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 ...

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

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In the decisive fifth set, they dominated Japan to seal up their first victory in Olympic men’s volleyball since the 2012 London Games. In the first set, Germany launched a 7-0 run early in the first ...

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 ...

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 ...