A brand-new international multi-sport event, featuring games including American flag football, skateboarding and jet ski races, could be added to the global sports calendar from 2017.

Although the yet-to-be-named world beach games will not carry the Olympic tag, they will be run by SportAccord and the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), which comprises more than 200 member countries and regions recognized by the International Olympic Committee.

The proposal still has to be approved by the ANOC general assembly, which is meeting in Bangkok this week, but cleared another major hurdle on Wednesday when the ANOC Executive Council voted to support the introduction of the Games.

The Games were introduced partly as a way to modernize major multi-sport events but also for countries and regions that could not afford to host bigger international events like the Olympic Games.