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...
Teams have switched to high gear in their preparations for the 2023 ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Championships in Lagos, Nigeria from January 29 to February 3. Here are some updates on the teams: NIGERIA Source: Lagos Television News KENYA ZIMBABWE Source: Enigma Centre of Ability RWANDA
NPC Rwanda has announced their 28-strong athlete delegation for the upcoming ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Zone Championships, with six uncapped players making coach Mossad Elaiuty’s final cut. Marcianne Mahoro and Yvonne Imanishimwe have been called up to join the Liliane Mukobwankawe-skippered women’s team, while Janvier Sinayobye, Ezra Kubwimana, Leandre Muhawenimana...
The Latvian Volleyball Federation (LVF) held the awarding ceremony for the country’s best athletes of 2023 at Splendid Palace in Riga on Saturday, January 13. The awards were presented in 12 categories and lifetime achievement awards, as well as appreciation awards for volleyball promoters. Andrejs Filipavičs, who helped the Latvian...
Dwight Tassell Obituary On January 11, 2024, our beloved Dwight Huong Van Tassell left this life. His kindness, humor, and gentle temperament touched anyone who knew him. He was truly a peacemaker and was always a source of persistent positivity. Dwight was born in Vietnam under difficult circumstances. He became...
France sitting volleyball athlete Benjamin Lacroix-Desmazes is among the first 14 torchbearers revealed to carry the Olympic and Paralympic flame in Calvados, selected by the Department of Calvados and the Cities of Caen and Deauville. “Very proud to carry this symbolic flame in my hometown on May 30th! Thank you...
