Rwanda have selected 14 players in a training squad as their women's sitting volleyball side prepares for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.
Canada will stage the final women's sitting volleyball qualifier for next year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo after Italy withdrew as hosts.
Sitting volleyball has been confirmed on the programme at next year's International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Games in Thailand.
Bill Hamiter of the United States and Germany's Michael Merten, recently elected as respective women's and men's team representatives on the World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball Rules of the Game Committee, have been officially appointed.
Edmond in Oklahoma will host the final men's sitting volleyball qualification tournament for next year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo, World ParaVolley and USA Volleyball have announced.
Egypt beat hosts Rwanda in straight sets to win the Men's ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Championships and qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Hosts Rwanda will meet Egypt in the final of the Men's ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Championships after both came through last four clashes today.
Hosts Rwanda moved a step closer to securing qualification for next year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo, with victory over Morocco at the Men's ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Championships in Kigali.
Hosts Rwanda began their Men's ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Championships campaign with a five-set victory over Kenya in Kigali.
Rwanda booked their place at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics by winning the Women's ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Championships on home soil in Kigali.
Hosts Rwanda maintained their 100 per cent record at the Women's ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Championships with another two victories.
Hosts Rwanda won both of their opening matches on day one of the Women's ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Championships.
World ParaVolley (WPV) is preparing a history project which will be launched to coincide with the federation's 40th anniversary next year.
World ParaVolley (WPV) is seeking a new host for the women's Final Paralympic Qualification Tournament in 2020 after Italy pulled out of staging the competition.
ParaVolley Europe (PVE) President Branko Mihorko has elaborated on plans to widen the base of participation and expand activities throughout the continent at the organisation’s General Assembly in Budapest.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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