran 2022 Mediterranean Games.

Oran is ready to take centre stage as its hosting of the Mediterranean Games are on the horizon, making it the second Algerian city to do so after capital Algiers in 1975.

The top-10 ranked men's doubles teqball pairing of Julien Grondin and Hugo Rabeux from France are set to compete at the Mediterranean Games in Oran, where the sport is featuring as a demonstration event.

The Algerian Olympic and Sports Committee (COA) has named judoka Messaoud Redouane Dris and boxer Imane Khelif as its flagbearers for this year's Mediterranean Games Opening Ceremony in the country's second biggest city of Oran.

The International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ) has announced that the Oran 2022 Mediterranean Games has added teqball to the programme as a demonstration sport.

Ghana's Youth and Sports Minister Mustapha Ussif and Algerian Ambassador Ali Redjel have pledged that 2023 African Games organisers in Accra will take part in an "exchange of knowledge" with 2022 Mediterranean Games hosts Oran.

Key World Games venue Protective Stadium has been shortlisted for StadiumDB's Stadium of the Year honour.

Mayors of the cities which will host the 2026 Mediterranean Games have called for the Italian Government to provide "adequate financial support".

Bernard Amsalem, the second vice-president of the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM), ensured delegates that preparations for Oran 2022 in Algeria are on track and that the city will host the event "in the best way".

Algeria's Minister of Youth and Sport Abdel-Razzaq Sebgag has insisted his visit to the competition sites scheduled for use at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran next June was routine, and "not in response to the declaration of the International Committee of the Mediterranean Games (ICMG)".

New International Committee for the Mediterranean Games (ICMG) President Davide Tizzano has demanded "immediate solutions" from 2022 host city Oran after Coordination Commission chairman Bernard Amsalem told the Executive Committee of “his concern and worries”.