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Volleyball championships concluded in war-torn Mogadishu

15 July 2010

With Mogadishu, the lawless capital of Somalia experiencing daily armed confrontations, the country’s national volleyball federation successfully ended the 24th men’s volleyball championship on Tuesday afternoon.




FIVB reimburses corruption crusader for part of legal costs

05 March 2010

Goijman agrees deal with FIVB for partial reimbursement of legal costs incurred in the course of his struggle against corruption in international volleyball




Goijman detained at airport

11 June 2009

One of Play the Game’s most eagerly anticipated speakers , Mario Goijman, has been prevented from leaving his native Argentina to attend this week’s conference.




Ethical volleyball federation has problems following its own standards

02 June 2009

In 2006, the World Volleyball and Beach Volleyball Federation (WVBF) was founded in Copenhagen as an ethical alternative to a corrupt and undemocratic regime in the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB). However, despite a...




Beach volley partnership collapsed in total acrimony

02 June 2009

Co-operating with the ethical World Volleyball and Beach Volleyball Federation (WVBF) turned out to be a very bad idea for the founder and president of the beach volleyball organisation ProSeries, Emanuele Monduzzi. Only 18...




FIVB president promises democratic future to volleyball federations

26 May 2009

The International Volleyball Federation, FIVB, is preparing to step out of the shadow of its former president Ruben Acosta. In a remarkable statement published on the FIVB website, president Jizhong Wei promises to make good...




FIVB stops practice that has enriched former president Acosta

21 April 2009

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) is getting ready to shut down a very lucrative financial arrangement that has benefited its former president and current honorary president, Ruben Acosta, for years. FIVB leaders...




Acosta voluntarily gives up presidency of the FIVB

20 June 2008

What critics found unlikely has now turned into fact: Ruben Acosta has decided to leave the presidency of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) at the end of the Beijing Olympics. He says he wants to make room for a new...




FIVB president’s plan to retire may just be a power game

20 May 2008

In a surprising press release, the president of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), Ruben Acosta, has declared that he plans to retire from his post at the FIVB Congress in Dubai in June. However, long-time critics of...




National Olympic Committee still controls San Marino volleyball

12 September 2007

The tiny state of San Marino has become the scene of some very strange manoeuvres in sports governance. The local Volleyball Federation is currently suspended by the FIVB because the national Olympic Committee (CONS) dismissed...




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