The International Volleyball Federation held the draw for the 2027 Women's World Cup, to be held in the United States and ...

"What has the volleyball we have been playing until now actually been? I started to wonder if this was really the volleyball we had been playing."Im Dong-hyeok (27, Korean Air), a key attacker for the ...

The men's volleyball tournament at the 20th Asian Games (Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games) held its quarterfinals on the 1st, where the Japan national team (Ryujin NIPPON) faced off against the Qatar national ...

Gay Japanese pro volleyball player Rui Takahashi speaks about his brother Ran’s response to his historic coming out, in a new ...

Volleyball player Rui Takahashi is the first gay male pro athlete in Japan to come out publicly. He has support from his brother, who was also his teammate.

Takahashi said his brother Ran, who is a hugely popular star with Japan’s national volleyball team, helped him come to terms with his sexuality.

Japanese volleyball player Rui Takahashi came out as gay on Tuesday, saying he wanted to help others struggling with their sexuality in a country where openly LGBTQ athletes are extremely rare.

Iran's men's national sitting volleyball team has decisively defeated Kazakhstan to reach the semifinals of the 2026 Asian ...

Visibility and internal acceptance guided volleyball player Rui Takahashi’s decision to publicly come out as gay, a move considered uncommon in Japan’s professional sports world. The 26-year-old ...

"In the worst-case scenario, even if it meant I would no longer be able to play volleyball, I was prepared for ...

Iranian para athletes Alireza Zare and Sadegh Beit Sayah have snatched two gold medals in athletics at the 2026 Asian Para ...

Japanese volleyball player Rui Takahashi came out as gay on Tuesday, saying he wanted to help others struggling with their sexuality in a country where openly LGBTQ athletes are extremely rare. The 26 ...