By Stuart NewmanJune 12 - American athletes will be looking good – literally – after the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) extended its tie-up with Oakley for a further eight years.

to claim a spot at London 2012 were double Olympic gold medallist Kerri Walsh (pictured above), the beach

volleyball player, and world champion cyclist Taylor Phinney (pictured top)."

By Tom DegunMay 30 - Schweppes Abbey Well, Official Water Sponsor of London 2012, has launched a new initiative called the Unsung Heroes Campaign which aims to celebrate the people behind the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

of beds in London's Savoy Hotel, 3,000 tonnes of sand will be dumped on Horse Guards Parade for the beach

volleyball the 4,000 bins in the Olympic Park will be emptied about 336,000 times throughout the Olympic

By Tom DegunMay 16 - The luxurious Forman's Fish Island – the closest venue to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford – has announced the signing of a major deal which will see swimwear giant Speedo based there during London 2012.

parking, drop off facilities and a dedicated water taxi for guests.Behind the venue, there will be beach

club atmosphere during the day complete with cocktails, palm trees and a beach volleyball court to keep

By Duncan MackayMay 8 - Nearly a million new tickets, including some for the men's 100 metres final and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, will be put on sale for the London 2012 Olympics later this week, chairman Sebastian Coe announced today. 

sales period is:May 13 (all from 11am): hockey, tennis, wrestling (freestyle), wrestling (Greco-Roman), beach

volleyball and football;May 14: athletics (race walk), athletics (marathon), canoe slalom, canoe sprint

, shooting, swimming, volleyball, weightlifting and cycling (track);May 15: equestrian (dressage), equestrian

By David Gold April 26 - Great Britain's Olympic beach volleyball squad have agreed a partnership with

Parade in Westminster, which is due to start on Saturday July 28.The agreement is a coup for Aetna, with beach

of the agreement.This summer is only the second time that Britain will have competed in the Olympic beach

volleyball."

Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Swatch World Beach Tour, which began last week.London 2012's beach volleyball

volleyball in 2008.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected]

By Tom DegunApril 24 - Exactly 4,000 people across Britain will participate in the third and final 'command post exercise' for London 2012 in what will be the biggest event so far to test plans for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

entire London 2012 Games as the three days will see 26 sports taking place across 14 venues, including beach

volleyball at Horse Guards Parade, triathlon in Hyde Park and tennis at Wimbledon.The command post exercise

New York public have been treated to a demonstration (pictured) of the Paralympic sport of sitting volleyball

at the famous New York landmark.Times Square was transformed into an Olympic Village, with a sitting volleyball

demonstration put on by the United States women's team.They performed on a sitting volleyball court

 US Sitting Volleyball players Monique Burkland Ardmore, Heather Erickson, Katie Holloway, Brenda

In the meantime, I encourage all fans to back the various USA teams and athletes – not just volleyball

and beach volleyball – as they are on a quest to represent us well in London."

By David GoldApril 18 - A giant sandcastle has been built on the beach at Weymouth, near to where this

The four metre by two metre sandcastle took four days to build, on the beach where visitors to the Olympic

VIII, and which played a key role in Britain's fighting during the First and Second World Wars.The beach

arena with up to 2,000 people having the chance to sail, or try other sports such as football, rugby, volleyball

By David GoldApril 6 - Procter and Gamble (P&G) have announced that they are sponsoring 28 United States Olympic and Paralympic hopes for London 2012, including Tyson Gay, Ashley Eaton and Michael Phelps.

celebrate mums of Team USA athletes and moms across the country," said Kerri Walsh (pictured), who won beach

volleyball gold at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008."

By Duncan MackayApril 3 - Forman's Fish Island, the waterside restaurant and events venue situated a hundred yards away from the London 2012 Olympic Stadium, will create its own "Riviera" style attraction during the Games.

stretch of the River Lea.Attractions during the Olympic and Paralympic Games will include a 24-hour beach

cocktails and gourmet food provided amid palm trees by The Admirable Crichton.There will also be a beach

volleyball court where teams will perform displays throughout the day.Lance Forman, managing director

By Duncan MackayMarch 28 - Less than a week after unveiling the team kit to be worn by British athletes at London 2012, adidas today revealed the uniforms that they have produced for Australia at the Olympics. 

Mitch Watt, top distance runner Craig Mottram, swimmers Jess Schipper, Cate and Bronte Campbell, and beach

volleyball veteran Natalie Cook, who won a gold medal at Sydney 2000.The emphasis is on lightness, which

By David GoldMarch 28 - Women beach volleyball players can now opt for more modest playing attire rather

than have to sport a bikini, the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has confirmed.

volleyball since the sport made its Olympic debut at Atlanta in 1996.The issue has become more pressing

The beach volleyball world has been in bikinis for 20 years.''

Some of the Muslim communities, such as Iran and India, have probably shied away from playing beach volleyball

Cook played in the very first Olympic beach volleyball tournament in Atlanta 16 years ago, winning a

The beach volleyball tournament at London 2012 will run from July 28 to August 12 and takes place at

By David OwenMarch 12 - Rome's abandoned bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics would have cost just over $50 million (£32 million/€38 million) if the Italian capital had made it through to next year's final vote in Argentina.

€670) given as the average price.Other points of interest about the abandoned bid include the proposed beach

volleyball venue, in the footprint of the Circo Massimo, once renowned for chariot racing, as depicted

By Duncan MackayMarch 11 - A special sports festival in Tokyo attended by Tsunekazu Takeda, the President of the Japanese capital's bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, has been held to mark the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami which killed more than 15,000 people.

donations for schools and an orphanage association, took place at Shiokaze Park, the planned venue for beach

volleyball if Tokyo's bid for 2020 is successful.It is one of the 16 venues in the bid's Tokyo Bay Zone

Tokyo hand in Applicant City file for 2020 Olympic and Paralympic bidFebruary 2012: Tokyo 2020 appoints volleyball

By David GoldMarch 7 - The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) will transform Times Square in New York into an Olympic Village for the day on April 18, exactly 100 days before the start of London 2012.

and running until 6pm, is free of charge.Among the sports for which there will be demonstrations are beach

volleyball, BMX cycling, boxing, fencing, gymnastics, judo, sitting volleyball, taekwondo and track