Women's beach volleyball is delivering once ... "Valentina Gottardi of Italy...beach volleyball needs to be broadcast more often," one fan wrote. "Valentina Gottardi . That’s all I have to ...

The United States women's beach volleyball duo of Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes advanced to the quarterfinals on Sunday, taking down Italy's Valentina Gottardi and Marta Menegatti. It was an ...

Italy ultimately proved the victor in the first set though ... proved to be too much for Lithuania’s first-ever Olympic beach volleyball team. The Dutch veterans — competing in their second Olympics ...

The Italian duo of Paolo Nicolai/Samuele Cottafava shocked Sweden ... proving why they are one of the top-ranked teams in the women's tournament.

Italy defeated reigning champions USA in straight sets to clinch the gold medal in women's volleyball at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. The Italians bagged their first Olympic volleyball gold with ...

Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena of the United States outlasted Italy’s Paulo Nicolai and ... In the 20-year history of beach volleyball’s appearance in the Olympics, the match set a third ...