By Duncan MackayJune 16 - Carlos Nuzman, the President of Rio 2016, has been taken to hospital after suffering from heart problems.

arrhythmia clinical status is already reversed," a spokesman said.Nuzman is a lawyer is a former volleyball

By Tom DegunJune 14 - Thomas Cook, the official short break provider of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics, is still offering packages for the Games, including one-person deals, although it has revealed they are selling out quickly, with fans now having learnt if they have been successful in the first round of the controversial random ballot for tickets.

are for one night with one or two events with the most popular sports being athletics, gymnastics, volleyball

polo.Some popular breaks still available include a one night, one event package to see women's beach volleyball

By Emily GoddardJune 11 - Federation International du Sport Universitaire (FISU) Executive Committee members and officials are due to visit Kazan, as the regional capital of Russia's Tatarstan Republic hosts the International Conference on University Sports Movement Sport. Education. Culture ahead of the 2013 World University Games.

Games and there will be a tour of the sports venues and attendance of the Russian Universities Beach Volleyball

Championship, the Shenzhen 2011 beach volleyball qualification tournament.There will be a long-awaited

Russia and Italy to remain unbeaten as the second weekend of the 2011 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball

victories on their second weekend of the 22nd edition of the tournament as the world's premier annual volleyball

By Emily GoddardJune 3 - British women's volleyball team will remain in Sheffield, despite the recent

confirmed by the British Olympic Association (BOA) late last year.Audrey Cooper, Great Britain women's volleyball

Sheffield City Council, said: "We were determined to do everything in our power to keep the GB women's volleyball

move intended to put pressure on UK SportAugust 2010: British Volleyball axes funding for London

2012 teamsJuly 2010: British volleyball team get on their bikes to fuel Olympic dreamJune 2010: Lucy

Wickes - Funding cut is devastating but we will not give upJune 2010: British volleyball team forced

By Tom DegunJune 3 - More than 50 athlete hopefuls from across Britain have participated in the latest Paralympic Potential Day to unearth hidden disabled talent at the Surrey Sports Park at the University of Surrey.

sports, including athletics, wheelchair basketball, swimming, powerlifting, wheelchair fencing, sitting volleyball

with the cheerleaders) that it is no more absurd a sporting concept than synchronized swimming, beach volleyball

By David GoldJune 1 - British rider Annie Last led a masterclass in mountain biking for a group of aspiring young champions at Wharncliffe and Wheata woods near Sheffield, the venue for the 2011 Sainsbury's UK School Games mountain bike event.

mountain biking), athletics, badminton, fencing, gymnastics, hockey, judo, swimming, table tennis and volleyball

By Mike RowbottomJune 1 - More than 250,000 people who applied for London 2012 tickets, including triple Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins and the Mayor Boris Johnson, have missed out entirely after the vast majority of money was taken from accounts at midnight last night.

Sports where tickets will still be available include football, volleyball, handball, basketball and hockey

By David GoldMay 31 - Dilan Perera, President of the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation, has been announced

as the chairman of the central segment of the Asian Volleyball Confederation.

number of functions, including organisation of zonal competitions for youth teams and the region's beach volleyball

By David GoldMay 27 - Visa Europe will be the title sponsor of the FIVB Beach Volleyball International

Colin Grannell said: "As a long-term sponsor of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, sponsoring the beach volleyball

at London 2012), which includes Shauna Mullin and Zara Dampney, Britain's number one women's beach volleyball

By Tom DegunMay 26 - Tickets for some of the first London 2012 test events this summer have today gone on sale to the public on a first come, first served basis from Ticketmaster.

Park.The first four ticketed events are mountain bike at Hadleigh Farm in Essex on July 31, 2011, beach volleyball

mountain bikers to the new, purpose-built course at Hadleigh Farm in Essex while the Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball

By Tom Degun in ManchesterMay 25 - Sitting volleyball made a debut appearance at the BT Paralympic World

then had a fantastic fourth set which they won 25-16 to claim a 3-1 victory, but Britain's sitting volleyball

great opportunity for us to showcase our sport and we hope that it will raise the profile of Sitting Volleyball

contracted meningitis whilst training with the bomb disposal unit in the British Army, first tried sitting volleyball

Sitting volleyball was included in the Paralympic Games for the first time in 1976 as a demonstration

sport.Britain has never had a sitting volleyball team at the Paralympic Games but they are aiming to

By Tom Degun in ManchesterMay 23 - Britain's wheelchair basketball teams experienced mixed fortunes as the 2011 BT Paralympic World Cup got underway here today at the Regional Arena as the women claimed a stunning win against Canada shortly before the men were beaten by old rivals France.

to the scores to determine the overall winners.The competition in Manchester will also see a sitting volleyball

By Duncan MackayMay 22 - Members of the Britain's wheelchair basketball men's and women's teams took over the Manchester Arndale Centre to stage a celebrity demonstration event and help launch the BT Paralympic World Cup, which is due to open tomorrow.

sponsor World Cup volunteer programmeApril 2011: Britain take on Netherlands in inaugural sitting volleyball