Following the completion of the 2023 ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Championships in Lagos, Nigeria from January 29 to February 3, two more teams have qualified for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, consequently confirming the World Cup men’s qualification spot for Germany. Egypt clinched their record 10th men’s zone title victory,...
The Rwanda women’s team and Egypt men’s team have extended their reigns in the ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Championships, following their respective victories on Saturday at Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos. Rwanda were three-time reigning zone champions and Egypt were nine-time winners before they swept the zone titles in...
Weiping Tu OAM has spent over 40 years helping grow the game of Sitting Volleyball, both within the Asia Oceania zone and around the globe. After studying Volleyball at the famous Beijing Sports University and coaching in China for many years, Weiping migrated to Australia in 1988 and the began...
Brenda Jensen, née Maymon, and Tracey Lange will be celebrated as USA Volleyball’s All-Time Great Athletes at its 2024 Hall of Fame annual banquet and ceremony on May 2022 in Columbus, Ohio. Maymon-Jensen is a three-time Paralympian who won bronze with the USA women’s witting volleyball team at Athens 2004,...
Egypt and Morocco secured their spots in the men’s final of the ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Zone Championships at Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos. On Friday, Egypt defeated Algeria in the first semifinal match with a scoreline of 3-0 (25-22, 25-14, 25-13), while Morocco claimed the second semifinal match...
Rwanda started and finished Thursday with two triumphs to lead the way into the women’s final against Kenya, while Egypt cruised to a sweep of Group A to advance in the men’s semifinals along with Algeria, Rwanda and Morocco Three-time winners of the ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Championship, Rwanda, will...
The Rwanda women’s team and the Egypt men’s team built on their first victory of their respective Paralympic Games campaigns by recording their second successive triumph on Wednesday, beating the Kenyan sides in straight sets at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos. The Rwandan women opened the day with...
Men’s world No. 3 Egypt and women’s world No. 5 Rwanda went out strong on Day 2 of the ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Zone Championships with straight-set wins against their rivals on Tuesday at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos. Egypt had a strong challenge from Morocco in the...
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...
