(CNN) — After a short respite following the Paris Olympics, the city is soon jolting back to life for the Paralympics. One of the most intense and exciting sports on the schedule is sitting volleyball ...

When people hear that Nicky Nieves plays sitting volleyball, they assume it means playing volleyball on a scooter or in a wheelchair. "No, we're actually on the floor," Nicky told WH. "We're sitting ...

Paralympian and two-time sitting volleyball gold medalist Monique Burkland Matthews said it was “fate” that she ended up in Oklahoma. Born in Nevada, Matthews’ family followed her grandfather to ...

PARIS (AP) — Sitting volleyball is a Paralympic sport played close to the ground: Players scoot around the court and hit over a net that stands just under 4 feet (1.15 meters). So having the world’s ...

(WXMI) — The Grand Rapids Rise and athletes from Mary Free Bed joined forces to host their first sitting volleyball clinic, allowing Mary Free Bed athletes to experience the sport alongside ...

Kari Miller-Ortiz, a medal-winning Paralympian, turned personal tragedy into victory on a world stage. Adaptive sports became the key to her triumph, and her passion is contagious. “I’m just hoping to ...

EDMOND, Oklahoma -- It's the sport of volleyball like you've never seen before. More than 500 athletes are in Edmond this week for the World's Sitting Volleyball Championships which could qualify them ...

Gia Cruz has loved volleyball “from the moment she first started playing,” but there was a period where it looked like she’d lose her ability to play. Cruz was diagnosed with congenital pes planus and ...

After captaining the national sitting volleyball team at three Paralympic editions, a journey that has seen the country ranked first in Africa and fifth globally, Liliane Mukobwankawe has revealed ...