News 30/05/2021 Kantor & Losiak back on top after three years Cherif & Ahmed settle for silver; Varenhorst & Van de Velede snatch bronze in Sochi 29/05/2021 Sponcil & Claes snatch maiden World Tour gold Huberli & Betschart and Makroguzova & Kholomina complete the Sochi podium 29/05/2021 Kantor & Losiak win big quarterfinal in Sochi Netherlands v Qatar and Poland v Italy in the men’s semis 29/05/2021 Kravcenoka & Graudina: It’s not only about the Olympics; we want to be good players The young Latvian athletes share their thoughts upon qualifying for their first World Tour Final Four 28/05/2021 First Final Four for Kravcenoka & Graudina Latvia v Switzerland and Russia v USA in Sochi women’s semis 28/05/2021 Perusic & Schweiner stay on winning track in Sochi Tough eighthfinal match-ups set as scuffling near Tokyo cut-off continues 28/05/2021 Bourne & Crabb focused on the moment Tri and Trevor are one of three teams in the race for two American berths at Tokyo 2020 27/05/2021 Huberli & Betschart top toughest pool in Sochi Wojtasik & Kociolek take the upper hand in an amazing 36-34 tie-breaker 27/05/2021 Nicolai & Lupo mount major comeback in Sochi First 16 pairs score Thursday wins to advance to men’s eliminations 27/05/2021 Maggie Kozuch: Passion does not depend on results The German indoor-to-beach convert is focused on developing team potential ahead of Tokyo 26/05/2021 Kuvichka & Kislytsyn delight fans with awesome comeback wins Exciting men’s qualifiers set the stage for solid main draw battles ahead in Sochi 26/05/2021 Dumbauskaite & Grudzinskaite claim hard-earned spot in Sochi main draw Pairs from eight different countries book last eight main draw spots 26/05/2021 Walsh Jennings & Sweat: The harder the journey, the more prepared you are when you get there The American pair feel confident they will get to Tokyo and they can win it 25/05/2021 Fab line-up in Sochi as race for Tokyo heats up FIVB World Tour returns to Russia’s Black Sea resort for the first time since 2016 10/03/2021 2021 beach volleyball calendar and Olympic qualifiers announced Six 4-star World Tour events and the Continental Cup Finals will decide the quota places for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 31/12/2020 Family comes first for Maria Clara and Carolina One of the longest-lasting partnerships in international beach volleyball 30/12/2020 Agatha turns teacher in pursuit of more glory Agatha Bednarczuk is now one of the biggest names in the sport 27/12/2020 Japan win first FIVB gold medal Koizumi and Tanaka also win first FIVB event in Phuket 24/12/2020 Reno from the beach... ...to the mountains, fire trucks and an emergency room 22/12/2020 Phil Dalhausser: Maybe I'll give this volleyball thing a shot The story of a once in a lifetime talent 22/12/2020 Jake Gibb still going strong Celebrating two decades of dominance 20/12/2020 Cape Town hosts first African World Tour event Ze Marco and Emanuel best South American rivals for the gold medal 20/12/2020 Talita and Maria Elisa back together in 2021 The Brazilians are reunited for the first time since the end of 2012 16/12/2020 Slack at 44 Australian Olympian serving a great purpose these days! 13/12/2020 Samoilovs & Smedins end first season in style Capture third gold medal in 2013 07/12/2020 Alison celebrates 35th birthday A day of practice and an evening family dinner 06/12/2020 Legendary Brazilian pairs win final gold medals Four Olympians celebrate birthdays this week in World Tour history 03/12/2020 Sorum at 25 A different birthday celebration for the Norwegian 29/11/2020 Belarus captures gold this week in World Tour history First-ever FIVB title for the country 27/11/2020 Alvaro at 30 Celebrating another birthday at a Brazilian domestic event 24/11/2020 Krasilnikov & Stoyanovskiy The story of the world champs 24/10/2020 Miller Pata: Gem of the South Pacific Miller Pata builds her career on ambition 13/10/2020 The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event in Cancun, Mexico will not be held this year All parties have agreed not to organise this prestigious event this year 11/10/2020 First world title for Olympic champions Read about this week's highlights in beach volleyball history 29/09/2020 Alison & Alvaro Filho Alison Cerutti and defender Alvaro Morais Filho are into the second year of their partnership 27/09/2020 O'Gorman: I'll do whatever The Canadian looks back at joining forces with Ben Saxton. 27/09/2020 Beach elite celebrate birthdays Led by Switzerland’s Joana Heidrich, a group of six accomplished individuals with beach volleyball backgrounds celebrate birthdays this week 24/09/2020 McKibbin brothers still pushing their limits A new adventure lies ahead for Maddison and Riley. 22/09/2020 Betschart & Huberli This week's focus is on the top Swiss team in the current world rankings 21/09/2020 Anders Mol: I don't think we realize what we have achieved What made this year's edition of the European Championships different? 20/09/2020 Nouh Al-Jalbubi: Sand and success Learn about beach volleyball in Oman. 17/09/2020 Chileans ecstatic about first women's World Tour medal Look back at a special tournament for the South Americans. 06/09/2020 Doppler at 40 The Austrian beach volleyball star celebrates his birthday today. 03/09/2020 Watch: The Game Goes On Norway's Anders Mol and Christian Sorum take on Latvia's Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins in the Lofoten Islands 02/09/2020 Sude celebrates 33rd birthday before German championships Julia Sude celebrates her 33rd birthday a day ahead of the German Beach Volleyball Championships at Timmendorfer Strand. 01/09/2020 Samoilovs & Smedins The Latvians are our featured team in this edition of Team of the Week 28/08/2020 Grimalts making the most of their Euro trip The Chileans are in Montpellier this week 27/08/2020 Hüberli back on track & celebrating her birthday The outstanding Swiss beach volleyball athlete starts celebrations early. 25/08/2020 Rebecca & Ana Patricia Currently top of the provisional Olympic Ranking, Ana Patricia Silva Ramos and Rebecca Cavalcanti Barbosa Silva of Brazil are our Team of the Week 23/08/2020 Sunday Superstar: Markus Mol Younger brother of Anders Mol, the 18-year-old tells us all about himself. 19/08/2020 Andre Loyola at 26 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships gold medallist Andre Loyola Stein tells us about life at 26. 18/08/2020 Fijalek & Bryl Read about the Polish team who won the Doha 4-star in March 15/08/2020 Heese celebrates 51st with memories Mark Heese will always be remembered as one of the two players to win the first-ever Olympic men’s beach volleyball medals, bronze at Atlanta 1996 with John Child. 14/08/2020 New teams announced as Brazilian circuit prepares for restart Look ahead to an exciting season of beach volleyball in Brazil featuring several new teams. 12/08/2020 Huber & Dressler hope to make up ground on road to Tokyo Find out how one of Austria's top teams aim to work their way up the world rankings. 11/08/2020 Pavan & Humana-Paredes On top of the world in more ways than one, the reigning world champions are Volleyball World's Team of the Week 08/08/2020 Dalhausser and Lucena better than ever? The question says it all. 07/08/2020 'New mum' Bawden celebrates We look back at some memorable victories for the Australian beach player on her birthday. 06/08/2020 Live with Karla Borger and Julia Sude Germany’s top pair and Qinzhou 3-star winners Karla Borger and Julia Sude ask each other questions in a Facebook Live session 03/08/2020 Herrera & Gavira The experienced Spanish duo are our featured team this week 02/08/2020 Italy and Denmark triumph at 1-Star event in Ljubljana Read about the final day of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Ljubljana 1-star tournament in Slovenia. 01/08/2020 An extra boost for Duda Eduardo "Duda" Lisboa celebrates her birthday. 27/07/2020 Borger & Sude Karla Borger and Julia Sude are back in action 23/07/2020 Wickler: I am proud of our team Clemens Wickler and Julius Thole on managing a fast-emerging and incredibly successful beach volleyball career 08/06/2020 Evandro & Bruno Schmidt The Brazilian duo raise expectations 29/03/2020 Sarah Pavan on a whirlwind few days In our third article on the beach volleyball world champions, we catch up with the team's blocker 22/03/2020 Scott Davenport's ‘surreal’ journey Read about coach Scott Davenport and working with the world champions 22/02/2020 Talking with the world champions Canadian defender Melissa Humana-Paredes speaks about winning in Hamburg in 2019 18/07/2019 The ‘other’ Vikings look for their next steps The Beach Volley Vikings are popular faces in the sport