By David Owen at Wembley Stadium in LondonAugust 9 - "Absolutely" the best Olympic football tournament in his time at FIFA.

football tournament at London 2012He elaborated further as a nearby television screens pictures of a beach volleyball

By David GoldAugust 9 - London 2012 has set a record by selling 2.1 million tickets for this summer's Paralympic Games, beating the previous record set by Beijing four years' ago.

August 29.Just 400,000 tickets have yet to be sold, with sports such as wheelchair fencing, sitting volleyball

elitist to be worthy of a place in the Olympics alongside the likes of synchronised swimming and beach volleyball

bodies of sports, including badminton, basketball, football, hockey, netball, rugby union, table tennis, volleyball

By Mike Rowbottom at Team GB House in LondonJuly 23 - Britain's women volleyball team, making their first

have played many of these teams before and done well," said Cooper, who represented Britain at beach volleyball

said the 26-year-old Glaswegian.Audrey Cooper (holding Olympic Torch), coach of the Team GB women's volleyball

Grace Carter represents the Team GB women's volleyball team at London 2012There will be one final warm-up

added that there was a real opportunity for the British women to create a legacy of participation in volleyball

Volleyball has professional leagues in Europe which allow women to earn a living in sport, ranging

By David Gold at the BT Tower in LondonJuly 18 - Thirty British Olympic and Paralympic legends, including 1988 hockey gold medallist Sean Kerly and Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson, the country's best-known Paralympian, have taken part in a telethon to promote the Join in Local Sport initiative here this morning.

take up a new sport, and has been trying her hand at rowing.After selling yours truly on taking up volleyball

up for London 2012 with victory over their Chinese rivals Chen Xue and Xi Zhang at the World Beach Volleyball

By David Gold in Westminster in LondonJuly 17 - Cab drivers staged a protest this afternoon against not being allowed to use London's controversial Olympic Games Lanes, bringing roads in the centre of the city to a halt.

and other accredited personnel only.The protest took place just round the corner from where the beach volleyball

By Tom DegunJuly 10 - Forman's Fish Island, the closest venue to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, has announced a new partnership with Maddox Club to create a pop-up beach bar version of the Mayfair nightclub during the London 2012 Olympic Games.

the glitzy atmosphere of the club at Fish Island Riviera.The Fish Island Riviera will feature a beach volleyball

court, palm trees, cocktails and great food with 250 tonnes of beach volleyball sand and 40 palm trees

By Tom DegunJuly 9 - Glasgow 2014 has appointed former British Paralympian David McCrae as its interim head of transport with responsibility for leading and implementing strategy in the area for the Commonwealth Games.

in Brazil.During his career as an athlete, McCrae competed at four Paralympic Games in athletics and volleyball

By Sara Evans July 9 - The Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games bid has hosted an open air sports event to celebrate Olympic Day.

than 5,000 people of all ages watching and taking part in more than 30 sports, including athletics, volleyball

By Lauren MatteraJuly 6 - Construction work on Rio 2016's 1.18 million square metre Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca commenced today, as Brazil prepares itself to be the next Olympic hosts.

venue.Along with nine Paralympic sports - wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, bocce, judo, sitting volleyball

thanks to all of our Russian national championship winning teams in football, ice hockey, basketball and volleyball

By Tom DegunJuly 5 - Prime Minister David Cameron has praised the work of Tony Blair's Labour Government for winning the right to stage the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Singapore seven years ago.

After all, I look out of my window every morning and see the beach volleyball arena being built."

By Tom DegunJuly 5 - Adam and David Knott, two brothers from Hampshire, have been named in Britain's goalball squad for London 2012 after the six-strong men's squad for the Games was unveiled today.

goalball head coachMarch 2012: BPA endorses host country slots for goalball and women's sitting volleyball