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Sitting Volleyball Team Wins 7th World Title
SportsJuly 23, 2018 18:37 https://financialtribune.com/articles/sports/90336/sitting-volleyball-team-wins-7th-world-title The battle for gold in World Championships and Paralympic Games in the past 30 years has always been a duel between Iran and Bosnia and Herzegovina The national volleyball team celebrates the victory…… Iran sitting volleyball team beat old rival Bosnia and Herzegovina in a straight set victory to win…
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Bumpy ride for Rwanda at World Sitting V-ball Championships
By Damas SikubwaboPublished : July 23, 2018 https://www.newtimes.co.rw/sports/bumpy-ride-rwanda-world-sitting-v-ball-championships The senior national sitting volleyball teams did not perform well in 2018 World Sitting Volleyball Champions, – from July 14-22. Sam Ngendahimana. The senior national sitting volleyball teams – men and women – will only have adventure stories to tell from their trip to the Netherlands after staging…
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Iran win Men’s Sitting Volleyball World Championships with straight sets victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina
James Diamond Sunday, 22 July 2018 https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1067833/iran-win-mens-sitting-volleyball-world-championships-with-straight-sets-victory-over-bosnia-and-herzegovina Paralympic gold medallists Iran have become the 2018 men’s Sitting Volleyball World Champions as well after beating Bosnia and Herzegovina in straight sets at The Hague today. The match, which was a repeat of the Paralympic Games final in Rio de Janeiro two years ago, finished 25-18, 25-13, 25-20…
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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,…