TOKYO (Reuters) - Overcoming the formidable Dominican Republic in a must-win pool game to qualify for the quarter-finals of women's volleyball is a tall order for Japan but Sarina Koga is confident ...

Height is considered an advantage in sports like basketball and volleyball, but the Japanese women’s national teams have been turning this assumption on its head with shorter-than-average squads that ...

GIANT Olympic volleyball star Dmitry Muserskiy has shared his struggles at being 7ft 2in and living in Japan. The giant, 32, has played for Japanese side Suntory Sunbirds since 2018 having joined from ...

TOKYO — Men’s volleyball is flying high in Japan with the national team ranked fourth globally ahead of the Paris Olympics and the sport’s soaring popularity fuelled by a manga blockbuster. “Haikyu!!” ...

Volleyball is still a staple of school sports and around 4 million people say they play the sport (compared to 7 million for baseball and 5.3 million for soccer), so it has a strong participation rate ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) got a shot in the arm from the Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) in the country’s bid to strengthen the sport by donating ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Overcoming the formidable Dominican Republic in a must-win pool game to qualify for the quarter-finals of women's volleyball is a tall order for Japan but Sarina Koga is confident ...