VolleyRuller96

So tommorow we officialy kick-off the club season with 4 first Champions League Qualifying Round matches KV Luboteni Ferizaj - Abiant Lycurgus Groningen Omonoia Nicosia - Jedinstvo Bemax Bijelo Polje Maccabi Tel Aviv - Shakhter Soligorsk Mladost Brcko - Ach Volley Ljubljana The Leg 2 matches will be played 21.10 or 22.10. Other competitions will start in mid/late November

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Very wrong exit polls... As it turns out, the SPÖ finished second, not the FPÖ, while the Greens did not manage to win any seat.

It is not yet officially known, but the tournament is very long, and during the WL era we already knew at least the date of final six, so possibly this is only round Robin...

So it is true, World League is no more I hope the representatives of Slovenian, Estonian, Dutch, Egyptian and other smaller volleyball federations who voted for Ary "volleyball is buisness" Graca to still be FIVB president are happy with themselves. They singlehandedly destroyed the only competition that really ade volleyball popular around the world.

The Draw for Mens and Women's European Volleyball Championship Qualification MEN'S TOURNAMENT PREQUALIFIED: ,,, (Hosts) , ,,,,,, (Top 8 EuroVolley 2017 finishers not qualified as hosts ) 7 GROUP WINNERS + 5 BEST 2nd PLACED TEAMS QUALIFY TO MEN'S EUROPEAN VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP 2019 TOTAL 24 TEAMS WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT PREQUALIFIED: ,,, (Hosts) ,,,,,,, (Top 8 EuroVolley 2017 finishers not qualified as hosts ) THE WINNERS AND RUNNERS UP OF EACH GROUP QUALIFY TO WOMEN'SS EUROPEAN VOLLEYBALL CHAMIONSHIP 2019 TOTAL 24 TEAMS EACH TEAM IN BOTH COMPETITIONS PLAYS A HOME AND AWAY GAME AGAINST GROUP RIVALS 1st Leg: 15th August 2018 2nd Leg: 18th or 19th August 2018 3rd Leg: 22nd August 2018 4th Leg: 25th or 26th August 2018 5th Leg: 05th or 06th January 2019 6th Leg: 09th January 2019

According to early SGP 2018 calendar, the men's summer grand prix will be for the first time ever held in Romania next year

so looks like this is similar case to the on in Philipines some months ago

Well,every possibility is possible, still some days ago I read in some articles that lately ISIS really doesn't want to take responsibility for terrorists attacks they did not commit . We will have to wait until police investigation is done.

Isis claimed responisbility

Over 50 deaths and more than 400 injured in Las Vegas Shooting

First result from Catalonia referendum are in. MONTMANEU 98 votes "yes", 6 votes "no" , 2 blank votes https://twitter.com/joelhdz/status/914565529142267905/photo/1 LA ESCOLA DES ENCANTS 2704 votes "yes", 231 votes "no", 93 blank votes, 23 invalid

Just shut up, Rajoy... regardless of how the referendum was held, how have the Police responded flawlessly and with justice !?

Polls are closed now.

At least Guy Verhofstadt has had enough balls to criticize Spain for using excessive violence

Well, I maybe misinterpreting something, but according to the Original Source, 80% of people certain to vote want independence http://www.thenational.scot/news/15567874.Huge_upsurge_in_support_for_independence_is_revealed_in_world_exclusive_final_Catalan_poll/

As for today, over 80 % of Catalans want independence this is bad news for Spain. If they lose Catalonia, they should thank their own government. Just a few weeks ago, the support for independent state was lower than 50%. I hope Noone will die in the aftermath... But I doubt It

Dominican Republic in Norceca Championship semifinal

We lost against Turkey

Cuba and Puerto Rico had to withdrew from Norceca Championship 2017 due to damages from hurricanes Maria & Irma They won't have any chance of qualifying to the World Championcship next year Edit: Actually, Norcecea decided to give them another chance by organizing additional qualifying tournament in November

According to Ary Graca, volleyball was definitely the most watched sport during RIO 2016, with more than 2 Billion viewers in total watching the matches all around the globe Shame that the competition level was so weak. Also, almost 99% tickets in total weres sold for the matches.

Well, they probably won't join the EU as almost no country wants them to be independent, so I believe they will try to have good relations especially with France, as northern neighbour, and those few countries that will support their independence, and I am afraid Russia. However they have pretty strong economy (I read lately that over 20% GDP of Spain comes from Catalonia), so they have at least one less thing to worry about

Catalonian independence referendum is just one week away. After what is Spain doing lately, I would not be surprised if they voted pro-independence.

Well, SPD in opposition is a brilliant move by Schultz they basically Blocked many AFD's privileges as the biggest opposition party