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Italy triumphed as the first ever U17 boys’ volleyball world champions. In Saturday’s final of the inaugural FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U17 World Championship in Sofia, they earned the historic trophy with a phenomenal comeback from two sets down against Argentina and after denying several opponent match points in the fourth. Chinese Taipei also made th...

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The Paris 2024 women's volleyball tournament smiles on the Bel Paese: never beyond the quarterfinals in two decades, on the five-ring throne after overcoming the hurdle of the first knockout round. After three finals lost by the men (Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004 and Rio 2016), the girls dominate the first final act played at the Games and make the Mam...

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At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Italy stunned the world by winning 40 medals, a record for the Azzurri since they have been participating in the Olympics. Above all, it amazed with its five victories in athletics, the queen of Olympic sports. From July 26, in Paris, for the third time in history, athletes fr...

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Italy triumphs: it's gold medal like in 2022! Julio Velasco's Azzurre beat Japan 3-1 in the final of Volleyball Nations League 2024, with a stupendous team performance, and enjoy the triumph. Paola Egonu sensational MVP with 27 points, but super game of the whole national team. However, Egonu is only the spearhead - moreover, not the only one - of...

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In one single day, the men's Champion's League and the women's Champion's League were won by Italy, which dominates the world of European volleyball. Yesterday in Antalya, Turkey, Itas Trentino lifted the most coveted continental trophy to the sky by overcoming the Poles of Jastrzebski Wegiel 3-0 in the men's final. At the same time, it was the Ita...

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The final of the 2023-2024 Champions League in women's volleyball will be all-Italian. Conegliano has indeed joined Milan in the final act of Europe's top competition, which will be staged on Sunday, May 5. In fact, the Italian champions defeated Eczacibasi Istanbul 3-1 in the return semifinal in the Anatolian metropolis, after they had won the fir...

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A recent addition was made to the trophy cases at Hammonton High School, as 2023 graduate Tiffany Paretti was recognized for her achievements on the volleyball court. Paretti was a four-year starter for the Blue Devils, setting a record with 206 career aces. A commemorative volleyball was placed in a trophy case near the gymnasium recently, honorin...

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There is an Italy that always wins in sports. An Italy that not only triumphs but is just unbeatable, and that is the Italy of volleyball at both the men's and women's level that finds itself simultaneously champion of Europe with both the major national teams and all the youth national teams from the Under 17 to the Under 22. Something sensational...

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Lauren Carlini has long been in love with Madison. And before long she just might be in LOVB with Madison. Carlini, arguably the greatest player in University of Wisconsin volleyball history, has decided to become part of League One Volleyball (LOVB), one of the professional volleyball leagues that plans to begin play in the United States late in...

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Sofia DiProfio, a senior at Arthur L. Johnson High School in Clark,  joined over 140 female student-athletes on Feb. 12 in celebration of the 37th Anniversary of National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NAGWS).  NAGWS is recognized in all 50 states to honor the success of female athletes and recognize the struggle for equality for women in sports. E...

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