On the women’s side, it was the United States winning its first-ever gold medal, and on the men’s side, it was France doing the same. Olympic volleyball lived up to the hype in the Tokyo Olympics.

Volleyball's international governing body (Federation Internationale de Volleyball) was founded in Paris in 1947, and less than two decades later, the sport was added to the Olympic program for the ...

At the Tokyo Olympics three years ago, France and Team USA bagged gold in the men's and women's events respectively. Volleyball has been part of the Olympic line-up since the 1964 Tokyo Games.

Indoor and beach volleyball provided excitement and entertainment to the Paris Summer Games starting from the first day. Indoor volleyball has been an Olympic sport since the 1964 Tokyo Games.

Klineman, 31, switched her sport from indoor volleyball after not making the Olympic team in 2016. The decision has paid off: At her first-ever Olympics in Tokyo, the Jewish athlete took home gold ...

Three years earlier, the Japanese women’s national volleyball team, dubbed the “Oriental Witches,” won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The popularity of volleyball rose steadily ...