Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya has qualified for the 2007 Women's Volleyball World Cup billed for Italy after defeating Nigeria 3-1 Wednesday in the final of the Africa Women's Volleyball Championships in Abuja, Nigeria, officials said here Thursday. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Kenya recovered from a first set loss to beat Nigeria 3-1 (19-25, 25-22, 25-21, 25-18) in the final of the African women's volleyball championship which ended here Wednesday. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Egypt fought from two sets down to beat North African rival Tunisia 3-2 (22-25, 25-27, 25-21, 21-17, 15-9) and emerge third Tuesday at the 15th African Nations Cup women's volleyball championship here. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The second round of volleyball matches in the 10th edition of the International Solidarity Tournament Monday produced the following results: Women's event: - Burkina Faso beat Niger 3-0 (25-09; 25-11; 25-15) - Benin beat Mali 3-0 (25-14; 25-10; 25-12) Men's event: - Burkina Faso beat Niger 3-0 (25-16; 25-17; 25-17) - Benin beat Mali 3-0 (25-17; 25-20; 25-18) The competition, featuring 10 men's and five women's teams from five West African countries - Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Togo - is aimed at promoting the development of volleyball in the sub-region. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Host Nigeria and defending champion Kenya are billed to meet Wednesday in the final of the 15th African Nations Cup women volleyball championship in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya has named a 12-player team for the 5-15 September Africa female Cup of Nations Volleyball Championships in Abuja, Nigeria. Full text...

Ziguinchor- Senegal (PANA) -- Some 350 youth from the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal are in Ziguinchor to participate in the first international volleyball festival whose theme is "Youth, Peace and Integration. Full text...

Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Tunisia Friday advanced to the World Volleyball championship after beating South Africa 3 sets to love (25-13, 25-17, 25-18) in the tie counting for the tenth day of the second Africa Zone qualifiers convening in Tunis. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya beat Algeria 3-2 in a tough women's volleyball World Championships Africa Zone qualifier here Sunday to book their tickets to 2006 event in Japan. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya posted their second consecutive victory in the ongoing World Championships Third Africa Zone volleyball qualifier when they beat Congo-Brazzaville 3-0 here Thursday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) has named an 18-member provisional national team to the forthcoming 2006 Women's World Championship Africa Pool B qualifier in Nairobi. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya will host the five-nation Africa Zone World Championships qualifiers in Nairobi next month. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Sfax Sports Club of Tunisia on Sunday won in Cotonou the 24th African volleyball club championship after beating the Cameroonian armed forces and police by 3 sets to 0 (25-16, 25-22, 25-170. Full text...

Vacoas- Mauritius (PANA) -- Cameroon's female volleyball team beat their Tunisian counterparts here 3 sets to 1 on Sunday to qualify for the World Cup finals slated for 2006 in Japan. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Cameroon's female national volleyball team has left for Mauritius to participate in the African qualifying tournament for the World Cup finals billed for between November and December 2006 in Japan, sports sources said here Wednesday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Determined NC Bejeia of Algeria booked a place in semi-finals of the ongoing African Women's Volleyball Club Cup Championships after an emphatic 3-0 win over University of Rwanda at the Moi International Sports Complex here Thursday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Defending champions Kenya Pipeline extended their lead in the ongoing 20th African Women's Volleyball Club Cup Championships with a 3-0 thrashing of ARSU Seychelles at the Moi International Sports Complex here Wednesday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Algeria's Bejaia beat ARSU of Seychelles in a one-sided African Women's Volleyball Club Cup match in Nairobi Monday afternoon. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's Pipeline have vowed to retain the African Women's Volleyball Clubs Cup championship title at the end of the event that spikes off in Nairobi on Saturday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Congo-Brazzaville's Inter-Club and Arsu of Seychelles are among the foreign teams that have arrived in Nairobi for this weekend's 20th African Women's Club Cup Championships. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Algerian club sides GS Chief and NC Bejaia are the first teams to jet into Kenya for this weekend's 20th Africa Women's Club Cup Championships billed to kick off here Saturday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Fifteen teams, including defending champions Kenya Pipeline and African giants Asec Mimosas of Cote d'Ivoire have confirmed participation in the forthcoming 20th African Women's Clubs Championship in Nairobi, Kenya. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The Congolese men's volleyball team left Kinshasa Sunday for Alexandria, Egypt to take part in the 2006 world cup qualifying tournament billed there for 24-26 March. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- DR Congo's female volleyball champions, Daring Club Motema Pembe (DCMP), will participate in the African Champions Cup finals slated for 31 March to 12 April in Nairobi, Kenya, club officials said Thursday. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The chairman of the Beninese Volleyball Federation (FBVB), Dominique Atchawe Thursday announced that Cotonou has been chosen as host of the African clubs volleyball championship scheduled 30 April to 8 May 2005. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA - The International Volleybal-l Federation (FIVB) has pledged three million US dollars to the UN to assist it in its disaster relief efforts in southeast Asian countries devastated by the December tsunami tragedy. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Sudan, Eritrea, Ghana and Uganda will in February contest the African leg's first round qualifiers for the 2006 World Volleyball Championship in Khartoum, Sudan, the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has said. Full text...

Kélibia- Tunisia (PANA) -- Saydia Sport Club of Tunisia on Wednesday retained the African volleyball cup winners cup championship after emerging on top following its 3-0 sets victory over Algeria's Borj Bouaririj (25/20, 25/10 et 25/20) in the fifth and last round match of the wee-long competition staged in Kélibia town, 100 km east of Tunis. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's Olympic and Sports Committee is conducting training for 20 volleyball coaches, official sources have said. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB)'s Coaching Commission has offered to assist national volleyball federations set up comprehensive training programmes to improve their game. Full text...

Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Egypt has clinched their ticket to next year's Under 20 World Volleyball Cup after gaining one of the first slots in the ongoing African league being held in South Africa. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- DR Congo will feature in the women's junior volleyball Cup of Nations finals billed for 9-19 October in Abuja, Nigeria, the Congolese Volleyball Federation (FECOVO) confirmed here Monday. Full text...

Mbabane- Swaziland (PANA) -- Three Swazi volleyball teams, Mhlume, Lomahasha Customs and Mbabane City are on roll for the Zone VI Club Championships coming up next week in Pretoria, South Africa, Swaziland National Volleyball Association (SNVA) secretary Kenneth Tshabalala confirmed here Friday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Morocco beat Tunisia 3-2 (23-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-21, 15-11) to win the African Male Youth Volleyball Championship that ended in Nairobi late Sunday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- North Africans Egypt and Morocco sailed through to the semi-finals of the ongoing African Youth Volleyball Championships after beating their games here Thursday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Morocco defeated Kenya 3-0 (25-21, 25-18, 25-18) as the African Youth Volleyball Championship entered the second day in Nairobi Wednesday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Tunisia beat traditional rivals Egypt 3-0 (25-20,25-20,25-24) as the African Youth Volleyball Championships started at the Moi International Sports Centre here Tuesday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya has named the final women's Olympic volleyball team that flies out to Athens in Greece Thursday. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana has named a 30-member squad to begin preparations for the preliminaries of the Volleyball World Cup slated for Japan in February 2005. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya will host the 2006 World Championships Africa Zone Group B women's qualifying tourney in Nairobi starting next December to January 2005, a top local volleyball official said here at the weekend. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Twenty teams will feature in the 2006 World Champions Africa Zone volleyball qualifiers slated for December 2004 and January 2005. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan women's national Volleyball team to the August Olympic Games in Athens, leaves for Cuba Wednesday via France, after being denied British transit visas. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- More than a dozen leading clubs from the Great Lakes region are expected here this weekend to play in the eighth edition of the Kampala Amateur Volleyball Club (KAVC)'s international volleyball tournament at Lugogo Indoor Stadium in the Ugandan capital. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya has named a 13-member women's national volleyball team that will also represent Africa at the 13-29 August Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya has named the women's provisional volleyball team to the Olympic Games slated for 13-29 August in Athens, Greece. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Tunisia, Africa's men's volleyball representatives to the Athens Olympic Games have been drawn in a pool comprising Poland, France, Greece, Argentina, Serbia and Montenegro. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya, Africa's women volleyball representatives to the August Olympic Games in Greece, have been drawn in a tough group that has top guns Brazil and Italy, according to the draw conducted by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB). Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's women's volleyball team, carrying the African flag to the August Olympics Games, are scheduled to clash with hosts Greece in their opening match, officials said here Wednesday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Tunisia and Kenya will be Africa's two representatives at the Olympic Games' men and women volleyball tournament come August. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The hopes of Cameroon to book a ticket for Athens have been dashed after losing three consecutive matches in the men's FIVB Olympic qualifier tournament in Madrid, Spain. Full text...