The United States men’s sitting volleyball national team announced on January 12 that the North Texas Region will host a series of friendlies between the United States and Kazakhstan after a week of joint training in Oklahoma. The United States are still seeking for qualification to the Paralympic Games in...
NPC Rwanda announced on Thursday, January 11, the 2023-2024 Rwanda Sitting Volleyball National Championships will take place from January 13 to 14 at Bugusera Stadium in the town of Nyamata in Bugusera District. The double-gender sitting volleyball tournament this weekend is the third and final qualifying round for the Finals,...
Dangjin Newspaper, a local newspaper in Korea, produced content to introduce sports for people with disabilities by presenting it through articles and videos. This special feature includes seven sports, including boccia, Para lawn ball, goalball, Para badminton, Para bowling, Para rowing and sitting volleyball. Currently, the society is centred around...
The ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Zone Championships Drawing of Lots for the men’s competition was held in Rabat, Morocco on January 6, at 17:00 (GMT+1). Eight men’s teams are chasing glory for the upcoming African Zone Championship that will take place in Lagos, Nigeria from January 29 to February 3....
Seventeen players have been summoned to a training camp by Iran as the reigning world and Paralympic champions begin their preparations for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Head coach Hadi Rezaei have selected Sadegh Bigdeli, Hamidreza Abbasi, Mahdi Babadi, Alireza Poursemnani, Majid Lashgari, Ramezan Salehi, Morteza Mehrzad, Hossein Golestani, Mohammad...
The Americas Paralympic Committee announced that Panam Sports Executive Committee has unanimously decided to withdraw Baranquilla, Colombia as the Host City of the XX Pan American Games and the VIII Parapan American Games due to several breaches of the Host City Contract. Pan Sports and the Americas Paralympic Committee reiterated...
Dear World ParaVolley Community, Wishing you all a great start to the new year, the year of the Paris 2024 Paralympics! A month ago, our esteemed President and remarkable leader, Barry Couzner OAM, unexpectedly announced his retirement from World ParaVolley. Barry led our federation for 10 years, raising the level...
ParaVolley Africa (PVA) will conduct the draw for the forthcoming Africa Sitting Volleyball Zone Championships on Saturday, January 6. ParaVolley Africa President, Ehab Hassanein, confirmed that the draw will be conducted via Zoom at the FRMSPSH Headquarters in Rabat, Morocco at 17:00 local time (GMT+1), with the tournament scheduled from...
Agency calls on athletes, entourage, and all stakeholders to note major modification concerning tramadol 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 enter into force today (1 January 2024). The 2024 List was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee...
Denis Le Breuilly has announced his retirement from active duty with World ParaVolley after more than 30 years, serving six Federation Presidents, of involvement with volleyball for the physically impaired. This December, Le Breuilly formally confirmed that he is retiring from all his current WPV roles as: A Senior International...
