the 11 sports it will host, which will include boxing, taekwondo, table tennis, boccia and sitting volleyball

Sports Indoor volleyball Capacity 15,000 Earl's Court is no stranger to hosting

Wrestling and Gymnastics during the 1948 London Olympic Games.It will become a 15,000 seater indoor volleyball

the Copper Box will be able to be used for a number of sports, including basketball, badminton and volleyball

By Tom Degun in LondonAugust 24 - Channel 4, the London 2012 Paralympic host broadcaster, have today announced a new documentary series titled Best of British which will follow a number of top athletes on their journey to compete at the Games when they get underway in just over a year.

later this year.It will focus on several different Paralympic sports such as wheelchair racing, sitting volleyball

following Norfolk and his compatriots before the next film focuses on wheelchair rugby.Women's sitting volleyball

their time to support others to succeed in their sport.Last year in Newcastle, the atmosphere at the volleyball

He says he was "quite happy" to be watching the beach volleyball test event when England's rugby team

By Tom DegunAugust 22 - British firm AECOM has won the international competition to design the masterplan for the Rio 2016 Olympic Park, picking up the $62,000 (£38,000/€43,000) prize money.

host the 11 Paralympic disciplines of wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, boccia, judo, sitting volleyball

By Tom Degun in LondonAugust 19 - A special programme presented by Clare Balding featuring the best of the action from the London Prepares Series is to be shown at the London 2012 Live Sites across the UK this Sunday (August 21) afternoon.

special programme at the weekend will include highlights from the finals of the women's Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball

By Tom DegunAugust 19 - Paul O'Neil has stepped down as the Director of PR and Communications at the International Boxing Association (AIBA) and the World Series of Boxing (WSB).

Annecy 2018 Winter Olympic bid.O'Neil, who joined the AIBA from the FIVB, the world governing body for volleyball

By Tom DegunAugust 17 – London 2012 has revealed details of its plans to host International Paralympic Day on September 8 this year with Trafalgar Square set to stage the event and South African superstar Oscar Pistorius lined up to be one of the star attractions.

demonstrations from a wide range of sports, including wheelchair basketball, powerlifting, sitting volleyball

By Duncan MackayAugust 16 - The Olympic Park was one of the main targets for rioters in London last week but the Metropolitan Police were able to prevent an attack because of intelligence they picked-up on social networking sites like Twitter, senior officials told the House of Commons today.

meetingAugust 2011: London 2012 backed to stage safe Olympics despite riotsAugust 2011: London 2012 beach volleyball

very enthused about the quality of the venues, the integration of iconic venues – such as the beach volleyball

Combined with exciting performances from young athletes in badminton and beach volleyball last week,

By Duncan MackayAugust 14 - The Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International at Horse Guards Parade,

The Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International has provided the perfect opportunity to test a range of

The close of beach volleyball signalled the end of a flurry of successful test events staged during the

"Bringing beach volleyball in this format to London is a first for the capital, the fact that it was

to finish early to avoid riotsJuly 2011: London 2012 beach volleyball at Horse Guards Parade is

InternationalMarch 2011: Place in the sun for Britain's beach volleyball players

By Andrew WarshawAugust 14 - The man who organised the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa is convinced next year's London Olympics and Paralympics will be safe but is nevertheless concerned by the lack of coordinated policing during the recent civil unrest that swept through parts of London and other English cities.

meetingAugust 2011: London 2012 backed to stage safe Olympics despite riotsAugust 2011: London 2012 beach volleyball

The Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International - perhaps better known as the London 2012 Olympic beach

volleyball test event - has been taking place at the iconic Horse Guards Parade over the past few days

There are some sports where there has to be complete silence throughout but in beach volleyball it is

I think this event has shown just what a great spectator sport beach volleyball is and with this venue

Where the Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International saw a 1,500 capacity temporary arena in place, the