Vanuatu's athletes at the London 2012 Opening Ceremony - the women beach volleyball players narrowly failed to qualify The South Pacific nation - which can only afford to run one of its two teams on ...

When Debbie Masauvakalo founded the Vanuatu beach volleyball team in 2007, she had high hopes. But she never imagined how far the women would go. "Our aim was just to become the best at beach ...

Vanuatu's highly successful women's beach volleyball team has been forced to withdraw from upcoming European tours because of a lack of funds. Vanuatu is the highest ranked Oceania team and teams just ...

Vanuatu's Miller Pata (2/L) holds her seven month-old son Tommy after receiving her bronze medal as teammate Linline Matauatu (R) and Canada's Melissa Humana-Paredes (L) look on during the women's ...

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Don't miss out on the headlines from Commonwealth Games. Followed categories will be added to My News. A former Australian representative, Surfers Paradise resident Zunker is coach of the no. 4 ranked ...

GOLD COAST (Australia) - Nerves got the better of Singapore's beach volleyball pair Lau Ee Shan and Ong Wei Yu as they lost 9-21, 12-21 in their Pool C opener against Vanuatu on Saturday (April 7) at ...

Mike Watson (above) will again team up with Tauranga's Sam O'Dea as favourites at the New Zealand Beach Volleyball Open at Mount Maunganui's Main Beach this weekend. A large field of 84 elite beach ...

Vanuatu's beach volleyball team had its start back in 2004 with the arrival of Masauvakalo as an Australian Youth Ambassador, who began to build up a playing programme. "Towards the end of 2006 the ...

It's not easy making history at the Commonwealth Games -- and it doesn't get any less complicated if you're looking after a baby at the same time, as Vanuatu beach volleyball player Miller Pata has ...