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BRAZIL WIN RECORD 11TH TITLE IN WORLD GRAND PRIX   Bangkok, Thailand, July 10, 2016 – Brazil captured the 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix title, with their defeat of the United States in five sets, while the Netherlands took bronze, with their 3-2 victory over Russia at Indoor Stadium Huamark on Sunday.   Read more... CANADA CLAIM 2017 WORLD LEAGUE GROUP 1 SPOT Matosinhos, Portugal, July 10, 2016 – John Gordon Perrin led Canada on top of 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League Group 2 by sweeping hosts Portugal in straight sets in Sunday’s Group 2 final at Centro de Desportos e Congressos in Matosinhos. With their tenth triumph in the last 11 matches in the World League, the Canadians have secured their promotion into the 2017 World League Group 1. The Netherlands finished third.   Read more... CANADA, CZECH REPUBLIC AND RUSSIA CLAIM OLYMPIC TICKETS IN SOCHI   Sochi, Russia, July 10, 2016 – The Russian and Canadian men and the Czech and Russian women claimed the four remaining berths for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in August. The four countries won the deciding semifinal matches at the FIVB World Continental Cup on Sunday in Sochi.   Read more... EVANDRO & PEDRO CLAIM GOLD, NET COWBELLS & ANCHOR BRAZILIAN SWEEP   Gstaad, Switzerland, July 10, 2016 - With less than four weeks before the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Brazilian beach volleyball players made another major statement here Sunday as Evandro Goncalves and Pedro Solberg captured the South American country’s second gold medal in a two-day period by defeating Americans Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena in the men’s title match at the $800,000 Gstaad Major.   Read more... OLYMPIC DRAW COMPLETED FOR RIO 2016 BEACH VOLLEYBALL COMPETITION Gstaad, Switzerland, July 9, 2016 - The drawing of lots for the beach volleyball programme at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games was completed here Saturday evening as 44 of the 48 men’s and women’s teams scheduled to participate in the Copacabana conclave next month learned who their pool play opponents will be for the first phase of the competition.   Read more... HOURS BEFORE RIO 2016 OLYMPIC DRAW, BRAZILIANS TALITA AND LARISSA MAKE A MAJOR STATEMENT IN GSTAAD Gstaad, Switzerland, July 9, 2016 - Three-plus hours before knowing their pool opponents for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Talita Antunes and Larissa proved that there was not a foe better than them in the world as Brazilians successfully defending their Gstaad Major title here Sunday afternoon with a convincing win over Americans April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings.