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Lausanne, Switzerland, March 28, 2020 – Cherry Ann “Sisi” Rondina is 23-year-old beach volleyball player from the Philippines. Sisi is a member of her country’s national team which won bronze at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in Manila, Philippines.

Uberlândia, Brazil, March 27, 2020 – American opposite Nicole Fawcett, who was playing for Dentil Praia Clube, has decided to step away from the sport after 11 years playing professionally.

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, March 27, 2020 – Flying Alone or From Russia with Volleyball could be the headlines describing Bethania De la Cruz's unique homeward journey following the end of Russia's Women's Super League.

Lausanne, Switzerland, March 27, 2020 - Get your daily dose of volleyball and beach volleyball and watch streams of classic matches on the Volleyball World and Beach Volleyball World YouTube channels and on Facebook.

Lisbon, Portugal, March 26, 2020 – Hugo Gaspar has spent the past few seasons combining his medical and volleyball careers, but following the coronavirus outbreak he has to prioritise his work as a doctor at the Travessa da Saúde Family Health Unit in Lisbon.

Lausanne, Switzerland, March 26, 2020 - Her country's most efficient blocker during the Preliminary Round of the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League with an average of 0.89 per set, Serbia captain Maja Aleksic spoke to fivb.com about the art of blocking.

Rome, Italy, March 26, 2020 – Linda and Sylvia Nwakalor are two sisters with the same dream, that of competing together for Italy at the very highest level.

Lausanne, Switzerland, March 25, 2020 – In light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Beach Majors Company (BMC) has notified the FIVB of its decision to cancel two Beach Volleyball Major Series events in Vienna, Austria, and Hamburg, Germany, scheduled to take place on 12-16 August and 19-23 August respectively. The FIVB was also informed that the BMC will no longer be co-organising the 5-star event in Gstaad, Switzerland, which is scheduled to take place on 7-12 July.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 25, 2020 – Playing beach volleyball is not Fernanda Berti's only talent. With the same hands that hit balls to the sand and block opponents at the net, the 34-year-old Brazilian has taken to expressing her creativity on canvas in her free time.

Lausanne, Switzerland, March 25, 2020 - Jordan Larson has put her planned retirement on hold until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, now to be held next year due to the coronavirus pandemic, as she still plans to lead USA in their quest for the sole major gold medal that still eludes them, reports 1011 Now broadcaster from her hometown in Nebraska.

Lausanne, Switzerland, March 24, 2020 - Got a little time on your hands? Want to watch a fun movie?

Lausanne, Switzerland, March 24, 2020 - Poland's PlusLiga men's national championship is suspended, but here's how things stood at the moment of interruption, two weeks ago, with two rounds of play remaining in the Regular Season.

Lausanne, Switzerland, March 23, 2020 - The FIVB’s innovative digital strategy has seen the federation climb two spots to be ranked third by digital communications agency, Redtorch, in their #SportonSocial League Table 2020, which analyses International Federation’s (IF’s) performance across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.

Novosibirsk, Russia, March 23, 2020 – 17-year-old opposite Roman Murashko was named the Most Valuable Player of Russia’s national junior league for U23 men as his team, Lokomotiv-CIVS Novosibirsk, claimed their third consecutive championship title. Just a few months ago, the rising volleyball star from Kaliningrad was honoured on the Dream Team of the FIVB Boys’ U19 World Championship in Tunisia.

Warsaw, Poland, March 23, 2020 - Seventeen years after joining the club, Poland's legendary Mariusz Wlazly is moving on from PGE Skra Belchatow, the 36-year-old revealed in an interview with #7strefa show of the country's PolSat broadcaster.

Lausanne, Switzerland, March 22, 2020 - In a second part to our series on world champions Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Parades, we talk with their coach Scott Davenport about a remarkable journey.

The Hague, Netherlands, March 21, 2020 - You can send your wishes to Robert Meeuwsen, who celebrates his 32nd birthday on Saturday.

Lausanne, Switzerland, March 20, 2020 – In consideration of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and to protect the health and wellbeing of all involved, the FIVB has announced changes to the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour events scheduled for May.

Istanbul, Turkey, March 20, 2020 - The women's Turkish League has been the latest of the domestic competitions to be cancelled, following a decision on Thursday by the country's authorities to suspend all sporting events due to the coronavirus pandemic, stopping the action at the end of the Regular Season, with three-time world champions VakifBank Istanbul standing at the top of the table.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 20, 2020 – The Brazilian Volleyball Federation announced on Thursday that the 2019-2020 edition of the country’s women’s Volleyball Superliga would be ended prematurely in response to the coronavirus pandemic.