A new year meant new champions. On the women’s side, it was the United States winning its first-ever gold medal, and on the men’s side, it was France doing the same. Olympic volleyball lived up to the ...

the sport was added to the Olympic program for the 1964 Tokyo Games. What country has the most gold medals in Olympic volleyball history? The former Soviet Union's seven gold medals are the most of ...

FILE - April Ross, bottom left, of the United States, and teammate Alix Klineman, bottom right, celebrate after winning a ...

In 1961, Volleyball was added as a medal sport for men and women at the Tokyo Games in 1964. Volleyball's debut at the Olympic Games in 1964 was truly exciting. In the men's event, the well-informed ...

Before winning gold in Tokyo, ROSS had previously claimed bronze at Rio 2016 and silver at London 2012. The second-place finish by Mariafe ARTACHO DEL SOLAR and Taliqua CLANCY (AUS) was Australia’s ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japan Volleyball Association's search for its women's national team head coach has identified Ferhat Akbas, as the top candidate, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday.

Klineman, 31, switched her sport from indoor volleyball after not making the Olympic team in 2016. The decision has paid off: At her first-ever Olympics in Tokyo, the Jewish athlete took home gold ...

Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar may not have been able to replicate their fellow Australians’ famous feats at the Sydney Olympics, but their efforts in Tokyo have brought Natalie Cook and ...