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Following a prolific career in international men’s volleyball and just six years after completing her gender-reassignment surgery, Tifanny Abreu is hoping to become Brazil’s first transsexual MP. Under a campaign slogan of “Why not?” the 33-year old has faced criticism from the LGBT community in her home country for choosing to run for the center-right […]
Former Russian volleyball star Yekaterina Gamova has questioned the plaudits for the men’s national football team following their run to the World Cup quarter-final this summer. Gamova, who retired in 2016 as a double volleyball world champion and two-time Olympic silver medallist, criticized the decision to give members of the men’s football team the title […]
A hard lesson on the volleyball court has led to better choices in the kitchen for Sharone Vernon-Evans. The standout opposite hitter with the Canadian men's team has spent the past five months recovering from a stress fracture in his left tibia, or shin bone, after having his rookie professional season with a Polish team […]
The Canadian men’s team secured its spot in the 2018 FIVB world championship with a 3-1 win over Mexico on Sunday in the third-place match of the NORCECA men’s championship. “We knew it would be difficult — Mexico can serve and spike. We were not aggressive enough in the beginning, maybe not ready for a […]
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They had high hopes for an Olympic medal but decided to break up the partnership after a disappointing performance in Rio. Now, almost a year later, Canadians Sarah Pavan and Heather Bansley could be squaring off against each other with their new partners in the semifinals at the beach volleyball world championships in Vienna. First, […]
Canada advanced to the men’s Pan American Cup semifinal after defeating the Dominican Republic 3-1 (25-20, 16-25, 25-21, 25-23) on Friday. In front of the home crowd in Gatineau, Que., Canada started out well and built a narrow lead over their Caribbean opponents 16-14. Dominican Republic managed to tie at 18, but Brandon Koppers and captain […]
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Veteran outside Kyla Richey led the way for Canada as she earned 22 points, including 17 kills, to lead the Canadians to a 3-1 (20-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-21) win over Peru in the 2017 World Grand Prix at the Richmond Olympic Oval Saturday. Alongside Richey, Canada’s Elly Wendel came off the bench to contribute 20 points in Canada’s first-ever World Grand Prix […]
