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    An Olympic dream for Dominican Brayelin Martinez

    Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, January 8, 2020 – Brayelin Martínez has emerged as the new scoring-machine of the Dominican Republic taking the spot previously owned by Bethania De la Cruz. Martínez, the second best scorer of the FIVB Women’s Volleyball Nations League in 2018 and fourth best in 2019 with 250 and 258 points, respectively, […] More

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    Iranians Salemi/Vakili & Mirzaali/Raoufi top Qeshm pools

    Iranians Salemi/Vakili & Mirzaali/Raoufi top Qeshm pools   Saifeddine Elmajid (second from the left) hits against Iran’s Bahman Salemi (second from the right) as Qatari partner Benlouaer Ziad (left) and Arash Vakili follow the action Wednesday at the Dargahan Cup.   Qeshm, Iran, January 8, 2020 – Led by the Iranian top-seeded pairs of Bahman […] More

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    Germany and Slovenia advance to Europe’s qualifier semis

    Lausanne, Switzerland, January 7 2020 – Germany and Slovenia became the first two teams to advance to the semifinals of Europe’s continental Olympic qualification tournament in Berlin, after Tuesday’s two five-setters in Pool A polarized the standings ahead of the last match on Wednesday. Bulgaria are well on track to joining them after shutting out […] More

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    Dutch, Poles, Germans open European race for Tokyo 2020 with wins

    Lausanne, Switzerland, January 8, 2019 – The Netherlands, Poland and Germany all scored convincing wins on the opening day of the European qualifiers for the women’s volleyball tournament of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, while in Asia favourites Thailand and Korea; in South America Argentina and Peru also opened their campaigns with solid wins; and […] More

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    Urnaut: It was important to win today

    Urnaut: It was important to win today     Berlin, Germany, January 7, 2020 – In an intense match, hosts Germany were defeated by the European vice-champions Slovenia in five sets 3-2 (32-34, 25-20, 19-25, 25-21, 15-12). Germany and Slovenia qualify for the semifinals in Berlin. It was a long match with ups and downs […] More

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    Dargahan Cup’s main draw field set

    Dargahan Cup’s main draw field set   Jorre Kjemperud of Norway will be playing in his 205th FIVB World Tour event Wednesday in Qeshm, Iran.   Qeshm, Iran, January 7, 2020 – With only one all-Iranian qualifying match Tuesday, the pool play schedule for Wednesday’s Dargahan Cup main draw is set with eight host country […] More

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    Yosifov: We stopped Abdel-Aziz

    Yosifov: We stopped Abdel-Aziz   Viktor Yosifov (12) and members of the Bulgarian team   Berlin, Germany, January 7, 2020 – Bulgaria continued their run in Berlin on Tuesday celebrating an easy 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-15) victory against the Netherlands at the Max-Schmeling-Halle. The Bulgarian team now top  Pool B with two victories and are […] More

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    Richards: It's a very important win for us of course

    Richards: It’s a very important win for us of course   Jordan Richards celebrates a point for Australia who defeated Korea in five sets on Tuesday   Jiangmen, China, January 7, 2020 – Thomas Edgar tallied 30 points including 26 attacks and 4 aces to lead Australia to a 3-2 (23-25, 25-23, 26-24, 20-25, 19-17) […] More