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Events
S. Korean volleyball player at Asian Games gains attention with her stunning beauty
Shin Ji-eun, a 22-year-old South Korean beach volleyball player, has gained popularity and admiration for her remarkable skills and stunning...
Michelle De Pacina
NYC hosts 9-man volleyball tournament exclusively for Chinese, Asian Americans
Volleyball players from all over North America competed in this year’s New York Mini (NYMini) nine-man volleyball tournament over the weeken...
Bryan Ke
China
‘She’s my everything’: Athlete Sun Wenjing comes out as gay on Weibo in the face of government crackdown
Sun Wenjing, a retired volleyball player from China, has recently come out as a lesbian on Weibo despite the government’s public efforts to ...
Sports
‘Best setter’ in sitting volleyball opens up about leaving behind her son as she aims for the gold in Tokyo
Sitting volleyball star Kaleo Kanahele Maclay opened up about what it’s like to leave her 3-year-old son at home while she aims for th...
Thy Nguyen
‘Best Libero’ Justine Wong-Orantes ‘kept the ball in the air’ for Team USA to win first volleyball gold medal
Meet Justine Wong-Orantes, the Filipino Chinese American athlete who was an integral part of Team USA’s gold medal win in women’s volleyball...
FIVB Suspends Serbian Volleyball Player Who Pulled Slant-Eye Gesture During Match With Thailand
Serbian volleyball player Sanja Djurdjevic is now facing disciplinary action for the slant-eye gesture she made during a professional match ...
‘Don’t Blow This Out of Proportion,’ Serbian Volleyball Team Says After Player Pulls Slant-Eye Gesture
The Volleyball Federation of Serbia officially apologized to the Thailand volleyball team after one of the Serbian players pulled a slant-ey...
Asia
Belgian Volleyball Team Yellow Tigers Blasted Online for ‘Slant Eyes’ Gesture
After numerous stories of athletes around the world put on blast for making “slant eyes”, the racist gesture still lives on. Man...
Japanese Volleyball Team Assaults Player For Falling in Love With Equipment Manager
A high school volleyball player in Japan was beaten by his coach and teammates after violating what had been dubbed as an “internal rule”: N...
Carl Samson
News
Uruguayan Footballer Causes Outrage in South Korea After Racist ‘Slant Eyes’ Celebration
Uruguayan footballer Federico Valverde has denied making the offensive “slant eyes” after winning against Portugal in Sunday’s quarter-final...
Khier Casino
Serbian Volleyball Team Poses With Racist Slant-Eyes to Celebrate Going to Japan
The women’s volleyball team of Serbia celebrated winning a spot in the 2018 FIVB Women’s World Championship in Japan by doing the “slant-eye...
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