The Hague, Netherlands — A Dutch beach ... for the Olympic Games and is therefore part of the team," the committee said. The international volleyball federation said it "recognizes that this ...

he was named the Dutch volleyball champion with his teammate Dirk Boehle – and would have been training at the time for the 2016 Olympic team, according to the Milton Keynes Citizen.

“We have stringent policies on safeguarding within our team.” “We know Steven’s history,” Michel Everaert, general director at Nevobo – the Dutch Volleyball Federation – said in a ...

PARIS — Steven van de Velde, the Dutch beach volleyball player who was convicted ... 21-16 and end the Dutch team’s stay at the Summer Games. Van de Velde served 13 months in prison after ...

Dutch beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde ... cases in terms of other countries’ choices for their national team, Australian chef de mission Anna Meares was one of many who spoke ...

He is not included on Team USA’s beach volleyball roster, and the Olympics website references him as a player for the Netherlands. Van de Velde's participation in the Olympic Games has been ...

At the time van de Velde was part of the Dutch volleyball team and had come 17th in the World Championship. He was crowned Dutch champion and planning to train for the 2016 Olympics just three ...

Since 2017, the FIVB's Empowerment initiative has been backing the Netherlands, aiming to reinforce the national team's development pathway. While indoor volleyball has been the primary focus ...