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    Comeback queens Australia & China play for Chetumal gold

    Comeback queens Australia & China play for Chetumal gold     Chetumal, Mexico, November 16, 2019 – They didn’t have an easy path, but Australia’s Taliqua Clancy/Mariafe Artacho and China’s Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia advanced to the gold medal match of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event in Chetumal, Mexico. The bronze medal will be […] More

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    Keizer and Meppelink rebound to reach Chetumal semifinal

    Keizer and Meppelink rebound to reach Chetumal semifinal     Chetumal, Mexico, November 16, 2019 – A bad start wasn’t enough to stop Sanne Keizer and Madelein Meppelink, as the Dutch rebounded from a pool play setback to advance to the semifinals of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event in Chetumal, Mexico. The second-seeded […] More

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    Olympic champions Sheilla and Thaisa return to Women’s Club World Championship with Minas

    Lausanne, Switzerland, November 16, 2019 – Two-time Olympic gold medallists Sheilla Castro Blassioli and Thaisa Menezes (Beijing 2008 and London 2012) are back on active duty for Itambe Minas Clube of Brazil in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women’s Club World Championship to be held in Shaoxing, China from December 3 to 8. Sheilla has two […] More

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    Walkenhorst and Winter on to Chetumal quarterfinals

    Walkenhorst and Winter on to Chetumal quarterfinals     Chetumal, Mexico, November 15, 2019 – The year of 2019 was about to be marked in Alexander Walkenhorst’s career as the one in which he missed the World Championships at home due to injury. However, with the help of partner Sven Winter, the 31-year-old German blocker […] More

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    China’s Wang and Xia eliminate defending Chetumal champions

    China’s Wang and Xia eliminate defending Chetumal champions     Chetumal, Mexico, November 15, 2019 – Heather Bansley’s and Brandie Wilkerson’s run for back-to-back FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour titles in Chetumal is over as the Canadians were knocked out of the four-star tournament in the Mexican city in the Round of 16. Undefeated in […] More

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    Poland’s Brozyniak & Janiak achieve FIVB milestone

    Poland’s Brozyniak & Janiak achieve FIVB milestone   Piotr Janiak (left) and Jedrzej Brozyniak display their gold medals after winning the Aspire Beach Volleyball Cup Friday in Doha, Qatar.   Doha, Qatar, November 15, 2019 – Poland’s Jedrzej Brozyniak and Piotr Janiak etched their names into the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour record book here […] More

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    Popov looking to continue making history for Ukraine

    Popov looking to continue making history for Ukraine     Chetumal, Mexico, November 15, 2019 – At the age of 28, Sergiy Popov is already the most accomplished beach volleyball player in Ukraine’s history in the sport. But the defender, who’s competing at this week’s Chetumal Open with partner Iaroslav Gordieiev, is not done yet. […] More

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    Barbara and Fernanda down Americans to lead pool in Mexico

    Barbara and Fernanda down Americans to lead pool in Mexico   Fernanda Berti spikes as Brazil top Pool C at the World Tour event in Chetumal, Mexico.   Chetumal, Mexico, November 14, 2019 – A match reuniting top teams from powerhouses Brazil and the United States determined the winner of Pool C of the women’s […] More