SITTING VOLLEYBALL NEWS
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Rebelo puts retirement on delay for Toronto 2015
The sitting volleyball star wants to help Canada reach Rio 2016.
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Toronto 2015: Day one preview
Saturday will see 12 of the 15 Parapan sports get underway, with 32 medals up for grabs in four sports.
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Vote now for the Allianz Athlete of the Month – July 2015
The public has until Tuesday 11 August to vote for their favourite from the five candidates.
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Toronto 2015 preview: Sitting volleyball
Brazil’s men and the USA’s women will start as favourites for gold in the sitting volleyball competition.
Recapping the month in para-sport: July 2015
The IPC Swimming World Championships were not the only major event that wrapped up last month.
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Rwanda wins inaugural women’s African volleyball champs
Rwanda will be the first African women’s sitting volleyball team to participate in a Paralympic Games after winning the regional crown.
Sitting volleyball advances social inclusion in Portugal
The Portuguese Volleyball Federation hosts sitting volleyball events for young people with disabilities, showing that volleyball is a sport for everyone.
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China to host sitting volleyball 2016 Intercontinental
The competition is the sport’s last qualifying event for Rio 2016.
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US men's sitting volleyball team set for Toronto 2015
The team for August’s Parapan American Games features 11 players with World Championships experience.
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Iran, Rwanda to host sitting volleyball events
Africa Championships head to Rwanda in July, while the World Club Cup comes to Mashhad, I.R. Iran in September.
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Canada nominates sitting volleyball squads for Toronto 2015
Men, women’s teams to contend for berth to Rio 2016 Parlympics.
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Germany, Slovenia to host sitting volleyball European Championships
Event serves as qualifier for Rio 2016
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Varazdin, Croatia, to stage the European Para Youth Games 2015 this July
The event between 16-19 July 2015 will feature competition in athletics, boccia, swimming, table tennis and sitting volleyball
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Canada sitting volleyball national team selection camp to take place
Camp will be held at the end of April with the aim of recruiting men’s and women’s teams to compete at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina target third sitting volleyball gold
Made up of players injured in war, the two-time Paralympic champions have become national heroes in their homeland
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Holloway hopes Parapan gold will be catalyst for Paralympic title
The star US sitting volleyball player hopes a successful Parapan American Games will give the team the confidence they need to beat China at Rio 2016.
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World ParaVolley launches new website
New site can be found at www.worldparavolley.org
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First sitting volleyball representative appointed to USA Volleyball Board of Directors
Brent Rasmussen has been elected to the USA Volleyball Board of Directors as the first-ever sitting volleyball representative to
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Rio 2016: the qualifiers so far
In 2014, 271 Paralympic places were decided for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in 10 sports.
Bosnian sitting volleyball star Safet Alibasic looks back on a successful 2014
Now Paralympic and world champion is hoping to retain the European title this year.