By Duncan MackayJune 4 - Adore Creative Agency have won a prestigious marketing award for their work on Kazan, the Russian city staging the 2013 Summer Universiade and the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, as well as hoping to be a host city for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

The sporting community has long known of our teams: AK Bars, Rubin, UNIX, the Zenit volleyball team and

By Tom DegunMay 30 - Schweppes Abbey Well, Official Water Sponsor of London 2012, has launched a new initiative called the Unsung Heroes Campaign which aims to celebrate the people behind the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

in London's Savoy Hotel, 3,000 tonnes of sand will be dumped on Horse Guards Parade for the beach volleyball

By Philip BarkerMay 28 - Don Anthony, who has died aged 83, was no ordinary Olympian.

represented England at the Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954 and 1958.He was introduced to the sport of volleyball

whilst still an active athlete and founded the Volleyball Association of England in 1955.

To this day, Volleyball England's Hall of Fame bears his name.Indeed to mention his name at last year's

By Duncan Mackay at the SportAccord Convention in Québec CityMay 22 - Istanbul is still on target to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, insisting that staging the event is still more important to Turkey than football's European Championships, which have cast a shadow over its campaign.

basketball captain who plays for NBA's Orlando Magic, and Neslihan Demir Darnel, whose Turkish national volleyball

By Mike Rowbottom at the Manchester Regional ArenaMay 22 - Oscar Pistorius produced another peerless victory at the BT Paralympic World Cup here today on a day of unvarying sunshine as he finished half a straight clear to win the T42/43/44 200 metres in 22.08sec, almost three tenths of a second off his best.

Sinclair gets sevens call for BT Paralympic football World CupMay 2012: Lack of top teams means no sitting volleyball

By David GoldMay 17 - EDF Energy, a sustainability partner of London 2012, celebrated raising £400,000 ($900,000/€500,000) for the British Paralympic Association (BPA) with a reception at the House of Commons.

activities to help raise money for the BPA, including cake bakes, sponsored bike rides and a sitting volleyball

By Tom DegunMay 16 - The luxurious Forman's Fish Island – the closest venue to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford – has announced the signing of a major deal which will see swimwear giant Speedo based there during London 2012.

there will be beach club atmosphere during the day complete with cocktails, palm trees and a beach volleyball

By Duncan MackayMay 8 - Nearly a million new tickets, including some for the men's 100 metres final and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, will be put on sale for the London 2012 Olympics later this week, chairman Sebastian Coe announced today. 

period is:May 13 (all from 11am): hockey, tennis, wrestling (freestyle), wrestling (Greco-Roman), beach volleyball

May 14: athletics (race walk), athletics (marathon), canoe slalom, canoe sprint, shooting, swimming, volleyball

By David GoldMay 4 - Sitting volleyball will not be played at this year's BT Paralympic World Cup as

organisers had hoped to line up one of the world's top teams as opponents.Volleyball England's Sitting Volleyball

Sitting volleyball has enjoyed Paralympic status since 1980 and follows the rules same as volleyball

By Tom DegunMay 3 - Carlos Nuzman, the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) President, will face an unlikely challenger for his high profile role as he seeks re-election after Eric Maleson, President of the Brazilian Ice Sports Federation, submitted himself as a candidate for the position.

and has been a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since 2000.The 70-year-old former volleyball

player, who was part of the first Brazilian male volleyball team at the Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics,

By Mike RowbottomThe hushed and swanky surrounds of the Grosvenor House Apartments in Park Lane offered a suitably smart venue for five of Russia's most illustrious Olympians this week.Invited over by VisitBritain to do what Russian tourists do best for the best part of a week, 2008 Olympic silver medallist and former world number one tennis player Dinara Safina and 1996 Olympic 800 and 1500 metres winner Svetlana Masterkova have been out and about around the capital in company with Alexei Nemov, the all-around gymnastics champion in 2000, Maria Kiseleva, three-times Olympic synchronised swimming champion and Buvaisar Saitiev, the three-times...

As well as the tennis, I would love to go and see some volleyball, a sport I really like."

By Duncan MackayApril 27 - Britain have avoided defending Paralympic gold medallists China and the United States in the draw made today for the goalball tournament at London 2012 but will face the world champions. 

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

By David Gold April 26 - Great Britain's Olympic beach volleyball squad have agreed a partnership with

Westminster, which is due to start on Saturday July 28.The agreement is a coup for Aetna, with beach volleyball

agreement.This summer is only the second time that Britain will have competed in the Olympic beach volleyball

This partnership is the perfect fit for us, given the fact that volleyball is a sport that can be played

Richard Callicott, President of the British Volleyball Federation, said: "This significant sponsorship

Federation (FIVB) Swatch World Beach Tour, which began last week.London 2012's beach volleyball tournament

By Tom DegunApril 24 - Exactly 4,000 people across Britain will participate in the third and final 'command post exercise' for London 2012 in what will be the biggest event so far to test plans for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

London 2012 Games as the three days will see 26 sports taking place across 14 venues, including beach volleyball

New York public have been treated to a demonstration (pictured) of the Paralympic sport of sitting volleyball

at the famous New York landmark.Times Square was transformed into an Olympic Village, with a sitting volleyball

demonstration put on by the United States women's team.They performed on a sitting volleyball court

 US Sitting Volleyball players Monique Burkland Ardmore, Heather Erickson, Katie Holloway, Brenda

In the meantime, I encourage all fans to back the various USA teams and athletes – not just volleyball

and beach volleyball – as they are on a quest to represent us well in London."