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Men's volleyball team

  • Russian Summer Olympic Athletes

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) men's volleyball team won a silver medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

The volleyball team came through a difficult group and dispatched some dangerous teams on their way to

silver medal at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty ImagesMikhaylov started playing volleyball in the Leningrad region

and was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) at the 2011 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB)

 Volvich won gold at the 2013 Summer Universiade and has won three European Volleyball Confederation

 Iakovlev won the CEV Cup with his club side Zenit Saint Petersburg.For Pavel Pankov, 25, volleyball




Russia announces record size team for Paralympic Games at Tokyo 2020 despite ban

  • Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

Russia has announced it will be taking 241 athletes to the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, its largest ever delegation for the event, as it makes its return to the event after missing Rio 2016. 

rowing and canoeing, triathlon, taekwondo, as well as competitions among women in goalball and seated volleyball

Also, more than half of the athletes have been vaccinated and the teams in seated volleyball, goalball

are not only prepared health wise but have also begun to equip their athletes.The archery and sitting volleyball




NCAA release COVID-19 guidance for autumn sport

  • Universiade

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has released guidance for autumn training and competitive sport amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 became clear, the NCAA rescheduled autumn championships in cross-country, football, hockey, volleyball


France beat ROC in five-set thriller to clinch maiden Olympic volleyball title

  • Volleyball

France secured their first Olympic volleyball title as they survived a stirring fightback from the Russian

The French men's team, who had never won an Olympic medal in volleyball, recorded a battling 25-23, 25

in a deciding set following a tense final ©Getty ImagesFrenchman Earvin N'Gapeth, who plays his club volleyball

would be gold given their record at major events.While they are two-time winners of the International Volleyball


Mol and Sørum defeat ROC pair to win men's beach volleyball gold

  • Volleyball

Anders Mol and Christian Sørum celebrated men's Olympic beach volleyball gold after downing ROC world

Tokyo in good form after winning two of the three Cancun hub tournaments held by the International Volleyball

after also not dropping a set during the knock-out matches.Norway had never won Olympic gold in beach volleyball

Mol's mother Merita Berntsen finished ninth in beach volleyball at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics, and retired





Cairo chosen to host Sitting Volleyball World Cup in December

  • Volleyball News

Egypt's capital Cairo is set to host a Sitting Volleyball World Cup in December to round off the season

scheduled to take place from December 10 to 15 at the Cairo International Stadium.It is the biggest sitting volleyball

event on the World ParaVolley calendar.The winning teams will be guaranteed a spot at the 2022 Sitting Volleyball

2018 World Championships in Arnhem in The Netherlands.World ParaVolley awarded organization of sitting Volleyball

and Russia won the men's and women's titles in 2018.The World Cup is set to close the 2021 sitting volleyball


FISU Attribution Plaque makes latest stop at Heinrich Heine University

  • Universiade

Heinrich Heine University (HHU) in Düsseldorf is the latest institution to welcome the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Attribution Plaque, which is celebrating the Rhine-Ruhr region being awarded the 2025 Summer World University Games.

Anja Steinbeck was joined by women's water polo national team member Sophia Eggert and women's sitting volleyball