Lori Okimura of the United States becomes first woman to become Full-Time International Federation President for Sitting Volleyball and Beach ParaVolley World ParaVolley, the international sport federation for sitting volleyball and beach paravolley, enters the year of the Paralympics with a new President and a commitment to improving communications and...
Kenya got the ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Zone Championships underway by snatching two match victories against hosts Nigeria on Monday at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos. The Kenyan women’s team went through an easier path towards victory over Nigeria than their male compatriots, as they beat their rivals...
In the opening day fixtures, Kenyan teams are set to face off with hosts Nigeria in the men’s and women’s tournaments of the ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Zone Championships on Saturday. An opening ceremony will be undertaken at 15:00 local time (GMT+1), just before the opening match featuring the Nigerian...
Teams, groups announced for 2024 PVE Nations League Eighteen men’s and 11 women’s teams will be in action across ParaVolley Europe’s annual multi-tier sitting volleyball competition, the 2024 PVE Nations League. The PVE Nations League Women will start things off on May 3-5, with bronze medallists Slovenia hosting again the...
Rwanda sitting volleyball coach, Dr. Mosaad Elaiuty, talked to Kigali Today about the men’s and women’s teams preparations for the 2024 ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Zone Championships, which will take place in Lagos, Nigeria from January 29 to February 3. The renowned Egyptian tactician particularly expressed his confidence on his...
The Slovenian Paralympic Committee awarded the best Slovenian Para athletes for their performances in the 2023 season in Brdo on Tuesday, January 23. Among the best Para athletes of the country are deaf athlete Leja Glojnaric and Para shooter Francek Gorazd Tirsek, while the Slovenian women’s sitting volleyball team took...
The Italian women’s sitting volleyball team have been nominated in the category of Top Women’s team in the Italian Sportrait Awards. The finalists of the 12th edition of the awards event were revealed on Monday, January 22. The Azzurre achieved historic success after their home win at the European Championship...
The Brazilian women’s sitting volleyball team had a special guest during their preparatory training for the Paralympics in Paris on Saturday at the Brazilian Paralympic Training Centre in Sao Paulo. One of Brazil’s coaching greats, Marcos Kwiek, spoke with the world champion team’s athletes and participated in their drills. CBVD...
In the countdown to the Paralympic Games in Paris, athletes of the Brazilian men’s and women’s sitting volleyball teams have begun their preparations for the podium in the biggest Para sporting competition on the planet. The athletes have gathered at the Brazilian Paralympic Training Centre in Sao Paulo last January...
Kazakhstan ParaVolley announced that men’s national team head coach, Bauyrzhan Takhauov, won the Paralympic Sports Coach of the Year honour this year, beating three other candidates through online voting. Takhauov won with 45 per cent of the votes, tallying 2,332 votes, with a 179-vote margin over the next best candidate...
