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...
Xu Yixiao’s solid performance of 18 attacks and a block paved the way for China to dominate the reigning champions United States in straight sets to lead Pool B of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games women’s sitting volleyball competition at Makuhari Messe Hall A on Monday. The scoring trio led...
African nation plans to follow Iran’s route to sitting volleyball success TOKYO (OIS) – Rwanda’s women’s sitting volleyball team are targeting success at Paris 2024 Paralympic Games thanks to one of the world’s largest club systems. Although they have struggled in Tokyo, losing their opening two matches 3-0 to make...
Five-time men’s finalists emphatically beaten as Canada’s women impress against Italy TOKYO (OIS) – Five-time Paralympic men’s sitting volleyball finalists Bosnia and Herzegovina fell to defeat by RPC in their pool match at Makuhari Messe Hall A on Sunday, marking the possible end of an era in the sport. ...
Day 4 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games sitting volleyball competition continues and presents exciting matches in the men’s and women’s preliminaries. The main highlights are the matches between China and the United States, and Iran and Brazil in the men’s and women’s events, respectively. The matchup between favourites China...
The Brazilian women’s team have punched in their second victory in the preliminary round of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games sitting volleyball tournament, while the Canadian women’s team, RPC and Egypt men’s teams posted victories to improve their win-loss records to 1-1 at the Makuhari Messe Hall A on Sunday....
Heidi Peters scored 34 points to help Canada record their first win in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games women’s sitting volleyball tournament at Makuhari Messe Hall A on Sunday. Canada posted a 3-1 (25-16, 25-14, 15-25, 25-18) win over Italy, after a hard-fought tiebreaker loss against Brazil on opening day....
Married couple celebrate a Tokyo victory each and a shared reunion after three months apart CHIBA (OIS) – There was plenty to celebrate for Fabricio DA SILVA PINTO (BRA) and Bethany ZUMMO (USA) as they began their respective sitting volleyball campaigns on Saturday. On court, the defensive players helped their...
