The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and marine conservation group Ghost Fishing Foundation have launched Good Net, a project recovering discarded fishing nets from oceans and recycling them into volleyball nets for local communities.
Chilean cousins Marco and Esteban Grimalt won their second International VolleybalL Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour gold medal in less than a week as they beat the United States pairing of Beijing 2008 champion Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena in Doha.
Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena reached their first International Volleyball Federation Beach Volleyball World Tour gold medal match in over a year when they defeated Pablo Herrera and Adrian Gavira at the Katara Cup in Doha today.
Poland's Piotr Kantor and Bartosz Losiak ensured that they will at least match their 2018 result as they reached the quarter-finals of the International Volleyball Federation Beach Volleyball World Tour Doha four-star event today.
Brazil's Pedro Solberg and Vitor Felipe made a winning start as they took their first steps as a team on the International Volleyball Federation Beach Volleyball World Tour by securing two wins from two at the Doha four-star Katara Cup event today.
Esteban and Marco Grimalt, winners of the Sydney three-star event on Sunday (March 10), maintained their form as the International Volleyball Federation Beach Volleyball World Tour moved on to Doha.
Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan will be out to claim more hometown glory when they return to action on the International Volleyball Federation Beach World Tour circuit in Doha tomorrow.
Presentation boomerangs were claimed by the winners of the Beach Volleyball World Tour event in Sydney - which was particularly apt in the women's section where Nicole Laird and Becchara Palmer returned the title to the home nation after Australia's defending champion pair had been knocked out.
A dislocated shoulder suffered in play by France's Youssef Krou prevented him and his partner Edouard Rowlandson continuing with their men's semi-final at the International Volleyball Federation Beach World Tour three-star event in Sydney.
Tokyo 2020 have announced details of the volleyball test event which will be held in the run-up to the Olympic Games in the Japanese capital.
Top seeded pair Taylor Crabb and Jacob Gibb of the United States won their second round match today to stay on target for the men's quarter finals of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour three-star event in Sydney.
Second seeds Marco and Esteban Grimalt of Chile carried out their mission in the men's pool play round of the International Volleyball Federation Beach Volleyball World Tour Sydney three-star event today.
Youssef Krou and Edouard Rowlandson produced one of the stand-out performances of the day at the International Volleyball Federation Beach Volleyball World Tour event at Manly Beach in Sydney.
Australia’s Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho will defend their women’s title on home sand this week as the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour returns to Manly Beach in Australia after a fortnight of play on the Asian continent.
Armin Dollinger and Simon Kulzer of Germany secured their first International Volleyball Federation Beach World Tour gold medal as they won the men's event at the Vizag Open in Visakhapatnam in India.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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