Netherlands, Italy, Russia and Turkey will play a freindly tournament in 7-12 August

A new friendly tournament, Rabobank Super Series will be hosted by the Netherlands next week in Drenthe. Four top European volleyball teams: The Netherlands, Italy, Russia and Turkey, will face each other from next week […]

Japan won 3-1 against USA in the friendly match, Lowe and Nagaoka returned

USA and Japan met in a friendly match on 27 July in Tustin, California. The two teams have been playing practice games for the past week in preparation for the FIVB World Championship. On Fridya night, […]

Comeback of Erika Araki in World Championship

Women’s national team of Japan has recently revealed a tentative team roster for the upcoming World Championship as follows: Miyu Nagaoka長岡望悠 Sarina Koga 古賀紗理那 Nana Iwaska 岩坂名奈 Erika Araki 荒木絵里香 Yuki Ishii 石井優希 Uchiseto Mami […]

Jaqueline Carvalho joins Brazil team for the FIVB Volleyball Nations League Final 6

Two times Olympic Gold Medalist, Brazilian player Jaqueline Carvalho is back to the Brazilian team! The experienced player takes the place of Drussyla, who suffered a fractured hand and was forced to leave the competition. Jaqueline played […]

Brankica Mihajlovic suffered knee injury and has undergone surgery

Another bad news from the Volleyball Nations League (VNL). Serbia’s national team main player Brankica Mihajlovic suffered a knee injury. Subsequent examinations have confirmed that the player has a microfracture in the knee and have […]

Drussyla Costa suffers fracture in hand and is out of the Volleyball Nations League

Bad news for the Brazilian team: Outside hitter Drussyla Costa’s head has suffered an impacted fracture at the base of the fifth metacarpal of the right hand caused by a trauma and will miss the rest of […]

Vakifbank Istanbul granted their fourth gold medal at CEV Champions League

Turkish champions club, VakifBank ISTANBUL defended their CEV Volleyball Champions League title from 2017, adding an overall fourth gold medal to their record. In the final match, Vakifbank cruised to an impressive 3-0 (25-17, 25-11, […]

Vasileva: “My chances to play at the World Championship this fall are at 50 per cent right now”

As we recall, Bulgarian star player, Elitsa Vasileva has taken a serious shoulder injury with a torn cartilage over a match for her club Dinamo Kazzan. After undergoing shoulder surgery, Elitsa has given an interview […]