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Canada is in a bind at the world men's volleyball championships after a 22-25, 21-25, 16-25 loss to 23rd-ranked Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The 12th-ranked Canadians are tied with seventh-ranked Argentina at 1-5 in sixth place in the eight-team Group E in second-round play. The two teams meet Wednesday in a showdown to see who advances to the final round in Tokyo beginning Saturday. ``It's going to be really tough,'' ...

Canada dropped an 18-25, 18-25, 17-25 decision to fourth-ranked Serbia and Montenegro on Wednesday to finish the first round of the world men's volleyball championships with a 3-2 record in Group D. The 12th-ranked Canadians advance to the second round, which begins Saturday with the top four teams from each of the four six-team groups. Victoria's Fred Winters led Canada on Wednesday with 13 points. Serbia and Montenegro is unbeaten ...

Puerto Rico swept past Canada 3-0 on Tuesday at the Aztec Cup women's volleyball tournament. Puerto Rico earned the victory by scores of 27-25, 25-21 and 25-22. Canada (0-3) will now play in a classification match Thursday to decide the seventh- and eighth-place finishers. Vancouver's Emily Cordonier led Canada with 13 points on 13 kills while Tasha Holness of Calgary added 10 points (nine kills, one block). Gina Schmidt of ...

The Canadian women's volleyball team lost 3-1 to Cuba Saturday in their first match at the inaugural Azteca Cup . Set scores were 22-25, 21-25, 25-18 and 25-27. Tasha Holness of Calgary led Canada with 20 points and 13 kills, while Emily Cordonier of Vancouver added 13 points and 12 kills. Canada plays the United States on Sunday.

Canada's men's volleyball team will be back in the FIVB World Volleyball League in the spring of 2007, the team's first appearance in the prestigious league since 2000. Canada's place was confirmed in a series of World League meetings last weekend at the FIVB headquarters in Switzerland. ``We are very excited with the news,'' Canadian men's coach Glenn Hoag said in a statement. ``As a coach you always look at ...

Terry Martin of Burlington, Ont., had 18 kills and four service aces to lead Canada's first team to a gold medal with a 25-18, 21-25, 25-16, 25-22 win over Tunisia, while Canada's second team took bronze at the Anton Furlani International Cup volleyball tournament Saturday. Paul Duerden of London, Ont., added 17 kills and a service ace for Canada 1. Hichem Kaabi lede Tunisia with 18 kills and a service ...

Fred Winters of North Vancouver had 16 kills, two stuff blocks and a service ace to help Canada advance to the gold-medal match with a 25-18, 26-24, 25-23 win over sixth-ranked Argentina at the Anton Furlani International Cup volleyball tournament Friday. Paul Duerden of London, Ont., added 10 kills and one stuff block. Argentina's Lucas Chavez scored a team-high nine points on eight kills and a service ace. Canada's first team goes on to play for the gold ...

Canada's two volleyball squads lost to Tunisia and Argentina on Thursday at the Anton Furlani International Cup volleyball tournament. Tunisia beat Canada 1 23-25, 13-25, 25-21, 26-24, 16-14 to remain unbeaten at the inaugural event at Scotiabank Place. Earlier on Thursday, Canada 2, made of developmental players, fell to sixth-ranked Argentina 25-20, 20-25, 25-15, 26-24. ``We played fairly well. Tunisia began to serve much tougher as the match progressed which ...

BAYAGUANA, Dominican Republic (CP) _ Canada advanced to the semifinal of the North American men's youth volleyball championships Friday with a three-set win over the Dominican Republic. Canada won the quarter-final mach 3-0 with set scores of 25-21, 25-20 and 25-19. The Canadians face Puerto Rico in Saturday's semifinal round. Cuba and the United States meet in the other semifinal. Gord Perrin of Creston, B.C., had 13 kills for Canada, while Stefan Savoie of Winnipeg had 12 points ...

WINNIPEG (CP) _ Gord Perrin of Creston, B.C., had 17 points, including 13 kills and four stuff blocks, to lead Canada's youth men's team to a 25-16, 26-24, 25-23 win over Mexico at the North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation youth men's championship tournament Thursday. Canada now has a 1-1 record and will play in the quarter-final Friday. Graeme Higgins of Scarborough, Ont., had 10 ...