Alan Nine
Beach Volleyball
Margherita Coretti and Micol Lafuenti won silver at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games after losing a three-set final to the Netherlands. The Dutch pair Both/de Groot prevailed 2-1 (21-16, 19-21, 15-11), handing the Italians their only defeat of the tournament. Coretti and Lafuenti had won all six of their previous matches, beating Egypt, Japan and Nigeria in the pool stage before overcoming Paraguay, Argentina and Switzerland in the knockout rounds. Their result is Italy's second Youth Olympic beach volleyball medal, following the silver won by Claudia Scampoli and Nicol Bertozzi at Buenos Aires 2018.
Italy will also be represented in both draws at the CEV Beach Volley European Cup Final in Alanya from 5 to 8 November. Turin-based Beach Volley Training qualified its men's and women's teams by winning the preliminary phase in September. Elisa Fragonas and Eleonora Gili will compete alongside Serena Cimmino and Samantha Guglielmo in the women's event, while Marco Viscovich and Davide Borraccino join Raoul Acerbi and Tiziano Andreatta in the men's competition.
Italian Volleyball
FIPAV president Giuseppe Manfredi and Lega Volley Femminile president Vito Cozzoli met at the federation's headquarters in Rome to discuss closer cooperation between the two bodies. Their talks covered athlete welfare and insurance, youth development and the management of the international calendar. They also considered regulatory measures aimed at preventing an increase in the social security costs borne by clubs from 2028.
Serie A2
Hristiyan Dimitrov and Marco Novello shared the scoring lead in the third round of Serie A2 Credem Banca with 27 points apiece, although Ravenna and Macerata both lost. Andrea Canella set a personal A2 best with 19 points for Palmi, Alessandro Tondo recorded seven blocks in Fano's win over Pineto and Karli Allik served four aces for Belluno. Reggio Calabria's Klemen Sen remains the regular season's leading scorer with 72 points in 14 sets, one ahead of Brescia's Manuele Lucconi, who has played 12 sets.
SuperLega
Parma will present the Del Monte Supercoppa SuperLega Final Four at the city hall on 9 November, five days before the event begins at the renovated PalaRaschi. Sir Susa Scai Perugia face Itas Trentino in the first semi-final at 15.30 on Saturday 14 November, followed by Rana Verona against Cucine Lube Civitanova at 18.00. The final is scheduled for 18.00 on Sunday 15 November.
Abroad
VakıfBank maintained their perfect start to the Turkish women's league with a 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-11) win over Türk Hava Yolları. Marina Markova returned to the line-up and scored 21 points, including three blocks, while Tijana Bošković added 15. VakıfBank now have seven wins from seven matches and lead the standings with 20 points.
Eczacıbaşı also won in straight sets, beating Beşiktaş 25-15, 25-16, 25-16 away from home. Ekaterina Antropova led the match with 18 points and three blocks, with Ebrar Karakurt contributing 13 points. Elsewhere, Sesi Bauru moved top of the Brazilian women's Superliga after sweeping Paulistano Barueri for their fourth win in as many matches. In the men's competition, Sada Cruzeiro remained unbeaten with a 3-1 victory at Guarulhos as all 21 of Leal's points came from kills.
