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Rwanda's sitting volleyball captain takes positives after Tokyo 2020 postponement

  • Volleyball News

The captain of Rwanda's history-making women's sitting volleyball team believes her side will be better

Paralympics for Rwanda after they also qualified for Rio 2016, becoming the first African women's sitting volleyball

place at the Games.They sealed their Tokyo 2020 place in September after winning the African Sitting Volleyball


Saudi Athletes Commission to launch series of virtual sessions during Ramadan

  • OCA

The Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee and the Saudi Athletes Commission are preparing to hold its first virtual session tomorrow in a series of forums to be streamed through the NOC's YouTube channel.

Chaired by Saudi national team volleyball player Ibrahim Al-Moagil, the first session will see the chairman



World ParaVolley marks 40-year anniversary of Paralympic Games debut

  • Volleyball News

World ParaVolley has marked 40 years since sitting volleyball became part of the Paralympic Games programme

Men's sitting volleyball made its Paralympic debut in Arnhem in 1980, while the women's discipline was

on April 24.The worldwide body was officially formed on that date back in 1981, a year after sitting volleyball

ParaVolleyWorld ParaVolley was created at a meeting in Bonn in Germany during the European Sitting Volleyball

recognises the importance of the productive working relationship with the IPC in the inclusion of sitting volleyball


Pacific Mini Games participation could be "much lower" due to pandemic

  • Pacific Games News

Pacific Games Council President Vidhya Lakhan has warned the number of participants for the 2021 Pacific Mini Games could be "much lower" due to the coronavirus pandemic.

the Games.Under the revised plan only six sports will feature - athletics, baseball, badminton, beach volleyball


Beach Volleyball World Championships moved to 2022 to avoid Olympic clash

  • Volleyball

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has confirmed that next year's Beach Volleyball World

said it had agreed with organisers including the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) and Italian Volleyball

standstill.Numerous events due to be held in 2021 have had to be moved as a result, with the Beach Volleyball

We believe that rescheduling the 2021 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships was the best solution

 Foro Italico has hosted volleyball events on multiple occasions before ©Getty Images"We are also

 "We may have to wait a little longer now to crown our new beach volleyball world champions, but


Pacific Mini Games planned to be held in May or June in 2021

  • Pacific Games News

The Northern Mariana Islands are planning for the 2021 Pacific Mini Games to take place in May or June next year as originally planned, according to Pacific Games Council (PGC) President Vidhya Lakhan.

first time.The Games were scaled down from 12 sports to six, with athletics, badminton, baseball, beach volleyball



South Korea women's golf tour to resume in May

  • Golf

South Korea's women's professional golf tour is set to resume in May with the season's first major Championship after the nation's battle against the COVID-19 outbreak.

restarting according to reports after it was halted due to the virus.Meanwhile, the country's basketball and volleyball


Paralympic champion Zummo producing masks to aid coronavirus fight

  • Volleyball News

Rio 2016 Paralympic gold medallist Bethany Zummo is helping to support her community in California by producing masks to protect people from coronavirus.

Zummo, a member of the United States’ sitting volleyball team, has worked with her family to produce

“When I’m doing volleyball I know what my job is, I know what my role is – I have to get a good pass

#USAVfamilyA post shared by USA Volleyball (@usavolleyball) on Apr 3, 2020 at 3:43pm PDTZummo’s family

Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.United States are assured of a place in the women’s sitting volleyball


Liam Morgan: Reshuffle of World Championships in 2021 begins after postponement of Tokyo 2020

  • Inside the Blogs

As the International Olympic Committee and Tokyo 2020 work on the "huge jigsaw puzzle" following the postponement of the Olympic Games because of the coronavirus pandemic, Federations are dealing with the impact on their own calendars.

of 2021 to accommodate the Olympic Games shortly after the postponement was announced.International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) - Next year’s Beach Volleyball World Championships have been awarded to