TOKYO (Reuters) -France beat the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team in the men's volleyball final on Saturday in a sensational five-set match to grab their first Olympic gold medal in the sport. The ...

There was always going to be just one outcome in front of the kind of crowd that came out to South Paris Arena, and it turned up blue. The men's volleyball tournament concluded Saturday in Paris as ...

PARIS, Aug 7 (Reuters) - France will have the opportunity to win back-to-back gold medals in Olympic men's volleyball after the hosts dispatched world champions Italy in straight sets in Wednesday's ...

U.S. gold medal hopefuls Kelly Cheng/Sara Hughes defeated France’s Aline Chamereau/Clemence Vieira in a grueling two sets ...

France defended its Olympic gold medal in men’s volleyball, and oh how special to do so right at home with a raucous, standing-room-only crowd at South Paris Arena. For more Olympics coverage, go to ...

Serbia's Lazar Cirovic (L) spikes during Volleyball Nations League match between France and Serbia in Novi Sad, Serbia, on June 1, 2019. France won 3-1. (Xinhua/Predrag Milosavljevic) France's ...

If the past two Olympics have proven anything when it comes to indoor volleyball it’s the fact that slow starts are far from detrimental. Both gold medal teams from the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro ...

TOKYO -- France made sure its first Olympic volleyball medal would be gold, beating the Russian Olympic Committee team 25-23, 25-17, 21-25, 21-25, 15-12 Saturday night in a breakthrough win for a ...

PARIS — Jean Patry and his jubilant French teammates locked shoulders, formed a circle, then jumped and danced. They kept bouncing on their side of the net for several minutes while the raucous home ...