Zhu aces MVP at Champions League

Chinese spiker Zhu Ting clinched her first title after joining Turkish team Vakif-Bank in a 25-19, 25-13, 25-23 victory over Italy's Conegliano in the women's volleyball Champions League final in Treviso, Italy, on Sunday.

With 22 points in the final, including 19 in attack and 3 in block, Zhu was named the match's most valuable player, the league's first Chinese player to win the designation. It was the team's third Champions League trophy after 2011 and 2013.

"This year we were down so many times, but our players never gave up. I'm really proud of these players," said VakifBank's head coach, Giovanni Guidetti.