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Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. [ 1] It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since Tokyo 1964.
Footvolley ( Portuguese: Futevôlei [futʃiˈvolej] in Brazil, Futevólei [ˌfutɨˈvɔlɐj] in Portugal) (first known as pevoley) is a sport that combines aspects of beach volleyball and association football. [ 1] Similar to Kick Volleyball and Futnet . Footvolley was created by Octavio de Moraes in 1965 in Brazil. [ 2]
Andrea Carrie "Annie" Drews (born December 25, 1993) is an American professional volleyball player for the United States women's national volleyball team.Drews was elected as the Most Valuable Player of the 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League in Nanjing, China, where Team USA won the gold medal and the Best Opposite of the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup where the U.S. finished ...
Sara Elizabeth Hughes (born February 14, 1995) [ 4] is an American beach volleyball player. With teammate Kelly Cheng she achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 2 in August 2023. Hughes has won six tournaments on the AVP Pro Tour and seven gold medals, one silver medal, and three bronze medals on the FIVB World Tour/Pro Beach Tour .
Jordyn Ashley Poulter (born July 31, 1997) is an American volleyball player for the United States women's national volleyball team. Poulter played collegiate volleyball with the University of Illinois Fighting Illini from 2015 to 2018. Poulter won gold with the national team at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. [ 2]
Volleyball is a popular sport in the United States with both male and female participants of all ages. Almost all high schools and colleges in the United States have female volleyball teams, and most regions of the country have developmental programs for girls of all ages as well. While many areas of the country are forming male teams and ...
Wilfredo León Venero (born 31 July 1993) is a professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for PlusLiga club Bogdanka LUK Lublin. [ 2] Born in Cuba, he represents Poland at international level. He was a member of his country of birth's national team from 2007 to 2012.
Yuji Nishida. Yuji Nishida (西田 有志, Nishida Yūji, born 30 January 2000) is a Japanese left-handed volleyball player. As of July 2024, Nishida plays for Panasonic Panthers at club level. Nishida made his debut with JTEKT Stings at V.League on 6 January 2018 in a match against Sakai 's Osaka Blazers Sakai. His impressive debut at the ...