Volleyball is one of those flexible sports which can be played on many surfaces. The traditionalists stick to its indoors or sand versions, Ecuadorians play it on tarmac, while others turn to the trendier adaptations such as grass or even inflatable courts. Yet, one...
The Men’s U21 World Championships and the Women’s U20 World Championships are just one month away. Many are looking forward to seeing the new talented players cropping up and how their favourite nations fare against their competitors at the junior level. Some even...
Four months after the club continental championships, little has changed in African volleyball. On July 30th, Egypt won their 8th title as Men’s African Nations Champions, convincingly beating Tunisia 3-0 (26-24, 25-18, 25-21) at home in Cairo. The story line in this...
Alex Trujillo, a high-school student from the Laguna-Acoma High School in San Fidel, New Mexico, has been suspended from playing volleyball for her school’s girls’ team because she was born a male. Although born as a male, Trujillo identified herself as a woman since...
First developed as a sport at the beaches of Hawaii and California in the early 20th century, beach volleyball was not played in an organised form until the 1970s, and was mainly practiced by surfers and vacationers. In the 1980s beach volleyball was popularised in...
(Quote from tomen)Tianjin was more balanced, with wing spiker options and reliable reserves. Fujian played the starting six for almost the entire 5 set match. Their performance declined as the match progressed. Also, if Fujian had a better setter the…
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