Volleyball

India beat South Korea to win bronze in Asian U18 volleyball championships

India defeated South Korea 3-2 to finish third and claim the bronze medal in the 2022 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship

Volleyball rebranded: Serving aces with NBA-inspired model

With everyone equally invested towards profit-making (a definite motive if not the overriding one), accountability and transparency are necessary

PVL, a new six-team volleyball league, to start soon in India

In a bid to promote the sport in the country, a six team franchise-based tournament, named Prime Volleyball League (PVL), is set to be launched in India soon

Tokyo Olympics: US women's team advance to beach volleyball final

The American A-Team has advanced to the gold medal match of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament

2020 Tokyo Olympics: Russian men beat US in volleyball match

The men's volleyball team from Russia has beaten the United States in pool-play action. The Russians took control when they held off two match points before taking the second set 27-25 to go up 2-0. The Americans rallied to win the third set before falling 25-23 in the final set for their first loss of the tournament. The U.S. had swept France in its opening pool play match. The ROC team is now 2-0 after beating Argentina in their first match. In an earlier pool play match Monday, Iran beat Venezuela 3-0 for its second straight win.

Czech beach volleyball coach tests positive for Covid-19 at Olympic Village

Czech beach volleyball coach Simon Nausch tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, making him the fifth resident of the Olympic Village to be infected by the virus. This was after the country's men's beach volleyball team player Ondrej Perusic tested positive for COVID-19 at the village on Monday. The total number of Games-related COVID cases stands at 67 right now, according to the official list updated daily. "The Czech team at the Tokyo Olympics must deal with another positive test for COVID-19. Regular antigen analysis revealed the presence of the virus in the coach of beach volleyball players Simon Nausch," the Czech Olympic Committee stated. "After confirming the finding with a PCR test, he left the Olympic village for isolation, just like the day before volleyball player Ondrej Perusic." Nausch said he is glad to be shifted out before becoming the reason for someone else's positive test. "Due to previous cases in our team, we tried to be extremely careful, unfortunately it

With a new professional league of its own, can volleyball go kabaddi way?

In just five years, however, the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) has gone from relative obscurity to widespread popularity