August 24, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — Former Brazilian volleyball star Leila Barros will return to the Philippines – nearly 25 years after sweeping the hearts and minds of native sports activities followers.
The 5-10 icon bedazzled Filipinos along with her play, magnificence and magnetic persona in the course of the 2000 FIVB World Grand Prix on the PhilSports Enviornment.
She was an on the spot hit particularly amongst male followers, a sensation, that she was provided oblique marriage proposals.
And now, the volleyball star who turned to politics and have become a senator in her nation in 2018, is staging a comeback.
“What a pleasure it is going to be to reconnect with these passionate volleyball followers,” Barros stated. “See you quickly!”
“It’s with a coronary heart stuffed with gratitude that I obtain this very particular invitation. Returning to the Philippines, the place I’ve all the time been welcomed with such heat, is extremely thrilling,” stated Barros.
The Philippine Nationwide Volleyball Federation introduced this piece of excellent information Friday night time, saying Barros will fly in as a particular visitor in the course of the finals of the FIVB Volleyball Males’s World Championship set Sept. 12 to twenty-eight on the Good Araneta Coliseum and MOA Enviornment.
“Leila Barros, finals visitor of honor,” it stated.
Throughout the 2000 occasion in Manila, Barros went on to win a bronze medal for Brazil, and the hearts of the hosts.
