By David OwenAfter you. Oh no, after you.It is a comedy routine as old as the hills, but it afflicts all of us every once in a while. And on Wednesday (September 11) evening, as they prepared to leave Buenos Aires, it afflicted the eighth and ninth Presidents of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)."You must go first, you are the current President," said Jacques Rogge, or words to that effect."Ah, but you have seniority," replied Thomas Bach.

Max-Schmeling-Halle, named after the famous boxer, and the occasion, the semi-final of the women's European Volleyball

By Nick Butler at The Hilton in Buenos AiresSeptember 10 - A mood of resigned acceptance hung over the defeated candidates as they offered their congratulations to Germany's Thomas Bach following his election as the ninth International Olympic Committee (IOC) President here today.

former fencer and Olympic champion who another factor that may have swayed several voters and Cuba's volleyball

By Gary AndersonSeptember 10 - The Wheelchair Dance Sport World Championships will take place at Tokyo's Komazawa Olympic Park on December 7 and 8, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced today.

wrestling events at Tokyo 1964, and has since staged national competitions such as table tennis, aerobics, volleyball

By Emily GoddardSeptember 9 - The Bahrain Olympic Committee Athletes' Commission is targeting the development of a dedicated athletes' body for each of its national sports federations, it has been announced.

complaints and communicate the needs of the country's sportspeople.The Committee, which also includes volleyball

After a collective intake of breath the microphone was unceremoniously passed to high school volleyball

star Esen Kucuktutuncu who, as a volleyball player should, reacted quicker than anyone else in the room

By Emily GoddardSeptember 3 - Double Olympic rowing gold medallist Andrew Triggs Hodge has been named today as one of five new appointments to the UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) Athlete Committee.

world time trial cycling champion Emma Pooley, hockey international Patrick Smith, London 2012 sitting volleyball

By Gary AndersonSeptember 3 - Three more British stars - David Weir, Sophie Christiansen and Oliver Hynd - will appear at the National Paralympic Day celebrations on September 7 as the athletes were today added to the line-up for the event.

in exhibition matches against Greece in boccia, Brazil in table tennis, the Netherlands in sitting volleyball

By Nick Butler at The Hilton in Buenos AiresAugust 31 - Argentinian football superstar Lionel Messi "felt he ought not to support Madrid 2020", President of the Spanish Olympic Committee Alejandro Blanco has admitted here, as tension between the three cities bidding to host the Games continues to build a week ahead of the decision being made.

from Tokyo's 1964 Games.Swimmers in Tokyo Bay near the proposed 2020 venues for triathlon and beach volleyball

By Gary AndersonAugust 28 - The first day of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Sprint World Championships in Duisberg saw Great Britain claim six medals in total with Jeanette Chippington bagging three golds equalling her haul from last year's event.

I feel absolutely incredible," said 33-year-old Wiggs, who was a member of the Britain's sitting volleyball

Emma Wiggs competed at London 2012 as part of the Great Britain sitting volleyball team Blunk

By Duncan Mackay in Rio de JaneiroAugust 27 - Brazil today suffered the embarrassment of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) withdrawing the accreditation from the testing laboratory that is due to play a major role in next year's FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics for "repeated failures".

on samples - the element of its operation which had caused it falsely to report that Brazilian beach volleyball

By James CrookAugust 23 - World and Paralympic gold medallist Mark Colbourne has announced his retirement from the Great Britain Para-cycling team at the age of 43.

2012 International Cycling Union (UCI) Para-Cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles.He played volleyball

By Nick Butler at the Nanjing Olympic Sports CentreAugust 22 - Athletics could soon appear on the programme of the Asian Beach Games, if various logistical hurdles can be overcome, the new head of the sport in the continent has revealed here. 

previous editions in Bali, Muscat and Haiyang.The programme currently includes beach variants of handball, volleyball

By Gary AndersonAugust 19 - Excitement is building as a host of London 2012 athletes have confirmed their attendance at the National Paralympic Day celebrations on September 7, including medallists Aled Davies, Will Bayley and David Smith.

events at the Copper Box Arena in the Park, which include boccia, wheelchair basketball and sitting volleyball

By Nick Butler in NanjingAugust 17 - Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah, President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), today hailed the pivotal role that sport plays in the life of all people and set out his vision to make its importance even more central in the future.

Beach Games are due to be held in Phuket in 2014 and will consist of at least 25 sports including beach volleyball

By David OwenAugust 17 - The UFRJ Rio de Janeiro doping control laboratory should find out early next month if it faces possible revocation of its accreditation, insidethegames has learnt.

on samples - the element of its operation which had caused it falsely to report that Brazilian beach volleyball