Sport's Lottery funded programme is also helping to bring these other events to the UK this year:Sitting Volleyball

Sport's Lottery funded programme is also helping to bring these other events to the UK this year:Sitting Volleyball

By Tom DegunMay 19 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe has highlighted the importance of the BT Paralympic World Cup in the sporting calendar claiming that this year's event, which takes place in Manchester next week, will provide a real preview of what is to come at next year's Games.

top Paralympic athletes competing in athletics, wheelchair basketball, swimming, boccia and sitting volleyball

In 2011 boccia and sitting volleyball will be represented for the first time as exhibition events alongside

A former runner, volleyball and tennis player who still turns out for his Midlands rugby club, Birstall

By Tom DegunMay 16 - The 2011 Warrior Games, presented by Deloitte, is set to get underway this evening at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs with the Opening Ceremony and live coverage of the event available free of charge on the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Paralympic website.

medal games at 6:30pm MDT, while the final live installment comes on Saturday (May 21) with the sitting volleyball

By Tom Degun at the National Theatre in LondonMay 11 - London 2012 has today published ticket prices for the London 2012 Paralympic Games, with 95 per cent to be priced at £50 ($82) or under, and half of the tickets on offer for £10 ($16) or less.

wheelchair basketball and seven-a-side football in the Olympic Park, to judo, table tennis, sitting volleyball

By Tom Degun at the National Theatre in LondonMay 11 - London 2012 has today published ticket prices for the London 2012 Paralympic Games, with 95 per cent to be priced at £50 ($82) or under, and half of the tickets on offer for £10 ($16) or less.

wheelchair basketball and seven-a-side football in the Olympic Park, to judo, table tennis, sitting volleyball

By Duncan Mackay in Kuala LumpurMay 10 - There is set to be a new push to get Twenty20 cricket into the Commonwealth Games, it has been revealed.

The Sports Review Committee have also recommended that beach volleyball be upgraded to a category two

their programmes.Rugby league also made a push for inclusion, and while the sport will not join beach volleyball

By Duncan Mackay in Kuala LumpurMay 6 - Rugby league today launched its drive for recognition by the Commonwealth Games when it made a presentation here today.

choose to include on their programme if they want.Being included on that list is the target of beach volleyball

Sports Committee here.Already recognised by the CGF, Richard Callicott, the President of the British Volleyball

Federation and head of the Commonwealth Volleyball Federation, is hopeful that if the sport is included

We decided to put forward beach volleyball rather than indoor volleyball because it puts less strain

By Tom Degun in London May 6 – London 2012 have today announced that over 150,000 tickets will go on sale for the test event programme, which is being branded as the "London Prepares" series, with prices set to vary from event to event but range between £5 to £35.

that will be ticketed.They will be the mountain bike event at Hadleigh Farm in Essex on July 31, beach volleyball

platform for the equestrian events at Greenwich Park and the delivery of 3,000 tonnes of sand for beach volleyball

at Horse Guards Parade.The beach volleyball event will also see ticket and media accreditation scanning

 We have a fantastic summer of volleyball lined up with some truly world class competition to test

ourselves against with an eye on the Olympic volleyball tournament due to take place at Earl's Court

 Rather, behind these little glimpses of what it's really like for a British volleyball player,

in our country.As volleyball is not yet a "mainstream" sport in the UK, it isn't just about Olympic

 I would be lying to you if I said I've always dreamed of Olympic volleyball for Great Britain.

Larissa Franca took gold at the Sanya Open in China, to clinch back to back titles in the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball

By Tom DegunApril 29 - Tickets for the 2011 Sainsbury's UK School Games in Sheffield this September have gone on sale for just £5 ($8) per day.

replaces road cycling.The competition will see athletics at the Don Valley Stadium, badminton, fencing and volleyball

By Tom DegunApril 28 - Upmarket chain John Lewis, the official department store provider for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, is set to sponsor the BT Paralympic World Cup volunteer programme.

athletes competing across athletics, swimming and wheelchair basketball.In addition, boccia and sitting volleyball

By Tom DegunApril 23 - Britain's men's sitting volleyball team are set to face the Netherlands in an

endorsement to compete in the London 2012 Paralympics and Richard Callicott, the President of the British Volleyball

Federation and Volleyball England, said the match in Manchester is an important step for the team."

We are delighted that Sitting Volleyball is to be included in the 2011 BT Paralympic World Cup; our sport

our exciting sport to a much wider audience," he said.Team captain Robert Richardson, added: "Sitting volleyball

The crowds were fantastic and the exposure will be great for Sitting Volleyball."