Flying the flag high in Israel

Volleyball's rising star

As a youngster Igobe Sikuku never loved volleyball.

In fact this lanky lad's first love was high jump.

However at 20 years of age the young man was introduced to volleyball, decided to give it a chance and went on to excel at it.

Since then he has not only played in the league in Botswana and made a few appearances in the national team colours, but Sikuku has also joined the few local players to turn professional.

Under the books of Hapoel Jerusalem volleyball team in Israel, Sikuku achieved a rare feat last week breaking through into the top five best...