RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro's main beaches bustle with commotion on sunny weekends. But activity ground to a near standstill on one stretch of sand. People held up their phones to record ...

Footvolley – a mix of beach volleyball and soccer – was born on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro in the 1960s as a way around laws banning soccer on the sand.

Floki the border collie has taken over the internet for his athletic skills Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously ...

Rio de Janeiro’s main beaches bustle with commotion on sunny weekends. But activity ground to a near standstill on one stretch of sand. People held up their phones to record athletic feats they’d ...

There’s a new sport on the West Coast scene: footvolley. As the game’s portmanteau of a name suggests, it combines elements from soccer and beach volleyball to make something new. Footvolley takes the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro’s main beaches bustle with commotion on sunny weekends. But activity ground to a near standstill on one stretch of sand. People held up their phones to record athletic ...

Nashville SC is the first MLS club to clinch a spot in the 2027 Concacaf Champions Cup. The team has guaranteed a finish no worse than third in the league's overall standings, with matches still remai ...

Walk by one of Tel Aviv’s numerous beaches on any given weekend and you’re likely to find it filled with young athletes playing what appears at some moments to be volleyball, and at others, soccer.

A 3-year-old border collie named Floki sparked wonder among bystanders in Rio de Janeiro beach on Sunday by holding his own in footvolley, a game that even challenges humans. Footvolley is similar to ...