CPISRA, the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association, is inviting you to register for their free Cerebral Palsy and Sport Awareness online course. The course is part of an Agitos Foundation project primarily aimed at disability sport organisations in Africa, and is available in English, French and Arabic. The...
The General Assembly of the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) welcomed the Association of Paralympic Sports Organisations (APSO) as an associate member of their umbrella organisation. The vote was conducted on 10 November during the annual meeting of the GAISF membership, which was held virtually due to the...
President of ParaVolley Africa, Dr. Hayat Khattab, was recently appointed to the Egyptian El Sheyoukh by the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The El Sheyoukh is an Upper House of Parliament like a Senate and has 100 appointed members, of whom only 20 are women, so it is a...
World ParaVolley would like to support member nations that are interested to run beach paravolley programs, trainings, competitions or camps by providing free Molten beach volleyballs. Interested member nations may decide on their activity and the dates and must send their written proposal to Dr. Stephen Giugni AM, Assistant Sport...
International volleyball instructor Athanasios Papageorgiou released his brand new book called Coaching Volleyball Beginners, which he co-authored with Dr. Jimmy Czimek of the German Volleyball Association (DVV). Coaching Volleyball Beginners is a step-by-step guide for coaches that helps them teach youth beginner players how to play volleyball. With the various...
World ParaVolley and NPC Germany are pleased to announce that the World ParaVolley Men’s Paralympic Qualifier will be held in the city of Duisburg, Germany from 15 to 19 February 2021. “We are not only looking forward to organising the qualification tournament in the province of North Rhine-Westphalia, a place...
The Central American Volleyball Confederation (AFECAVOL) and ParaVolley Pan America conducted a meeting that would establish cooperation for ParaVolley inclusion in the region. AFECAVOL president Felix Sabio indicated that the importance of establishing the link with World ParaVolley is necessary due to the growth of the sport across the world...
World ParaVolley has learned that Ms. Pheona Kimonge of Kenya, one of the Federation’s International Classifiers, has passed away. Details have only recently been published. Pheona died at the Kenyatta National Referral Hospital on the early morning hours of Sunday, September 13th, after a short illness. She had lived with...
In a bid to deliver a more professional service to its stakeholders, ParaVolley Europe is proud to announce the hiring of their first ever employee. Tanja Gašić has been hired on a part time basis as Legal Adviser and Project Manager. Her tasks will range from optimising contracts to EU...
From ParaVolley Europe: Based on the alarming increase of positive COVID cases in Europe in the last few weeks and due to the number of participating teams unable to travel in safe conditions, the ParaVolley Europe board has made the tough but wise decision to cancel all competitions planned for...
