Beach volleyball players cleared to wear bikinis in Qatar event The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) clarified the situation, telling AFP the Qatari association had assured them there would be no restrictions on female players wearing standard uniforms . This file photo taken on 9 August 2016 shows Germany s Karla Borger diving for the ball during the women s beach volleyball qualifying match between Germany and the Netherlands at the Beach Volley Arena in Rio de Janeiro, for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Picture: AFP
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BERLIN - Beach volleyball players will be able to wear bikinis for an upcoming tournament in Qatar, the sport s governing body said Tuesday, after two Germans and their coach vowed to boycott the event amid a row over strict dress regulations.
Oskaloosa News Recap For February 24th, 2021
Dogs in Russia are changing colors.
The bizarre phenomenon is occurring in and around the town of Dzerzhinsk near an abandoned chemical plant that once manufactured highly toxic hydrocyanic acid a core ingredient in a once commonly used “Prussian blue” dye.
Veterinarians are blaming the blue hue on “some kind of chemical,” which doesn’t appear to have harmed the pups physically.
The blue dogs will remain under close investigation for about 20 days.
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Coca-Cola’s new diversity training urges employees to be “less white.”
The “Confronting Racism” course, offered to the company by LinkedIn Education, contained a slide that read: “In the U.S. and other Western nations, white people are socialized to feel that they are inherently superior because they are white.”
Karla Borger and Julia Sude had vowed to boycott a tournament in Qatar over uniform restrictions. But in a major U-Turn, Qatar said there would be no restrictions on players wearing bikinis.
Mariafe Artacho del Solar of Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.
Sport 25th Feb 2021 5:23 AM Bikinis have won the day after officials were forced into an embarrassing retreat over plans to introduce sand trousers for the controversial Katara Beach Volleyball Cup event in Qatar. Players will be able to wear bikinis for next month s double-gender, 4-star World Tour event in Doha after two Germans and their coach vowed to boycott the event amid a row over strict dress regulations. It will be just the second time that a women s beach volleyball event will be staged on the Arabian Peninsula - and the first since October 2008 in Dubai.
There will be "no restrictions" against participants wearing bikinis during the Beach Volleyball World Tour from March 8-12 in Qatar, after players threatened to boycott.