Qatar may not face a team similar to the style and strength of Cameroon at the Incheon Asian Games to be held from September 19 to October 4, but the two friendly games against them helped the Gulf nation’s new coach Juan Manuel Cichello rightly analyse his men. Cichello steadily spurred the team from the...

The Qatar volleyball team, aiming nothing short of the gold medal in the upcoming Asian Games, has been undergoing intensive training under new Argentinian coach Juan Manuel Cichello. With the team already in the camp in Doha since June 15, it is now time to test the preparations against visiting Cameroon. The African team, which...

The Qatari volleyball team will meet Cameroun in a friendly volleyball match, here tonight at 9:30 PM in the QVA Hall . Cameroun Team is currently in Doha for preparatory camp during which they will play a number of matches, The team will participate in the FIVB World Championship – Poland 2014 (Aug 30 – Sep 21). On the...

BEING the first elected president of the game’s governing body FIVB, Dr Ary S Graca’s challenges are manifold. Since succeeding China’s Jizhong Wei as FIVB chief in September, 2012, Graca had laid down a specific plan to promote volleyball as a core Olympic sport and valuable partner for the Olympic Movement. A former Brazil international,...

After an extended break, the Qatar national team had started training for the new season on June 15. New national coach Juan Manuel Cichello, who kept a close vigil on the players during the season-ending Emir’s Cup, had given the players a month-long break. The training camp is held at the Qatar Volleyball Association’s indoor hall....