The UAE has scored another ju-jitsu gold this afternoon, as Asma Alhosani prevails over Korea's Im Eon-ju via advantages to seal the title in the women's -52kg class.
🥇 🇦🇪 Asma Alhosani
🥈 🇰🇷 Im Eon-ju
🥉 🇲🇳 Mongoljin Ganbaatar
🥉 🇵🇭 Jenna Napolis
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It's happening in the field at the Sanya Bay Yuhai Club Venue Cluster, as beach soccer kicks off preliminary play this Day 1 at Sanya 2026.
Group B: 🇮🇷🆚🇦🇪 (04:00 pm)
Group B: 🇸🇦🆚🇹🇭 (06:30 pm)
Group A: 🇴🇲🆚🇵🇸 (09:00 pm)
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🥉 WE WON BRONZE! - The Philippines has entered the medal board here at the 2026 Asian Beach Games, as jujitsuka Jenna Kaila Napolis snags the bronze in the women's -52kg Ne-waza class after downing Kazakhstan's Zhibek Kulumbetova via advantage.
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The men's -62kg class ensured that the UAE has its hands on a gold here at Sanya, and the win went to Khaled Alshehhi after he bests over compatriot Omar Alsuwaidi in an all-Emirati final.
🥇 🇦🇪 Khaled Alshehhi
🥈 🇦🇪 Omar Alsuwaidi
🥉 🇰🇿 Batyr Tenizbay
🥉 🇸🇦 Abdulmalik Al Murdhi
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Happening right now at the Sanya Bay Yuhai Club Venue Cluster is the medal finals in ju-jitsu.
While Jenna Napolis and Andrea Lois Lao are gunning for bronzes, Alexandria Enriquez will grapple for gold this afternoon in the women's -63kg category.
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BEACH VOLLEYBALL | Prelims (23 April) (3/7):
W | Pool E:
🇯🇵 JPN - 2
🇲🇻 MDV - 0
M | Pool D:
🇯🇵 JPN - 2
🇲🇻 MDV - 0
W | Pool G:
🇰🇿 KAZ - 2
🇺🇿 UZB - 0
W | Pool A:
🇨🇳 CHN - 2
🇱🇰 SRI - 0
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BEACH VOLLEYBALL - The Malaysian pair of Sin Sing Yee and Rachael Goh puts up a commanding performance to kickstart Pool E in the women's division, beating their Syrian opponents in two sets, 21-14, 21-6.
🇲🇾 MAS - 2
🟩 SYR - 0
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BEACH VOLLEYBALL | Prelims (23 April) (2/7):
M | Pool A:
🇨🇳 CHN - 2
🇲🇴 MAC - 0
M | Pool C:
🇮🇩 INA - 2
🇹🇱 TLS - 0
M | Pool E:
🇹🇭 THA - 2
🇰🇷 KOR - 0
M | Pool H:
🇯🇵 JPN - 2
🇱🇰 SRI - 0
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BEACH VOLLEYBALL - Qataris Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan register their first victory in Pool B, defeating the Maldives' Naseem and Ismail in a two-setter match, 21-16, 21-10.
🇶🇦 QAT - 2
🇲🇻 MDV - 0
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BEACH HANDBALL | Prelims (23 April) (1/2):
M | Group A:
🇧🇭 BRN - 2 (PSO)
🇵🇭 PHI - 1
BRN wins 18-16 in shootout
M | Group B:
🇶🇦 QAT - 2
🇧🇩 BAN - 0
M | Group B:
🇲🇳 MGL - 1
🇲🇻 MDV - 2 (PSO)
MDV wins 8-6 in shootout
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BEACH HANDBALL - China, spearheaded by Liu Chenmeng with 12 points in six goals out of eight shots, have delivered the Mongolians a harsh beating in their women's Group B opener, propelling the hosts to a 2-0 win at 18-6, 30-6.
🇲🇳 MGL - 0
🇨🇳 CHN - 2
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BEACH HANDBALL - The Philippines endured an early loss as women's beach handball begins preliminary play at Sanya 2026, having yielded to Hong Kong, which claimed the two-set win with the scores of 18-12, 16-12.
🇭🇰 HKG - 2
🇵🇭 PHI - 0
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2024 Olympian Lin Xinyu has gifted China a golden sweep in both individual aquathlon events, taking the Beach Asiad title in the women's race after finishing in a time at 31:34.
🥇 🇨🇳 Lin Xinyu
🥈 🇰🇭 Margot Garabedian
🥉 🇨🇳 Lu Meiyi
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BEACH VOLLEYBALL | Prelims (23 April) (1/7):
M | Pool G:
🇮🇷 IRN - 2
🇱🇰 SRI - 0
M | Pool F:
🇹🇭 THA - 2
🇲🇾 MAS - 0
M | Pool G:
🇨🇳 CHN - 2
🇧🇹 BHU - 0
M | Pool H:
🇰🇿 KAZ - 2
🇱🇦 LAO - 0
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BEACH VOLLEYBALL - The prelims in beach volleyball at the courts in Tianya Haijiao goes underway this Thursday, as Kazakhs Dmitriy Yakovlev and Abdulmajid Mokhammad open their Pool F stint with a win over Korea at 21-13, 21-13.
🇰🇿 KAZ - 2
🇰🇷 KOR - 0
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UPDATE - Another Pinoy jujitsuka goes out of contention, as Maria Ysabel Laureta bows out in the women's -52kg Ne-waza class after losing her Round of 16 bout to Hessa Alshamsi of the UAE.
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UPDATE - Myron Myles Mangubat has been bowed out in the Round of 32 of the men's -62kg Ne-Waza class, having lost to Mongolia's Bayartulga Batsuuri, who takes victory via advantage.
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China's Fan Junjie puts himself ahead in this men's aquathlon race by the time of the first transition, and he maintained his lead to finish at 28:20 as Fan hands out the first gold of Sanya 2026.
🥇 🇨🇳 Fan Junjie
🥈 🇨🇳 Teng Yunfeng
🥉 🇹🇼 Pan Tzu-i
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Aquathlon graces itself in its Beach Asiad debut, and it all happens this morning at Sanya Bay.
Andrew Kim Remolino and Matthew Hermosa are the ones to watch in the men's race, while present in the women's race are Erika Burgos and Raven Alcoseba.
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Good morning, and this is Day 1 here at the Asian Beach Games.
All focus at Sanya now turns to the competitions as the first five sets of medals were to be contested across two sports - aquathlon and ju-jitsu.
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That's all for this evening's opening ceremony of the newly-revived Asian Beach Games from the Tianya Haijiao Ring Theater.
It's gonna be crunch time in the next nine days ahead, but for now, it's goodnight from Sanya.
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Capping things off tonight on a grandiose note, the ceremony wraps up with a performance of the Games' official theme song - "See Ya in Sanya".
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All the six torchbearers have ignited the theatre's 'Ring of Sunshine', which turned out to be the main cauldron of the Sanya Games. 🔥
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Here comes the much-awaited climax of tonight's opening ceremony, as the Asian Beach Games flame arrives in the Ring Theatre.
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What we see here is an interpretation of Sanya as a modernized city today, just as we've come to the third part of the cultural act, called 'Connecting the World'.
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In the second act entitled 'Dreams Beneath the Deep Blue', we see ‘divers’ interact with marine life on stage, offering an artistic representation of the relationship between humanity and the environment.
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The traditional protocol is now done, and we then move onto the cultural segment of the ceremony, beginning with its first chapter: entitled 'Passion of the Sea and Sky'.
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Next in the traditional protocol, the oath on behalf of all athletes and judges are being taken.
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The flag of the Olympic Council of Asia is now being carried into the main stage of the Ring Theatre.
The OCA flag is then raised to the strands of the organization's hymn.
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Shen Yiqin, the state councillor of China, officially proclaims open the 6th Asian Beach Games.
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