In a refugee camp in Bangladesh crammed with makeshift bamboo shelters, Rohingya boys gather on one of the few remaining clear areas of ground for an energetic bout of chinlone -- a version of keepie-uppie that is one of the few pleasures they can still enjoy.
Chinlone, a cross between football and volleyball played with a woven cane ball, isRead more
Internationally recognised Omani volleyball coaches instructor Sihab Aldin Al Riyami has been chosen to conduct an Asian Coaches Course in Iraq.
The FIVB-accredited Omani expert has been nominated by Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) to conduct the course in Iraq.
The course will take place in Nagef Volleyball Training Centre from September 24 to 29 with the participation of 35 maleRead more
His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy President of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, President of Bahrain Athletics Association, congratulated Shaikh Ali bin Mohamed Al-Khalifa, President of the Bahrain Volleyball Association and President of the Arab Volleyball Association, on the occasion of being elected by acclamation to the new tenure of presidency of Arab VolleyballRead more
China is looking for a foreign coach for its national men's volleyball team, striving for a full participation in volleyball at Tokyo Olympics, said Li Quanqiang, director of the volleyball department of China's General Administration of Sport, here on Monday.
Li expressed the hope that both the women's and men's volleyball teams as well as China's beach volleyball teams couldRead more
Maedeh Borhani and Zeinab Giveh, the first Iranian women to play professional volleyball outside their country, are easy to recognise -- they play in hijab scarves and long leggings.
Islamic dress was a condition imposed by the Iranian volleyball federation when Borhani, 29, and Giveh, 33, were allowed to move to YEB Shumen in Bulgaria where they played and lostRead more
Chinese stocks closed lower Monday, pulled by rare earth sector, while shares related to China women's volleyball team rallied.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index went down 0.75 percent to close at 3,084.81 points.
The Shenzhen index closed 1.3 percent lower at 10,731.4 points. The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, was down 1.69 percent to close atRead more
Following is the result of volleyball women's gold medal match at the Rio Olympic Games here on Saturday:
China 3, Serbia 1 (19-25, 25-17, 25-22, 25-23)
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Iran's Farhad Ghaemi serves during the men's quarterfinal of Volleyball against Italy at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 17, 2016. Italy won 3-0.
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