Talents: Martin Atanasov

Talents: Martin Atanasov

Our next member of the Talents series is one of Bulgaria’s new national team players. Although no Best Youngster award is granted in the Bulgarian Sami-M Superliga, Martin Atanasov would’ve certainly been the favourite of the 2015-2016 season. The...
Ranghieri-Carambula approaching the Olympics

Ranghieri-Carambula approaching the Olympics

The Italians Alex Ranghieri and Adrian Carambula have moved up in the provisional Olympic ranking following their first gold medal in 2016 at the Doha Open in Qatar. The World Tour arrived in the Qatari capital just six months after the Open’s 2015 edition took...
Talents: Gabriele Nelli

Talents: Gabriele Nelli

A tall youngster’s name was most often mentioned during the Playoffs 6 of the 2016 DenizBank Champions League. Diatec Trentino’s opposite attracted more attention than superstars like Wilfredo Leon, Osmany Juantorena, and Dmitriy Muserskiy – not a...
Home rebound for the world champions

Home rebound for the world champions

It could not get any better for the audience in Vitoria when their home-grown compatriot Alison Cerutti and his teammate Bruno Oscar Schmidt raised hands triumphantly after the last point of the final match on Sunday. Returning to the metropolitan city of Vitoria,...
From youth to senior supremacy

From youth to senior supremacy

Multiple age-group world champions, Bartosz Losiak and Piotr Kantor from Poland, both 23, needed little time to accommodate to senior beach volleyball. Last week they won the first serious test of 2016 – the Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam, a bit surprisingly but...