Month: June 2020

A “manipulated” video featuring two toddlers posted by President Donald Trump to make an ugly political point has been removed by both Facebook and Twitter after a parent of one of the children accused Trump of violating copyright law. The video was initially marked Friday by Twitter as “manipulated media.” The original film, posted a…

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia park that straddles the 49th parallel with Washington state will be closed because it’s overwhelmed with visitors using it as a cross-border meeting point. The government says Peace Arch Provincial Park was scheduled to be shut Thursday evening to address public safety and traffic concerns after the volume of visitors…

VANCOUVER — Ports along the West Coast of Canada and the United States were quiet Friday as workers with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union stopped operations to support racial equality and social justice. A statement from the union said the eight-hour action was to honour Juneteenth, the celebration of the emancipation of slaves in…

After two Olympic medals in a row, Hugh McCutcheon decided to finish his adventure with the American national teams.   After the gold medal in Beijing with men, New Zealander decided to move on and lead women’s national team of USA. This was also very successful time. In 2011 USA won the Grand Prix and…

CEV President André Meyer announced on Saturday afternoon that Bulgaria and Italy will host the 2015 CEV Volleyball European Championship. Those two federations beat another candidature from the other side of the continent – Finland and Estonia. This tournament will take place in five venues, which are Varna, Plovdiv and Sofia in Bulgaria plus Messina…

Brazil, Russia, Italy, Poland and USA are at the top of FIVB volleyball ranking in 2013. Here is the list of the 50 best volleyball countries in the world.     RankTeamPoints1Brazil3252Russia2923Italy2534Poland2375USA2176Cuba2137Serbia1758Bulgaria1659Argentina15410Germany12711Australia6812Egypt6313Tunisia6214Iran5815France5616China5316Cameroon5318Canada5119Japan4820Venezuela4520Puerto Rico4522Czech Republic4123Mexico4024Republic of Korea3925Spain3226Algeria3026Slovakia3028Colombia2929Great Britain2630Finland2530India2532Chile2233Trinidad & Tobago1933Morocco1933Paraguay1936Slovenia1736Portugal1636Estonia1636Netherlands1636Romania1641Pakistan1541Dom. Republic1541South Africa1541Belgium1541Panama1546Costa Rica1446Republic of the Congo1448Botswana1348Turkey1348Thailand1348Kazakhstan13

The 2013 CEV VELUX Volleyball European Championship – Men shall not only be a party for the elite – it shall also be a party for the slightly skilled players. That is the hope of the local Danish organizers, who invites everybody to join a grand volleyball-tournament for all levels just before the finals –…

Germany end World League group stage just behind the giants of Italy and Russia. In the last game, Black Eagles returned the favor to Iran for a Friday defeat that deprived them of the hopes of qualifying for the final tournament. Denys Kaliberda turned out to be key player again concluding his great shape over…

FIVB has interesting plans of reorganising both male and female annual world games: World Grand Prix and World League. Few secrets from these plans reveals president of Polish Volleyball Federation, Mirosław Przedpełski.   Time for reform. We need to change the rules of competition in the World League and the Grand Prix. We start from…

On Saturday in Tijuana and Mexicali, in Mexico started first Championships for Women under 23 years old. Competition started with protest by teams associated with testing new rule, with sets to 21 points. Teams didn’t agree to play in new system and all matches are playing in classic system, with 25 points, except tie-breaks.  …