After being away for 5 months. two time Olympic Champion Thaisa Menezes makes a successful return to volleyball with a victory in the first round of the Brazilian Superliga.
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Cuban Star Players Might Return
There’s a rumor circulating around that former star players of the Cuban women’s team are planning on returning and will represent their country starting next year. There’s 5 of them!
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Here comes another Cuban drama! Setter Ana Yilian Cleger & Lilianne Marcillán have reportedly left the team a week before the 2013 FIVB Grand Prix. Did they quit or try to escape Cuba?
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Cuba 2013 Team Rosters
We hope this new breed of young Cuban athletes will have what it takes to bring back Cuba’s glorious days in indoor volleyball.
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Kenia Carcases has officially joined her former teammate Nancy Carrillo in Switzerland to play for Volero Zurich, the contry’s top women’s club team.
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Cubans Taste Freedom To Fly
Effective January 14th, Cubans will no longer need the reviled exit visas that have kept most in the country from ever traveling abroad. We wonder how this will affect volleyball defectors.
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Kenia Carcases and the Cuban team will head to Peru to train and prepare for a very busy volleyball year which includes the 2012 NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tourney and the 2012 Grand Prix. Find out the 2012 ROSTER!
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Brigada Cuba!
A very young team but very talented! Coach Juan Carlos Gala’s 2011 “brigada” has been training in Peru to prepare for the 2011 season. The Cuban squad led by the scoring machine, Kenia Carcases, is scheduled to compete at the 2011 Volleymasters Tournament in Switzerland (June) and after a 2 year absence they will compete […]
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Cuba Trains in Peru
After a successful 2010 season, the Cuban teams are in Peru to train. They are taking the upcoming 2011 season seriously and there’s nothing wrong with that right? We expect Cuba fighting for the crown in every major volleyball tournament this year, ie men’s World League, women’s World Grand Prix and a top 3 […]
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Leon & Sanchez Win Big!
MEN’s TOURNAMENT: Is there any other Cuban player better than Leon? BB just keeps winning titles and MVPs. Wilfredo Leon (MVP) & Fernando Hernandez (Best Scorer) helped Team Orientals defeated the Capitals 3-1 (26-24, 20-25, 25-22, 25-18) to win the 2010-2011 Cuban League. Leon’s outstanding performance proved too much to handle against the Capitals and […]
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Cuba Honors Simon & Carcases
We expected Wilfredo Leon but Simon also deserves it! The Best Middle Blocker in the world, ROBERTLANDY SIMON, and scoring machine, KENIA CARCASES, have been awarded as Cuba’s Best Male and Female Athletes of 2010. We all know that Simon is not just one of the best middle blockers in the world but he’s also […]
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World Champs: The 8 Big Bangers!
Round 2 of the Women’s World Champ is the most critical round of all. The goal is to keep winning all the matches to be in top 2 of the pool to play for the Final Four. It won’t be easy so expect all of the 16 teams to bring their BEST game and expect […]