Tag: volleyball
What is a libero in volleyball?
Unlike other players, the libero can substitute in and out of the game without counting toward the team’s official substitutions.…
Volleyball Premier League: Champions emerge
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), male team and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) female team, have emerged…
Volleyball: Nigeria ready to host 2nd CAVB Championships in April
Kehinde Lamidi, Chairman, Media and Publicity Committee, Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVBF), says the body was ready to host the second…
19th NSF: Rivers female team beat Kaduna to win beach volleyball gold
The Rivers women beach volleyball team on Thursday defeated their counterparts from Kaduna 2-0 to win the beach volleyball event…
Volleyball Premier League to commence on Nov. 3
The Nigeria Volleyball Premier League (NVBL) will commence on Nov. 3 and not the earlier announced date of Nov. 1,…
Nations Cup qualifier: Nimrod optimistic of Team’s chances
Musa Nimrod, the President-elect of Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVBF), says he is optimistic that Nigeria will qualify for the 2018…
American NGO Set To Revive Volleyball In Lagos
Taiwo Adelu The game of volleyball in Lagos State is expected to receive a big boost as a Non Governmental…
50 dead in suicide blast at Afghan volleyball game
Around 50 people were killed and 60 others injured when a suicide blast ripped through crowds gathered to watch a…
C/wealth Games, Football And The Neglect Of Other Sports
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, represents one of the finest hours in the annals…
Iran bans female fans from volleyball games
Female fans and even women journalists will not be allowed to attend a World League volleyball match between Iran and…
Volleyball: Team Lagos Captain Hails Mates Despite Loss
Captain of Team Lagos Volleyball female team, Oshuo Christana, has said that she is not disappointed despite her team’s 3-0…
Legacy, Fashola Babes Shine In Volleyball
It was a celebration galore for the fans of Legacy Volleyball Club after their team defeated Unity Volleyball Club 2-0…
Volleyball: Foreign Embassies Frustrating Us
The Nigeria Volleyball Federation, NVBF Monday lamented the visa denial to its team, preventing it from participating in international tournaments…
FIVB Women’s U-20 Championship: Nigeria Finishes Last
Nigeria Sunday placed last at the FIVB Women’s U-20 Championship in Borno, the Czech Republic after a 0-3 loss to…
Lagos Appoints Mensah, Onanuga, As Coaches
Lagos State is set to engage the services of 82 coaches that will work with the 37 sports associations in…
NUGA Zone F Qualifiers: UNILAG, FUNNAB Lead
As the preliminaries of the 2013 Nigeria University Games Association (NUGA) Zone F kicked off yesterday at the Sports Complex…
Nigerian sports festival: Day 7 Round up
Delta, Kano fined N50, 000 each for using ineligible weightlifters The Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF) on Tuesday fined Delta and…
Games In Crucial Stage, As Athletics Begins
The 2012 National Sports Festival enters the crucial stage today, as the athletics event commenced at the tartan tracks of…
Ondo Volleyball Team Vow To Defend Title
The Ondo State Volleyball team said that they ready to defend the title they won at the 17th National Sports…
Team Rivers Storm Lagos With 1,000 Athletes
Rivers State Director of Sports, Daobu Harry, has revealed that no fewer than 1,000 athletes and officials will represent the…
Lagos Schools Set For 4th Tertiary Games
The organisers of the Lagos Tertiary Games say the participating institutions have started preparation ahead of the championship which runs…
Nigeria’s Poor Olympic Performance
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The recently concluded London 2012 Olympics is arguably the worst the country has ever participated in since…
Russia win Volleyball thriller
World Cup-holders Russia came from two sets down to beat world champions Brazil in a thrilling Olympic men’s volleyball final…
Rockford College Win Adefuye Volleyball Tourney
After Rockford College Secondary School emerged the champions of the maiden edition of Senator Anthony Adefuye Secondary School Volleyball competition…
200 Athletes For Summer Camping
A summer camping is to be organised for athletes of the Adopt-A-Talent Sports Programme during the long vacation of schools…
San Beda Bank On Adeogun
The reigning back-to-back champions, San Beda College Red Lions are banking on Nigerian centre, Ola Adeogun, as they snatched a…
Volleyball: Adefuye Tourney Gets New Date
Organisers of the Senator Anthony Adefuye Inter-School Competition have fixed a new date for the championship. The school tourney, which…
Adopt-A-Talent Committee To Unveil Sponsored Athletes
Adopt-A-Talent Sports Programme of Lagos State Government is gradually achieving its objective, as some of the athletes of the programme…
Britain Has A Strong Team —Reid
Lizzie Reid believes Team GB have a very strong women’s volleyball squad for London 2012 and was overjoyed to have…
Volleyball Coach Laments Absence Of Nigeria
By Sunday Akintoye Head Coach of Lagos Volleyball team, Taiwo Oladipupo has lamented that Nigeria’s absence in the volleyball event…