Jennifer Oakes shares her views on Canada’s rise in women’s sitting volleyball. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 9 November 2022 – “We used to be the underdog and now we are a top competitor,” Canada setter Jennifer Oakes said, after steering her team a final four appearance in the 2022 World...

Brazil’s Luiza Guisso Fiorese originally set her sights on becoming a sport journalist at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, but things turned out better for her as that experience in the Japanese capital rewarded her and her teammates a bronze medal. At age 15, Luiza was diagnosed with bone cancer...

Giba is the cornerstone of Brazilian sitting volleyball Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 7 November 2022 – Gilberto Lourenco da Silva or Giba has been one of the main forces driving the Brazilian men’s national team to success for more than a decade. Giba made it to four Paralympic Games final...

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 6 November 2022 – World ParaVolley leads the way in strengthening integrity in the sport through safeguarding, by introducing it in the 2022 WPV Sitting Volleyball World Championships in Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In September, WPV conducted a successful webinar that brought together 60 participants...

Hosts Bosnia and Herzegovina are participating for the first time in the Sitting Volleyball Women’s World Championship. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 6 November 2022 – The 2022 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships started its course on November 4 and will run until November 11 in Bosnian capital Sarajevo. Here...