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Warrior Games details for 2013 announced by USOC and Deloitte

  • Paralympics

By Duncan MackayDecember 10 - The Warrior Games, an competition designed to support the recovery of wounded, ill and injured service men and women, will take place in Colorado Springs between May 11 and 17 next year, it was announced today by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and Deloitte.

Teams will compete in seven sports including archery, cycling, shooting, sitting-volleyball, swimming


New British Paraorchestra single helps raise funds for ParalympicsGB

  • Paralympics

By Tom Degun December 5 - A new single from the British Paraorchestra called "True Colors" will see some of the proceeds from sales go towards supporting the ParalympicsGB team at the Sochi 2014 Winter Games.

table tennis player Sara Head, swimmers Anthony Stephens and James O'Shea, sailor Helena Lucas, sitting volleyball



Rows continue over Indian Olympic Association elections

  • ANOC News

By Duncan MackayNovember 17 - Elections at the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) are mired in more controversy after the scandal-tainted Lalit Bhanot (pictured) officially declared himself as a candidate for the secretary general and the official in charge of scrutinising the poll quit.

He will face opposition in the ballot on November 25 from K Murugan, the gneral secretary of the Volleyball


Columbus to host 2013 USA Fencing National Championships

  • Fencing

By Emily GoddardNovember 14 - Columbus will host the 2013 USA Fencing National Championships, attracting an estimated 3,800 participants and 6,800 attendees to the city's Greater Columbus Convention Centre next year.

Olympic trials for weightlifting, the 2010 and 2012 USA Swimming Grand Prix events and the 2012 USA Volleyball


London 2012 Olympic construction generated £7.3 billion

  • London 2012

By Emily GoddardNovember 15 - Construction of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic venues injected £7.3 billion ($11.6 billion/€9.1 billion) in to the British economy, according to an independent report commissioned by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

of the London 2012 construction contracts, like here at Horse Guards Parade, which hosted the beach volleyball


Qatar Olympic Committee and French Olympic Committee sign MoU

  • Olympics

By Tom Degun at the Aspire Dome in Doha November 13 - The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) and French Olympic Committee (CNOSF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) here to work together.

culmination of several small agreements between Qatari sports federations, including the handball and volleyball


Olympic pioneer Anthony receives BOA's ultimate award

  • Olympics

By Mike RowbottomNovember 12 - British Olympic hammer thrower Don Anthony, who died earlier this year, has received the British Olympic Association's (BOA) Lifetime Achievement Award.

Anthony represented Great Britain in the hammer at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics and founded the English Volleyball


My Favourite Pin Story - Ivy

  • My Favourite Pin Story

50My Olympic Pin collection started on my 2nd shift as a Games Makers, working at the volleyball venue

It was a USA volleyball pin!


Haiti celebrates day of Paralympic sport with IPC Agitos Foundation

  • Latest (Paralympics)

By Tom DegunOctober 27 - Over 2,000 spectators were in attendance as Haiti celebrated its National Competition day of Handisport, an annual event that was funded this year by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Agitos Foundation that honours people with an impairment in the country and showcases Paralympic sport.

attendance competed in athletics, boccia, wheelchair basketball, table tennis, powerlifting, sitting volleyball


Australian wheelchair rugby squad claims IPC team of the month prize

  • Wheelchair Rugby News

By Tom DegunOctober 25 - Australia's phenomenal wheelchair rugby team have unsurprisingly taken the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) team of the month prize for August and September after they dominated the competition to secure gold at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

after also taking gold at London 2012.Other teams up for the honour included the Bosnian men's sitting volleyball

team, Brazil's five-a-side football squad, China's women's sitting volleyball team, Finland's men's


"Inspiring a generation" requires more work, claims report following London 2012

  • London 2012

By Mike RowbottomOctober 20 - Research by communications agency Threepipe has claimed that London 2012 has so far inspired 8 per cent of people to take up a new sport, with some industry experts indicating that governing bodies need a step-change in their approach to marketing in order to secure their funding and deliver on the promise to "inspire a generation".

Marzena Bogdanowicz, board director of Volleyball England, added: "Volleyball England created Go Spike

Some people may not want to belong to a volleyball club, but do want to go and play every so often, and

2012 legacy in terms of facilities is fantastic – for example, we now have 35 permanent, in-land beach volleyball


Badminton England announces plans for 3,000-seat centre at The National Bowl

  • Badminton

By Mike RowbottomOctober 20 - Badminton England has unveiled plans to relocate from its existing site to a new £20 million ($32 million/€25 million) facility at The National Bowl in Milton Keynes which is due to be opened before Britain's elite players begin their bid to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Not just badminton competitions, but several other sporting events that might include volleyball, table


Rio's doping control lab for 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics reinstated by WADA

  • Rio 2016

By Mike RowbottomOctober 17 - Rio's doping control laboratory, expected to play a major part in Brazil's hosting of the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals and the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, has been reinstated by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) following its partial suspension on January 18.

samples, the element of its operation which caused it to falsely report last year that Brazilian beach volleyball

player Pedro Solberg Salgado had tested positive for testosterone.The International Volleyball Federation


Australian wheelchair rugby team head shortlist for IPC team of the month

  • Wheelchair Rugby News

By Tom DegunOctober 16 - Australia's formidable wheelchair rugby team, who stormed to gold at the London 2012 Paralympics, head the nomination for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) team of the month prize for August and September.

gold in the last four Games in London with a win against Australia in the final.Bosnia's men's sitting volleyball

prize after defeating European champions France 2-0 in the gold medal match.The Chinese women's sitting volleyball