On Sunday there was even a friendly game of volleyball with the prince. Wow!

By Mike RowbottomMarch 11 - Britain's men and women water polo teams, whose high-profile supporters include Prince William, will be able compete at the London 2012 Olympics after being given Host Nation Qualification Places today.

Water polo thus joins other domestic sports weightlifting, handball, volleyball, table tennis and judo

By Mike RowbottomMarch 10 - Judo became the latest British sport to receive a definite invitation to next year's Olympics when was confirmed there will be Host Nation Qualification places for seven male and seven female judo players.

Weightlifting, handball, volleyball and table tennis have all been awarded Olympic places on a similar

March 6 - Misty May-Treanor is to reunite with Kerri Walsh to chase a third consecutive beach volleyball

Qualifying for the 2012 London Games begins this year, and the most successful duo in beach volleyball

March 4 - The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has awarded the official game ball supplier

contract for volleyball and beach volleyball for the 2013-2016 period to the Mikasa Corporation.

World Championships, FIVB Volleyball World Cup, FIVB Volleyball World League and World Grand Prix and

the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships and FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.Wei said: "Mikasa

has shown a strong commitment to the FIVB and the growth of volleyball and beach volleyball for more

We look forward to continuing our role in giving volleyball fans around the world the best product to

play the sport of volleyball."

By Tom DegunMarch 3 - Great Britain men's wheelchair basketball team face a tough task to defend the BT Paralympic World Cup title they won last year with Paralympic silver medallists Canada, World Championship bronze medallists France and emerging nation Brazil today confirmed as the men's line-up to compete in the 2011 edition of the competition in Manchester.

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

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year March 1 - Britain is to take-up its host nation qualification places for weightlifting at next year's Olympics in London, boosting the chances of teenager Zoe Smith (pictured) competing, it has been announced today.

the chairman of the BOA Athletes Commission, have already given the go-ahead for handball and indoor volleyball

By Duncan MackayBritish Sports Internet Writer of the YearFebruary 24 - The British Universities and Colleges Sport Championships (BUCS), normally a low-key event that operates in the margins, will be centre stage next May when it becomes the first event to be held in the London 2012 Olympic Stadium, it was revealed today.

Other highlights include a FIVB beach volleyball tournament at Horse Guards Parade in central London

By Tom DegunFebruary 21 - The BBC, for so long the only channel interested in disability sport in Britain, have suffered another blow after losing the television rights to broadcast this year's BT Paralympic World Cup after covering the previous six editions of the event.

basketball, athletics and swimming set to return to the programme this year while boccia and sitting volleyball

May 27 with the Manchester Aquatics Centre hosting the swimming competition on May 27-28.The sitting volleyball

By Tom Degun in LondonFebruary 18 - London 2012 - along with Populous, Atkins and Drivers Jonas Deloitte - have issued new images showing what Lord's Cricket Ground for archery, the Lee Valley White Water Centre for canoe slalom and Greenwich Park for equestrian and modern pentathlon will look like during the Olympic Games.

temporary and existing venues both on and off the Olympic Park.From Horse Guard's Parade for beach volleyball

February 11 - Rugby is now the third fastest growing sport in the United States according to a major study on sports participation.

include: Fast‐pitch softball up 13.8 per cent, ice hockey 12.2 per cent, rugby 8.7 per cent, beach volleyball

I too would love to go on a skiing holiday, but as a professional volleyball player, this is also ruled

Due to the majority of international volleyball events taking place in the summer, I haven’t had

Volleyball, by comparison, is a relatively new spectator sport to Britain.

It is the fate of the GB volleyball team, at this time, to be a force relatively unknown.

  Regards,   Andrew Pink GB Men’s Volleyball    P.S.

By Duncan MackayBritish Sports Internet Writer of the YearJanuary 26 - Rio de Janeiro wants to raise at least $500 million (£314 million) in "Olympic Bonds" to help prepare the city for the 2016 Games, it has been revealed by the Mayor Eduardo Paes (pictured right).

Then, at least $78 million (£49 million) will be spent on seven temporary structures for beach volleyball

By Tom DegunJanuary 24 - Jens Kask, one of Sweden's all-time great Paralympians, has died at the age of just 44, it was announced today.

Paralympics as a member of both the Swedish ice sledge hockey at the Winter Paralympics and sitting volleyball

January 22 - The head of Sport Event Denmark has hailed his country's success at attracting major events, calling 2011 the greatest year yet.

Handball Championships 2014, the FEI European Championships, jumping and dressage 2013, the European Men's Volleyball