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This week in World Tour history – April 12-18 Emanuel Rego (right) with his long-time Brazil partner Ricardo Santos at a farewell media conference in March 2016. Lausanne, Switzerland, April 12, 2020 – Led by legendary Brazilians Emanuel Rego, Larissa Franca and Adriana Samuel, 10 Olympians celebrate their birthdays this week (April 12-18). […] More
Anderson rules out beach switch Matt Anderson led scoring as USA booked their place at Tokyo 2020 with victory at a qualification tournament in the Netherlands Lausanne, Switzerland, April 11, 2020 – Matt Anderson has revealed that he has no intention of joining the ranks of players who have switched from volleyball to […] More
Perugia, Italy, April 10, 2020 – Luciano De Cecco is set to join his fifth different club in Italy as the Argentinean setter revealed he will play for reigning Italian, European and world champions Cucine Lube Civitivanova next season. The 31-year-old setter, who is the captain of the Argentinean national team, announced he is leaving […] More
Lausanne, Switzerland, April 10, 2020 – Since the start of the lockdown, fitness challenges shared on social media have popped up everywhere and athletes have explored their homes, got creative and improvised new workouts. American Philip Burrow built a motorized volleyball launcher from scratch. He showed the different types of challenges that he can combine […] More
Karpol dynasty – 51 seasons at Uralochka and counting (Part 2) Nikolay Karpol and Mikhail Karpol together on the Uralochka bench Ekaterinburg, Russia, April 10, 2020 – After a successful career as a tennis player cut short by injury, Mikhail Karpol, grandson of Nikolay, turned his attention to what could be called the […] More
Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 10, 2020 – The fans of Argentina’s women’s national team could soon see a familiar face back in the traditional blue and white uniform as veteran middle blocker Emilce “Mimi” Sosa hopes to return to the squad after almost two years away. The 32-year-old Sosa, who captained the Argentinean national team […] More
Plummer dreams of emulating Kiraly Kathryn Plummer in action at the 2015 U18 Volleyball World Championship in Peru Lausanne, Switzerland, April 10, 2020 – Kathryn Plummer has won FIVB World Championship medals in both indoor and beach volleyball competitions. The 21-year-old is now looking to emulate USA head coach Karch Kiraly, who won […] More
FIVB promotes clean sport on Play True Day Lausanne, Switzerland, April 9, 2020 – Today the FIVB celebrates Play True Day as the organisation reiterates its commitment to clean sport. The Play True Day was originally initiated by countries in South America in 2014, after inspiration was drawn from a WADA-hosted Education Conference […] More
