Formula 1’s efforts to become more inclusive and diverse have been significantly helped by the impact of Lewis Hamilton’s personal activism. As the only black driver in the history of the sport, Hamilton has often underscored Grand Prix racing’s lack of diversity and called for more inclusion. But events of late in America following the death last month of George Floyd have incited Hamilton to become even more vocal on racial injustice broadly, the six-time F1 world champion expressing his support on social media for the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement. Formula 1 has apparently heard Hamilton’s call for more diversity, with the sport praising its most well-known representative and planning…

Working at Timberland as part of an international team with a global mindset If you are one of those people whose career aspirations include working within an exciting, multi-faceted role in a global company and within an international team, then the eco-conscious, lifestyle brand Timberland ticks all those boxes. The brand is part of one of the world’s leading apparel and footwear groups, US based VF Corporation, who also operates brands such as Vans, The North Face, etc., with international teams spanning a diversity of territories across EMEA, the Americas and Asia. Timberland’s merchandising division is a prime example. According to Isabella Colombo, Global Product Director for Women’s Footwear, internationality…

Dr. Ary Graça, President of the Brazilian Volleyball Federation, was named as President of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB).   Ary Graca was elected at the 33rd FIVB World Congress which took place in Anaheim, USA. Dr. Ary Graca replaces the incumbent FIVB President, Jizhong Wei in the FIVB’s first democratic election.   Speaking about his appointment, Dr. Ary Graça said: “I am truly delighted to have been elected to this esteemed position and it is a huge honour to be chosen as President of the FIVB in its first-ever democratic election. I am deeply motivated and passionate about Volleyball and Beach Volleyball, and I believe that I can…

Olympiakos who managed to win Ethnikos on Monday’s game continue leading the Greek Championship. Olympiakos dropped a point to Ethnikos after winning 2-3 (22-25, 25-15, 42-40, 22-25, 11-15) in Alexandroupoli’s game. For Olympiakos team the Bulgarian left handed diagonal Boyan Yordanov scored 31, the middle blocker Nikolaos Smaragdis 15 and the outside hitter Kostas Xristofidelis 16 points.   Although losing the first set many teams finally won the match in Saturday’s games for the Volleyleague. With the same score 3-1 and although they lost the first set Niki won over PAOK, Iraklis over Kifisia and Aris over Lamia. Is this a coincidence?   Niki Aiginiou won 3-1 the game against…

Yesterday Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle won with Arkas Izmir 3:2 and now has two chances of advance into Final Four in Russia.   The game was full of mistakes and situation was changing in a minute. Izmir started a little better, but after that they made a lot of errors and let Zaksa score a long series of 7 points. Glenn Hoag took a short break to calm his team, but the hosts didn’t waste the previous gift and they kept this leading until the end. The second part was better for Arkas, as they eliminated a lot of errors. Moreover, Liberman Agamez showed his power stronger than before. Despite of a…

After one year of work in PlusLiga, Castellani decided to change his employer. Who will replace him? The official website of Zaksa revealed the information about Daniel Castellani leaving new Polish vice-champion. Castellani chose to quit soon after finishing this last season with Zaksa. Although Kedzierzyn-Kozle has been playing an outstanding volleyball for a huge part of season (they won Polish Cup and earned Final Four of Champions League), in the end they had to live with the silver medal of PlusLiga and the last position in European Finals. For now we don’t know what will be Castellani’s next step, but he is probably going back to Turkey. He already…

Who will see the final day of EuroVolley 2013? Bart Grab and Andrzej Hyla won our World League prediction game. They are going to Denmark!   100 games have been played in World League 2013. Our top predictors gained 288 points. There has been great fight until the end of prediction game. At the end we have two winners. World League 2013 prediction game winners RankMemberPointsØPredictionsTops1Bart Grab2882.88100301Andrzej Hyla2882.88100302Martin Lepic2822.82100323Piotr Kondraciuk2762.8896304Anna Worach2702.8794245Silvia Carnevale2692.8395246Samuel Wong2682.9192267Przemek Wróblewski2642.7596248Marek Jagła2622.7396209Sergio Povelato2522.93862310Anja Schloms2502.669421 5 winners & the prizes. Bart Grab & Andrzej Hyla – 1 ticket each to final day of EuroVolley 2013Martin Lepic – Mikasa MVA 200Piotr Kondraciuk – DVD Functional exercises in modern volleyballAnna…

Halkbank Ankara has set very high goals for the coming season with the winners of last year’s CEV Volleyball Cup hoping to sweep all the competitions they are about to join, including the 2014 CEV Volleyball Champions League.Click Here: Golf special Though some players are still missing as they are preparing for the upcoming VELUX EuroVolley 2013 with their respective national teams, those who have already found their way to Turkey’s capital city have undergone some strenuous training sessions under the guidance of their mentor Radostin Stoytchev.  “Our real preparations got started only on Monday” says the Bulgarian-born coach who helped Italy’s Trentino Volley win Europe’s elite competition for three…

This weekend teams from Orlen Liga played second round. The most interesting match was in Sopot, between finalists of previous Orlen Liga season: Atom Trefl and Tauron Dąbrowa Górnicza. Better again was team from coast. 2nd Round Results: KS PAŁAC BYDGOSZCZ – BKS ALUPROF BIELSKO-BIAŁA 1-3 (14-25 22-25 25-23 17-25) MVP: Heike BeierPałac: Savochkina (2), Karczmarzewska-Pura (16), Naczk (8), Kaliszuk (6), Twardowska (10), Połeć (12), Wysocka (L) and Pieczka (4), Korabiec, Janicka, BiedziakAluprof: Szymańska (3), Beier (28), Lis (11), Horka (14), Czypiruk-Solarewicz (1), Nikic (7), Wojtowicz (L) and Wilk (1), Strózik (4), Pelc, Trojan BEEF MASTER BUDOWLANI ŁÓDŹ – IMPEL WROCŁAW 0-3 (17-25 10-25 17-25) MVP: Agnieszka KąkolewskaBudowlani: Śliwa (3),…

Russia, defending champion, will not pick up the World League trophy this summer. The chance for the gold medal has been secured by the host -Italy – Brazil, USA and Iran that achieved the most significant attainment in history, but it seems not to be the end, because the Persians faces USA at 5.30 P.M. with high aspirations and real occasion to win. In the other semifinal, Italy will try to break Brazil.     Brazil – Iran 1:3 (21:25, 19:25, 25:23, 26:28) Brazil: Bruno 1, Loh 12, Eder 9, Wallace 6, Lucarelli 17, Lucas 11, Mario Jr. (L) and Raphael, Vissotto 8, Rafael, Douglas Iran: Marouf 5, Ghaemi 7,…