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Egyptian beach volleyball team blast French hijab ban

Egypt’s women’s beach volleyball team last week condemned France’s move to ban its players from wearing the hijab after a match at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Marwa Abdelhadi and Doaa Elghobasy, who will represent Egypt at the 2024 Paris Olympics, wore hijabs, black leggings and long-sleeved T-shirts during a women’s beach volleyball match against Spain. […]

Meet the artist Peter Spens whose job is to paint beach volleyball

He calls himself a “caveman” with brushes, oil paints and large canvases, among photographers with expensive cameras and long lenses, all with the aim of photographing beach volleyball at the 2024 Olympics, but with very different approaches. “They’re collages of moments,” says 63-year-old British painter Peter Spence about his work. A photograph captures a particular […]

Chase Budinger earns first Olympic beach volleyball win after NBA change

Chase Budinger’s second act has begun. The former NBA player won his first Olympic beach volleyball match on Monday alongside teammate Miles Evans. The pair defeated France’s Arnaud Gautier-Latte and Youssef Crewe in Pool F action, 21-14, 21-11 in two sets. His basketball roots, which include seven seasons in the NBA, were evident in the […]

Convicted Rapist Booed at First Paris Olympics Beach Volleyball

PARIS (AFP) – A Dutch beach volleyball player convicted of raping an underage girl was booed by fans when he played his first Olympic match in Paris, his controversial selection putting the sport in the spotlight. Steven van der Velde, now 29, was convicted of raping an underage girl in 2016 and sentenced to four […]