Brazilian volleyball icon Leila Barros is returning to Manila for the 2025 FIVB Males’s World Championship.
In a submit by the Philippine Nationwide Volleyball Federation (PNVF), the sporting physique stated that Barros will attend the finals of the event upon the invitation of Asian Volleyball Confederation and PNVF president Ramon “Tats” Suzara.
“She’s the icon who as soon as captured the hearts of Filipino followers — and now, she’s returning for the largest volleyball occasion in our nation’s historical past,” the PNVF stated in its submit.
The semifinals and finals of the World Championship can be held on September 27 and 28.
Barros beforehand performed in Manila through the 2000 FIVB Grand Prix. She was additionally a part of the Brazil workforce which gained bronze within the 1996 and 2000 editions of the Olympics.
—JKC, GMA Built-in Information