Auger-Aliassime bumps slump to beat qualifier at Barcelona Open
Steve Carr
Canada continues to deliver strong performances in women’s sitting volleyball since Sunday’s hard-fought loss to the reigning Paralympic champion United States. Head coach Nicole Ban watched her charges start quickly versus Hungary on Tuesday and…
Steve Carr
Audrey Gauthier and Laura Cote-Collin of Quebec rallied their way to gold on Saturday, beating Ontario 21-18, 21-18 in the women’s beach volleyball final at the Canada Summer Games. B.C. netted bronze with 21-10, 21-13…
Steve Carr
Volleyball Canada has named Ben Josephson as coach of Canada’s senior indoor men’s team. Josephson will begin his new role April 1. He has been the head coach of the Trinity Western University men’s program since…
Steve Carr
Melissa Humana-Paredes’ 29th birthday didn’t feature a beach volleyball World Tour Finals gold medal celebration in Italy. The Toronto native and her partner Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ont., were swept 2-0 (21-13, 23-21) in 37…
Steve Carr
An up-and-down debut performance by Canada’s women in Volleyball Nations League continued with a second consecutive defeat on Monday. Japan recorded its fifth sweep in eight matches, defeating the Canadians 25-16, 25-15, 25-15 in preliminary…
Steve Carr
Heather Bansley and Brandie Wilkerson came out on top versus fellow Canadians Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes by a score of 2-1 (25-23, 14-21, 15-9) at the Ostrava Beach Open on Thursday. Bansley (Toronto) and Wilkerson…
Steve Carr
Canada looked anything but an 18th-ranked outfit early in its Volleyball Nations League debut on Tuesday. However, a more experienced women’s side from Brazil took over after a 25-23 loss that served as a wakeup…
Steve Carr
Canada’s top-ranked beach volleyball team of Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes came up just short in their first tune-up tournament ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. Pavan, of Kitchener, Ont., and Toronto’s Humana-Paredes fell 2-1 to…
Steve Carr
The Canadian men’s volleyball team were not going to let tickets to Tokyo slip through their fingers. The men used a 3-0 victory over Puerto Rico on Sunday to clinch a spot at this summer’s Olympics…
Steve Carr
A nine-hour drive through southern B.C. many years ago set Gord Perrin on his path to the Canadian national volleyball team. Now, just over nine years after his debut, Perrin is back where it all started.…
