At next month’s Olympics, which officially begin on 26 July, the Japanese women’s athletics, table tennis and volleyball ...

The USSR became the first nation to sweep volleyball gold medals under the Olympic format. After consecutive runner-up finishes in 1968 and 1972, Japan returned to the fore of women's volleyball with ...

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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japan Volleyball Association's search for ... which has won six Olympic medals including two golds, in 1964 in Tokyo and in 1976 in Montreal. Incumbent Masayoshi Manabe ...

Japan and China earned wins to open Olympic Qualification, while the question of Russia's involvement in the 2026 Olympics ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) and Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) vowed to continue to strengthen the partnership as they look to raise the ...

For the fourth straight Olympic Games, Japan's women's ice hockey team will compete. After beating France and Poland, Japan has secured top stop in Group G of the Olympic Qualifying tournament ...

The Haikyuu!! hype is real, and it’s making plenty of anime fans interested in the Olympics. Life imitates art, after all. We’ll see just how far the Japan Men’s Volleyball Team makes it ...