SEPTEMBER 3 - OPRAH WINFREY, the United States biggest television personality, today introduced more than 150 Olympians at a special ceremony to boost Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Games.

  Swimmers Michael Phelps and Dara Torres, gymnasts Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin, beach volleyball

JUNE 20 - ATOS ORIGIN, the worldwide technology partner of the Olympics, including London 2012, has announced that its final technical rehearsal for the Beijing Games has been successfully completed.

organised by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security coincided with the technical rehearsal at the beach

volleyball venue.

world's most controversial sports chiefs, is to surprisingly step down as head of the international volleyball

Acosta was instrumental in promoting the growth of indoor volleyball as a global sport and getting beach

volleyball on to the Olympic programme.  

FIVB administration board when he notified them of his retirement plans, just days after he welcomed volleyball

world's most controversial sports chiefs, is to surprisingly step down as head of the international volleyball

Acosta was instrumental in promoting the growth of indoor volleyball as a global sport and getting beach

volleyball on to the Olympic programme.  

FIVB administration board when he notified them of his retirement plans, just days after he welcomed volleyball

  CARLOS NUZMAN, the leader of Rio's bid to follow London and host the 2016 Games, today told DUNCAN MACKAY that awarding the event to South America for the first time would be as an historic moment, in Olympic terms, as Barack Obama becoming the first black President of the United States

lawyer, who at 6ft 1in and weighing only 172lbs looks as lean still as when he represented Brazil's volleyball

"The dramatic images of Copacabana beach, of the lagoon, of the mountains, of the statue of Christ.

  THE fifth Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF), due to take place in January 2009, promises to be biggest and best yet, with more sports, more competing countries and more aspiring Olympians than ever before, organisers said at the launch of the event today.

Chile is sending a male football team, Norway a beach volleyball team and Kazakhstan athletes to compete

  MORE THAN a 100 young athletes have been selected to represent Britain at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) in January, it was announced today.

archery, canoe/kayak, diving, equestrian, fencing, gymnastics, hockey, rowing, shooting, triathlon and volleyball

(beach).  

17 - It was, Tony Blair claimed, going to be his favourite moment of the 2012 Olympics, watching the beach

volleyball staged in Horse Guards Parade, and, as Mike Rowbottom finds out, Britain is doing its best

A DAY in the life of an Australian beach volleyball coach in Britain.

await an influx of towering young females [stipulated height 5ft 9in or taller] for the latest British Beach

Volleyball Trials.  

and Beach Volleyball talent ahead of the London Olympic Games of 2012…"  Now the clock ticks round

As a former Olympian - he competed in the beach volleyball at the Sydney 2000 Games - Grinlaubs knows

  IT WAS, Tony Blair claimed, going to be his favourite moment of the 2012 Olympics, watching the beach

volleyball staged in Horse Guards Parade, and, as MIKE ROWBOTTOM finds out, Britain is doing its best

  A DAY in the life of an Australian beach volleyball coach in Britain.  

await an influx of towering young females [stipulated height 5ft 9in or taller] for the latest British Beach

Volleyball Trials.  

and Beach Volleyball talent ahead of the London Olympic Games of 2012…"   Now the clock ticks round

As a former Olympian - he competed in the beach volleyball at the Sydney 2000 Games - Grinlaubs knows

  TICKETS for the SWATCH FIVB Junior World Championships in Brighton, the biggest beach volleyball

  Beach Volleyball is one of the most colourful Olympic sports and will come to Brighton, one of Britain

The event will be hosted at Nivea Sun Yellowave, a purpose build beach volleyball facility on Madeira

 AUGUST 22 - AUSTRALIA must learn from Britain's success at the Beijing Games, the country's leading Olympic official has admitted.

"The triathlon will take place on the Serpentine, the beach volleyball will be at Horse Guards Parade

 AUGUST 29 - BRIGHTON'S Nivea Sun Yellowave Beach Sports Centre is currently being transformed ahead

of Britain's first ever beach volleyball FIVB World Championship event next week.

Beach Volleyball proved to be one of the most popular and exciting events in Beijing, attracting a vibrant

Britain will field five pairs, most of which are looking to gain their first taste of international beach

volleyball, including 6ft 9inch Chris Gregory has been playing for only a short time having been recruited

  RIO DE JANEIRO today revealed additional details of the city’s plan to follow London and host the 2016 Olympics.

Games    · The Copacabana Zone, which will have two clusters and have a total of five venues, hosting beach

volleyball, sailing, rowing and road cycling    Carlos Roberto Osorio, the secretary general of the

  AUGUST 9 - UNITED STATES President George W Bush today visited a number of the American team competing in the Beijing Games while his father met a delegation from Chicago's 2016 Olympic bid.

He got in a few hits with the US beach volleyball teams and watched the country's softball teams practice

  A PETITION has been set up on the Number 10 Downing Street website by British volleyball player

Volleyball is one of several sports who were overlooked earlier this month by Government agency UK Sport

They, along with beach volleyball, fencing, handball, shooting, table tennis, water polo and wrestling.must

physiotherapist on hold to pursue her ambition of competing in the 2012 Olympics and is part of the elite volleyball