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QVA presents new coaches to media

Argentina’s Mariano Baracetti has replaced national beach volleyball team’s Brazilian coach Pedro Pablo Costa. The Qatar Volleyball Association also appointed Brazilian veteran Percy Oncken for reorganising the youth and junior volleyball in the country and Malek Rajdi as the national under-17 coach. QVA President Ali Ghanim al Kuwari presented all the three officials at a...

Rio 2016: Jefferson/Cherif storm into knockout round

Qatar’s debutants Jefferson Santos Pereira and Cherif Younousse secured the first objective of their major mission by qualifying for the Rio Olympic Games beach volleyball elimination round with a gritty comeback triumph. At the Copacabana Beach on Wednesday, Asian Continental Cup champions Pereira and Younousse, who began playing together only last year, defeated European Continental...