San Diego confirmed as host of first ANOC World Beach Games in 2017
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San Diego has been formally approved as host of the first Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games here today.
San Diego has been formally approved as host of the first Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games here today.
San Diego has been awarded hosting rights for the inaugural Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games in 2017 during this afternoon's Executive Council meeting here, subject to formal rubber stamping at tomorrow's General Assembly.
San Diego in the United States is poised to be awarded the inaugural Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games in 2017, with a final decision set to be made here later this week.
A host will be selected for the 2017 ANOC (Association of National Olympic Committee) World Beach Games at the organisation's General Assembly in Washington D.C. in October, it was revealed here today, with the inaugural event set to feature 15 sports.
Plans for the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Beach Games dominated the agenda at today's ANOC Executive Committee meeting here, with the event to be utterly separate from the SportAccord World Beach Games awarded to Sochi earlier this year.
Sochi will play host to the first edition of the World Beach Games in 2019, it was announced here today at the General Assembly of the SportAccord Convention, but the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) has implied it will organise its own event separately.
By David Owen at ANOC Headquarters in Lausanne
If Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) President Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah gets his way, we may soon have a new challenger for the title of World's Third-Biggest Sports Event after the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup - the World Beach Games.
By Nick Butler at the Phuket Orchid Resort and Spa Karon
Almost any country in Asia would be capable of hosting the first World Beach Games with the balance of power having shifted to to the continent from Europe when it comes to putting on major events, Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) director general Husain Al Musallam claimed here today.
By Nick Butler at the Dusit D2 Resort Hotel in Phuket
Thai Minister for Sport and Tourism Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul believes hosting the first World Beach Games would allow the country to show its "full potential to the world".
By Nick Butler at the Holiday Inn Resort Hotel in Phuket
A World Beach Games will provide a unique opportunity for sports and disciplines to be showcased on a major multi-sport stage, Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) President Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah has claimed.