By Emily GoddardJanuary 11 - The British Paralympic Association (BPA) has been awarded the gold global accreditation in sustainability from the Council for Responsible Sport (CRS) for its work with EDF Energy at its London 2012 preparation camp.

athletes and support staff from ten Paralympic sports such as wheelchair fencing, archery and sitting volleyball

By Duncan MackayJanuary 8 - Tokyo already has $4.5 billion (£2.8 billion/€3.4 billion) in the bank ready to complete infrastructure projects needed if they are awarded the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, it claimed today as it published its Candidature file at an event in the Japanese capital. 

Tsuchida, Olympic wrestling champion Saori Yoshida, Sports Minister Hakubun Shimomura and  1976 volleyball

regeneration.That will see 11 permanent venues built, including the Aquatics Centre and Ariake Arena, where volleyball

By Duncan MackayJanuary 8 - Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, regarded as the home of bullfighting, will stage basketball if Madrid's campaign to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics is successful, it was revealed today as the Spanish capital today published details of its Candidature file. 

 El Retiro Park, one of Madrid's largest open green spaces, would host beach volleyball, and Estadio

venues has been inspired by the success of London 2012, which used Horse Guards Parade to stage beach volleyball

By Tom DegunJanuary 7 - Britain's double London 2012 wheelchair racing champion Hannah Cockroft was in attendance at the Youth Sport Trust's sixth National Talent Camp at Loughborough University where more than 90 youngsters from across the country were in attendance.

represented at the 2013 camp with athletes selected to attend from rugby union, cycling, canoeing, volleyball

By Tom DegunJanuary 7 - Sport England has announced it will be investing £2 million ($3.2 million/€2.5 million) in the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) over the next two years in its latest bid to help make sport a practical lifestyle choice for disabled people.

as being funded to provide bespoke support for tennis, football, table tennis, equestrian, golf and volleyball

By Duncan MackayJanuary 1 - The Paralympic Movement must build upon the success of London 2012, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven has urged in a New Year message.

including London Mayor Boris Johnson and "Carry On" actress Barbara Windsor, who tried out sitting volleyball"For

pursuits denied a slice of the expansive handout towards Rio 2016 were handball, indoor and sitting volleyball

, basketball and table tennis.British Volleyball chairman Richard Callicott admits he spent Christmas

Britain's women's volleyball team take on Russia at London 2012 He goes on: "We could not be more disappointed

Richard Callicott claims that the British Volleyball elite programme has suffered "utter obliteration

British Volleyball, for one, say they will be  appealing - and that surely should be heard by an

By Mike RowbottomDecember 22 - The Madrid testing laboratory has been suspended from carrying out anti-doping analyses for three months by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and its head of quality control has resigned following a testing anomaly.

operation in October.The laboratory had initially indicated a positive test against a Brazilian beach volleyball

By Tom DegunDecember 20 - The British Olympic Association (BOA) have secured their preparation camp for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Minas Tenis Clube (MTC) in the city of Belo Horizonte.

triathlon.The MTC regularly hosts domestic and international competition in Olympic sports such as judo and volleyball

2012, admits she is devastated by UK Sport's decision to cut all the funding for her sport of sitting volleyball

We have lived and breathed sitting volleyball and for someone to say all that hard work means nothing

terror attack, she has had a baby, got married and learned to fly a plane and she believes sitting volleyball

Two-and-a-half years ago no-one even knew what sitting volleyball was."

The British women's sitting volleyball team made their Paralympic debut at London 2012, losing all five

matches but almost taking sets off Ukraine, Brazil and Japan.But despite the blow for sitting volleyball

By Tom Degun at UK Sport Headquarters in LondonDecember 18 - UK Sport have unveiled their goal for Britain to become the first host nation to better their medal performance at the next Olympics and Paralympics as they unveiled record funding of £347 million ($563 million/€427 million) for Rio 2016 here.

wheelchair fencing, who will not receive funding from UK Sport in the Rio 2016 build-up.Funding for indoor volleyball

and sitting volleyball has also been dropped but funding for beach volleyball will remain.Swimming has

." – had indicated.For four Olympic sports – basketball, volleyball, handball and table tennis - it was

By Duncan MackayDecember 17 - Hosting the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games would be an "historic opportunity" to build upon the legacy programme of London 2012, British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Sebastian Coe claimed today. 

tennis and boxing.George Square, the city's principal civic square, will be turned into beach volleyball

George Square will host the beach volleyball if Glasgow's bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics is successful

By Tom DegunDecember 17 - British sports are preparing to learn their funding fate for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games with UK Sport set to make its awards announcement tomorrow.

Fears are growing that team sports such as handball and volleyball, which proved hugely popular with

By Tom DegunDecember 16 - Bradley Wiggins tonight scooped the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award to crown his annus mirabilis.

Personality of the Year Perhaps the most emotional moment of the night came as Paralympic sitting volleyball

terrorist bombings in 2005.However, she fought from the injuries to represent ParalympicsGB in sitting volleyball