Month: July 2018
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Paravolley a new sport for disabled people in Vhembe
Sport – Date: 22 July 2018 Written by: Tracy Ngobeni https://www.zoutnet.co.za/articles/sport/47765/2018-07-22/paravolley-a-new-sport-for-disabled-people-in-vhembe The Makhado team took part in the paravolley tournament. The Eagles team from Vhembe took part in the newly adopted sport, sitting paravolley, at Njhakanjhaka new town hall a fortnight ago. This is a newly adopted sport in South Africa and provides the opportunity for disabled people in Vuwani to…
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Iran advances to final of World ParaVolley C’ships, obtains ticket to Tokyo 2020
Jul 22, 2018, 11:47 AM https://en.mehrnews.com/news/135943/Iran-advances-to-final-of-World-ParaVolley-C-ships-obtains-ticket TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) – Iran men’s national sitting volleyball team beat Ukraine in the semi-final of 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships and earned ticket to Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Iran launched a 3-0 win against Ukraine (25-13, 25,19, 25-13) in the semifinal on Saturday. Iran, 2016 Paralympic…
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Netherlands 2018: Russia win gold
22 Jul 2018 – IPC https://www.paralympic.org/news/netherlands-2018-russia-win-gold Russia’s women stunned USA to win the 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball Women’s World Championship ⒸWorld Para VolleyBy World ParaVolley Russia’s women* claimed an impressive first sitting volleyball world title on Saturday (21 July) with a stunning 3-1 victory (18-25, 27-25, 26-24, 26-24) over Paralympic champions USA in Rotterdam, Netherlands.…
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Iran Sitting Volleyball Qualifies for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
July, 22, 2018 – 10:30 Sports news https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2018/07/22/1782346/iran-sitting-volleyball-qualifies-for-tokyo-2020-paralympics TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian national sitting volleyball team qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Iran showed why it is consistently ranked as one of the top teams in the world as it qualified with a convincing 3-0 (25-13, 25-19, 25-13) win over the Ukraine. Team Melli will…
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Iran’s Women Finishes 9th at World ParaVolley
July, 21, 2018 – 13:01 Sports news https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2018/07/21/1781562/iran-s-women-finishes-9th-at-world-paravolley TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran came ninth at the World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball Women’s World Championship. The Iranian team defeated Japan 3-1 (21-25, 25-15, 25-12, 25-17) in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Iran started the competition with a win over Slovenia but suffered two defeats against China and Italy. USA and China…
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Russia win first ever women’s sitting volleyball world title with victory over United States
James Diamond Saturday, 21 July 2018 https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1067797/russia-win-first-ever-womens-sitting-volleyball-world-title-with-victory-over-united-states Russia have won the women’s World Sitting Volleyball Championships for the first time after beating the United States in the final 18-25, 27-25, 26-24, 26-24 in Rotterdam. Neither side had ever made the final before so both started the match at the Luxor Theater knowing victory would seal their country’s first…
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Russia to meet United States in women’s final at World Sitting Volleyball Championships
Dan Palmer Friday, 20 July 2018 https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1067749/russia-to-meet-united-states-in-womens-final-at-world-sitting-volleyball-championships Defending women’s champions China were beaten in the semi-finals as the World Sitting Volleyball Championships continued in The Netherlands today. They were beaten in straight sets by Russia, who reached the final for the first time in their history at the Luxor Theater in Rotterdam. Russia came through 25-23, 25-19,…
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Sitting Volleyball Team Reaches World Championships Semifinal
Sports July 20, 2018 18:16 https://financialtribune.com/articles/sports/90113/sitting-volleyball-team-reaches-world-championships-semifinal Sitting Volleyball Team Reaches World Championships Semifinal….. Paralympic gold medalist Iran advanced to the last four of the Sitting Volleyball World Championships in The Netherlands after beating Egypt 3-1 in the quarterfinals. Iran won the first two sets 25-19 and 25-22, lost the third set 22-25, and won the…
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Iran Beats Egypt at World ParaVolley
July, 20, 2018 – 11:49 Sports news https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2018/07/20/1780752/iran-beats-egypt-at-world-paravolley TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran defeated Egypt in the 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships on Thursday. The reigning Paralympic champion defeated the North African team 3-1 (25-19, 25-22, 22-25, 25-15) and advance to the competition’s semi-final. Iran had already earned three successive wins over Japan, Germany and…
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Netherlands 2018: Italy upset hosts
Men’s and women’s semi-finalists decided at sitting volleyball Worlds Published on https://www.paralympic.org/news/netherlands-2018-italy-upset-hosts Image By World ParaVolley Debutants Italy continued their dream run at the Women’s Sitting Volleyball World Championships as they beat hosts Netherlands on Thursday’s (19 July) quarter finals to book a semi-final clash with Paralympic champions USA. The Italian team prevailed 3-2 (25-18,…