Egypt finished the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with a 3-2 (25-23, 24-26, 25-18, 22-25, 15-8) win over Germany to secure fifth place at the men’s sitting volleyball tournament in Makuhari Messe Hall A on Thursday. Egypt’s starting six provided a solid performance to earn the win, as Elsayed Moussa had...
CHIBA (OIS) – Canada (CAN) will be the only new faces that could top the podium in women’s sitting volleyball, after the preliminary pool play ended on Wednesday with all the Rio 2016 medallists advancing to Friday’s semifinals. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Volleyball...
United States setter Kaleo Kanahele Maclay has been involved in sports all her life. She played a wide range of sports like gymnastics, basketball, softball and volleyball, which is the driving force of her successes in life. “I think they all have their own space in my life. They were...
Exciting matches are lined up on Day 7, featuring the men’s semifinals and classification matches. Only three teams from the Rio 2016 medal matches made it to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games sitting volleyball semifinals, with Olympic champions Iran and silver medallists Bosnia and Herzegovina having an early face-off before...
Brazil and China kept their undefeated records, following their straight-set victories over Italy and Rwanda, respectively, on the last day of the women’s sitting volleyball preliminary round of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Makuhari Messe Hall. Brazil edged Italy on Tuesday to top Pool A, while China completed a...
Coach ELAIUTY (EGY) aims to revamp squad after defeat to RPC TOKYO (OIS) – Brazil squeezed into the Tokyo 2020 sitting volleyball semifinals by the narrowest of margins while an experienced Egypt team bowed out of the competition as the men’s pool matches concluded on Tuesday. World-ranked No.2 side Brazil...
Day 6 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games sitting volleyball at Makukari Messe Hall A guarantees to showcase high-level plays from the eight women’s teams to make their last ditch efforts and secure the available semifinal spots, as the preliminary round draws to a close on Tuesday. Italy are in...
At the age of five, Silvia Biasi of Italy lost her right hand and part of her arm in an accident with an agricultural machine, but that did not stop her from playing volleyball, since the day she was introduced to the sport her love for it never faltered. She...
RPC and Iran kept their unbeaten run in the tournament with respective straight-set victories to secure spots in the semifinals, with Brazil and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the men’s sitting volleyball tournament of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Makuhari Messe Hall. RPC proved worthy of the top spot in...
The stakes are high as the sitting volleyball programme on Day 5 will see the all the men’s teams battle their way to secure a spot in the semifinals of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Makuhari Messe Hall on Tuesday. Many exciting matches are lined up, with Rio 2016...
