Articles by Liam Smith

Brazilians Dominate Day 1 Of Warsaw (4 Stars) Main Draw

American duo Kelly Claes and Brittany Hochevar beat top seeded Humana-Paredes/Pavan 2-0 (21/19 21/18) in way to leading their group

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Polish Legend Dawid Murek Signs With Częstochowa For 18th Pro Season

A powerful attacker with 277 caps for Poland’s national team, David, at 6’6″, did what many outside hitters are doing, and transitioned to libero two seasons ago in order to extend his career

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Modena Plays It Safe, Signs Legend Cantagalli As Its New Assistant

After its traumatic Radostin Stoytchev experiment, Modena is going all out in making sure it won’t have a coaching problem this season

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Polish Legend Lukasz Zygadlo Returns To PlusLiga After 10 Years

Szczecin had a 10-20 record last season, which almost saw it get relegated. However, the team is gearing up for a better run this time around, and is ready to invest heavily in its roster

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Pesaro Follows Modena, Folds Out Of Italian Female League

The news is disastrous for Italian volleyball and shows that not even the world’s strongest league is safe from the sport’s quase-amateur status

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Former NCAA Tournament MOP Deja McClendon Inks Deal In Italy

The 26-year-old is transferring out of Poland’s LKS Lodz. She spent her last three seasons in Poland after debuting as a pro in Azerbaijan

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Brazil’s Gabriela Celebrates Being Fully Recovered For VNL’s Final 6

Gabriela had been playing only the first set of matches up until recently as part of her recovery protocol

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Three American Duos Move On To Warsaw 4-Star Open Main Draw

Wednesday saw 46 qualification matches be played in Warsaw under pleasant weather

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VNL Community Celebrates Prize Money Parity Between Genders

At the 2016 FIVB Grand Prix, Brazil’s Women’s National team got a 200k USD check for winning the competition, only one-fifth of the value of the men’s prize. At the 2017 edition of the competition, things improved a bit, with Brazil, again the winner, taking home a check for 600k USD, three-fifths that of the men’s prize

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Bergamo Inks Italian National Teamer Camilla Mingardi

Volley Bergamo has announced in its official website the signing of Italian national teamer Camilla Mingardi to a contract. The…

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