A Serbian middle-blocker, Andrija Geric, born in 1977, has retired after a long and successful career. Geric won the Olympic gold medal in Sydney 2000 and bronze in Atlanta four years later with Yugoslavian National team. Geric returned to play with his hometown team (Vojvodina Novi Sad, Serbia) winning the national cup during the last […]
We could see a few surprises last weekend in Polish league – Plusliga. Resovia Rzeszow lost one point with AZS Olsztyn, which is currently on the 8th position in ranking. First of all, we had quite unexpected result in Olsztyn. Asseco Resovia started according to plan. Two opposites – Bartman and Schoops – have been […]
Members of top three leagues in Europe, Copra Piacenza (Italy), Ural Ufa (Russia), Delecta Bydgoszcz (Poland), and Dukla Liberec of the Czech Republic completed the set-up of the Men’s Challenge Cup semi-finals. Maccabi Tel-Aviv – Dukla Liberec 1 – 3 (19-25, 19-25, 25-19, 22-25) First match: 0 – 3 Maccabi: N. Efron 4, Teixeira […]
Julio Velasco, the head couch of Iran introduced a list of 22 Players for 2013 World League. The roster will be cut to 12 players before the tournament starts. Important change in this roster which was AlirezaNadi, the captain of Iranian national team was not in the list. Saeed Marouf became captain. Iran’s roster […]
The last year was probably the most successful in his life. At first, he won the CEV Champions League with Zenit Kazan, then celebrated the Olympic Gold several months ago. Alexander Volkov, the Russian middle-blocker, still suffers his knee injury and this issue may be a kiss of death for his career. Will Volkov join […]
Preparations for Male’s Euro Volley are near to end. This weekend in Płock we could see Hubert Wagner’s Memorial. Winner of tournament becomes Poland. Tournament’s results: Friday:Poland – Netherlands 3-1 (26-28 25-22 25-15 25-18) Poland: Nowakowski (12), Winiarski (12), Kurek (15), Żygadło (4), Możdżonek (9), Bociek (20), Zatorski (L) and Włodarczyk, Wojtaszek, Kubiak, Jarosz Netherlands: […]
Tell me, how to claim volleyball players are not comprehensively talented? Bartosz Kurek plays golf almost like Tiger Woods, Luigi Mastrangelo is a “Dancing queen” King and wipes out on the dance floor better then professionals while Takahiro Yamamoto is a master in preparing delicious sushi. But wait, it’s not the end. It is, in […]
They will shine at the World Championships in Poland, which already competes for 14 days! Facts, myths, advantages, disadvantages, and tidbits, so that’s all what you should know about the biggest stars of the volleyball Mundial. Player: Mariusz Wlazły Nation: Poland Position: Opposite Club: PGE Skra Belchatow Height: 197 cm Weight: 80 kg […]
Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia shattered his own marathon record in the real,- BERLIN-MARATHON on Sunday morning, running 2:03:59, to become the first man in history under 2:04 for the distance. On a morning that he described as perfect, with sunshine and temperatures rising from 10C (48F) at the 9 a.m. start, to 14C (55F) at […]
The surprise breakthrough came at the USATF-NE indoor championships at Harvard University’s Gordon track on Sunday, Feb. 21. Much of the info below has been supplied by GBTC coach Tom Derderian. A group of female runners from the Central Park TC wanted to take a shot at the USATF 1500m qualifying time of 4:30 and […]