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Conegliano secured the title of Volleyball Women’s Club World Champions by triumphing over China’s Tianjin Bohai Bank in a resounding 3-0 victory in Hangzhou, China. This win marked Conegliano's third world title, having previously claimed the championship in 2019 and 2022. The Italian team dominated the tournament, maintaining an impeccable record...

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This is one in a series previewing the inductees going into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke, Massachusetts, on Saturday. The “original” “Zorro” was a fictional character, created in 1919, typically portrayed as a dashing masked vigilante who defends the commoners against tyrannical officials. He was the precursor to many of the...

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Sienna Zapparoli watched the Paris Olympics women’s indoor volleyball gold-medal match last August. Well, some of it. She was asleep for most of the action seven time zones away. Zapparoli moved from Italy to Champaign this year for a “change of perspective,” and during that transition, Italy and the United States played each other for the gold med...

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Italy triumphed as the first ever U17 boys’ volleyball world champions. In Saturday’s final of the inaugural FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U17 World Championship in Sofia, they earned the historic trophy with a phenomenal comeback from two sets down against Argentina and after denying several opponent match points in the fourth. Chinese Taipei also made th...

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The Paris 2024 women's volleyball tournament smiles on the Bel Paese: never beyond the quarterfinals in two decades, on the five-ring throne after overcoming the hurdle of the first knockout round. After three finals lost by the men (Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004 and Rio 2016), the girls dominate the first final act played at the Games and make the Mam...

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At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Italy stunned the world by winning 40 medals, a record for the Azzurri since they have been participating in the Olympics. Above all, it amazed with its five victories in athletics, the queen of Olympic sports. From July 26, in Paris, for the third time in history, athletes fr...

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Italy triumphs: it's gold medal like in 2022! Julio Velasco's Azzurre beat Japan 3-1 in the final of Volleyball Nations League 2024, with a stupendous team performance, and enjoy the triumph. Paola Egonu sensational MVP with 27 points, but super game of the whole national team. However, Egonu is only the spearhead - moreover, not the only one - of...

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In one single day, the men's Champion's League and the women's Champion's League were won by Italy, which dominates the world of European volleyball. Yesterday in Antalya, Turkey, Itas Trentino lifted the most coveted continental trophy to the sky by overcoming the Poles of Jastrzebski Wegiel 3-0 in the men's final. At the same time, it was the Ita...

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The final of the 2023-2024 Champions League in women's volleyball will be all-Italian. Conegliano has indeed joined Milan in the final act of Europe's top competition, which will be staged on Sunday, May 5. In fact, the Italian champions defeated Eczacibasi Istanbul 3-1 in the return semifinal in the Anatolian metropolis, after they had won the fir...

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A recent addition was made to the trophy cases at Hammonton High School, as 2023 graduate Tiffany Paretti was recognized for her achievements on the volleyball court. Paretti was a four-year starter for the Blue Devils, setting a record with 206 career aces. A commemorative volleyball was placed in a trophy case near the gymnasium recently, honorin...

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