VolleyRuller96

He was tested positive for doping both after the final & semifinal vs Germany, where he played in 3rd set (which was won by Russia) What's funny is that a person from Russian Volleyball Federation has already claimed, with nobody asking the question, that the whole team of Dynamo Moscow used the same doping substance, but in december 2015, before the substance was illegal. I don't want to sound like a conspiracy theorist here, but after all this I am seriously wondering if he did that just to statte a fact, or does this have something to do with 5 players from that club playing in the Olympic Qualification Tournament, and maybe he already knows something and is already looking for excuses. I realise I might sound rude to the Russian fans, who are probably already depressed due to how many of their athletes have been tested positive recently, but after Michael Platini case I learned that in those sort of situations you don't answer the questions nobody asked - I mean, at the beggining he too criticized the Fifa corruption scandal & Sepp Blatter , and we all know how it all ended

Well, the general secretary of Russian Volley Federation said lately that he "doesn't expect" FiVB to analyze Rusian results or to disqualify Russia and hopes it will stay that way. To be honest it reminds me of last year's world league, where Russian volleyball authorities were also pretty sure that they country won't be relegated to division II even before FIvB announced their decision.

The New One It has more potential than the old one and is more user friendly. It has also a much "cleaner" design.

Well, I for one like Canadian jerseys It might be not the most detailed etc like the Czech orone, but it just got... something that makes it pretty cool Maybe it's because, especially the away one, stays loyal too your flag.

Australia Well, this just proves that even countries where winter basically doesn't exist can cause some surprises in winter sports too So Australia now has male team in division IIB and female in division II A. I hope there is still room for improvement for them, especially in men's team. Hopefully our men's squad will also cause surprise and qualify to the Top Division this year

Too bad we once again didn't qualify in men's or women's events... This is such an underrated sport here in Poland...

Well, OK I pretty much agree about the match vs. Croatia, but they played only this one match in such terrible style . They weren't in the best shape during the whole tournament, but what I am mostly upset is that many fans, and what's even worse, professional "journalists" & "Newspapers" , especially after match vs. France were full of love & praise for them, and the expectations were gettting even higher after every match. And then suddenly big sport newspapers are calling them "dumbasses" or stating that they have shamed. I think some people after Volleyball WC 2014 thought that now every time there will be a event like this in Poland we will finish 1st and that's why they were so upset, but it's achieving results like these on every ocasion in every sport is simply impossible .

Hopefully our boys will show what they are capable of and qualify to RIO, after all Poland will be host of their tournament Plus I hope they'll silence some haters, as after last EC some really undeserved hate was thrown down upon them.... seasonal fans some people are

Martin Fourcade I cheered for him since the beginning He is unbevielable

Egypt & Algeria decided to drop out of women's qualification Algeria due to financial reasons, and Egyptian girls decided they prefer to write some exams which take place at the same time as olympic qualification tournament.

Alpine skiing, ski jumping & speed skating I thought about voting for Biathlon instead of alpine skiing which is my 3rd choice , but after considering I opted for alpine, as it's a bit faster sport

Hey everyone, good to see the forum back Also I think the new forum engine is better than the previous one, definitely more mobile friendly