The 2023 year-end report of World ParaVolley President Barry Couzner OAM

Agency calls on athletes, entourage, and all stakeholders to note major modification concerning tramadol Montreal, 18 December 2023 Further to our communication on 28 September 2023, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) wishes to remind stakeholders that the 2024 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List) and the 2024 Monitoring Program come...

Two-time Paralympian Liliane Mukobwankawe was recognised on the Launch of Awareness Raising on Gender Equality, Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response in the sports sector held on Sunday, December 10. The short ceremony was held on the occasion of the exciting volleyball clash between APR F.C. and Rwanda National Police VC...

Up to 12% of people in Vanuatu have a disability and are often excluded from community activities. Sport is emerging as a key focus to get people with disability participating in community events and activities. Sports like Sitting Volleyball are emerging as a main driver for inclusion and Vanuatu Volleyball,...

Sitting volleyball will be one of the 18 sports included in the official sports programme of the next edition of the Asian Para Games in the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, which will take place between October 18 and 24 in 2026.            ...

The Arab Federation of Disability Sports together and ParaVolley Africa will organise the inaugural edition of the Afro-Arab Sitting Volleyball Club Championship under the auspices of Mr Ehab Hassanein, President of ParaVolley Africa, and Dr. Fahd El Fakeer, head of the Arab ParaVolley Committee. The groundbreaking sitting volleyball competition will...

In an unexpected announcement, the World ParaVolley President, Barry Couzner OAM, revealed his retirement from volleyball and paravolley activities, effective 31 December 2023.  He had another year to serve as President, but a health issue has prevented him from continuing in the role which he began in October 2014, making...

We openly ask for nominations of people to be featured as a World ParaVolley Mover & Shaker and for the player highlighted here we received a high number of e-mails.  Ramezan Zandi Nezami, more commonly known as “Mohsen”, was born in I.R. Iran and became a resident of Turkey in...

Caen, France, 3 December 2023 – The Netherlands swamped Estonia 3-0 in the final – at 42 minutes the quickest match of the whole tournament – and France came back from a set down to beat Georgia 3-1 for bronze as the 2023 Sitting Volleyball Men’s European Bronze Nations League...

Caen, France, 2 December 2023 – An amazing day of twists and turns at every match and every set confirmed Sunday’s finalists at the 2023 Sitting Volleyball Men’s European Bronze Nations League here Saturday. First of all Estonia, who started the day winless, but collected to remarkable wins – both...