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Two Men's Beach Volleyball Tied for Olympic Qualifying After...

The 2012 Olympic Games in London are just a little more than two months off, and remaining qualifying opportunities are beginning to wane. That's the case in beach volleyball, and with time growing short, two United States teams on th [...]

Posted On : May, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Canadian women split beach volleyball matches

Canadian Olympic hopefuls Heather Bansley and Liz Maloney split their two matches as the FIVB beach volleyball World Tour 2012 season opened in Brasilia, Brazil on Tuesday. The Torontonians defeated Karla Borger and Britta Buthe of [...]

Posted On : Apr, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

Clothing options added for women's beach volleyball

LONDON (Reuters) - Female beach volleyball players have been given the option of wearing long-sleeved tops and shorts instead of bikinis at the London Olympics. "Some countries for religious and cultural reasons required more flexibi [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

Sardinian sand set to stage Beach Volleyball World Cup Olymp...

Lausanne, Switzerland – The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) is pleased to announce that the Sardinian town of Tortoli in Italy will host the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Cup Olympic Qualification tournament from June 27 to [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

South American beach volleyball tournament in Viña del Mar

VIÑA DEL MAR – The Chilean beach volleyball duo close to qualifying for the next Olympics in London. Yesterday, Sunday February 13th, in Viña del Mar at the Circuito Sudamericano Marco and Esteban Grimalt unfortunately [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

AVC Central Zonal beach volleyball tournament ready for expl...

Negombo, Sri Lanka – The AVC Beach Volleyball Continental Cup Asian Central Zonal tournament will begin in Sri Lanka with qualification for the London 2012 Olympic Games set to continue in Asia. Men’s and women’s team [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

BRAZILIAN BEACH VOLLEYBALL KINGS AND QUEENS TOURNAMENT COMIN...

The Brazilian Volleyball Federation has recently confirmed that the 2012 Beach Volleyball Kings and Queens Tournament will take place in the month of February. This will mark the 14th edition of the Brazilian Kings and Queens Tournamen [...]

Posted On : Jan, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Spike in women players

A record number of teams took advantage of good beach and weather conditions at the Kaiteriteri Beach Bash volleyball tournament yesterday. Eight men's teams, nine women's teams and eight mixed groups entered the annual tournament [...]

Posted On : Jan, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

Beach Volleyball, Child Labor, and Other Craziest Newt Gingr...

“When Secretary Sebelius said the other day she would punish insurance companies that told the truth about the cost of Obamacare, she was behaving exactly in the spirit of the Soviet tyranny.” “And if you want to put [...]

Posted On : Dec, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Jones helps lead Beach volleyball on Cinderella tournament r...

Not many people thought the Beach High volleyball team had much of a chance in last weekend’s Region 3-AAAAA Tournament. The Bulldogs entered the competition with a 12-14 record, seeded seventh in the 10-team tournament. But the [...]

Posted On : Oct, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Fragmented beach volleyball year ends with Hermosa Beach Ope...

The thick screen of clouds created an obvious deterrent on the final day of the Hermosa Beach Open. Or maybe the sparse crowd could have been blamed on the third Sunday of the NFL season. Then the sun came out and beach volleyball fa [...]

Posted On : Sep, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Largest Beach Volleyball Tournament: Seaside sets world reco...

The annual Seaside Beach Volleyball Tournament presented by Bud Light and Bud Light Lime celebrates its 30th anniversary this year and the event features approximately 975 two-person teams and 1,600 players from all over the world that co [...]

Posted On : Sep, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Canadian women split beach volleyball games

The Canadian team of Heather Bansley and Elizabeth Maloney split two games on Wednesday to open a stop on the FIVB World Tour beach volleyball circuit .The pair from Toronto upset the ninth seeds from Finland, Emilia and Erika Nystrom, 21 [...]

Posted On : Aug, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Women advance at beach volleyball World Tour

Two Canadian pairs advanced to the women’s main draw Tuesday at a stop on the FIVB beach volleyball World Tour. Torontonians Heather Bansley and Liz Maloney and Kacie MacTavish of Sharon, Ont., and Julie Rodrigue of Quebec City both [...]