compete in cycling, athletics, badminton, fencing, gymnastics, hockey, judo, swimming, table tennis and volleyball

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year August 5 -  Rio de Janeiro organisers today marked the six-year countdown to the 2016 Olympics by creating a team of athletes and coaches to assist in the preparations.

year's tournament,  former Brazil and WNBA women's basketball player Janeth Arcain, Brazil's men's volleyball

Olympic women’s volleyball team into the Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame.

Debbie Landreth, Diane McCormick, Terry Place and Sue Woodstra was considered a favorite to win the volleyball

July 24 - Britain's women's volleyball team have set off on their four-day cycle ride from Sheffield

events, offer the public  rides on a giant seven-seater-bike, provide an inflatable volleyball

"The GB women's volleyball team have a similar ambition - to compete in London 2012 as the very

  "I wish the GB women’s volleyball every success with their efforts, and sincerely

" Audrey Cooper, the GB women's volleyball head coach said: "It's no surprise to me the

"They've played some absolutely tremendous volleyball against really tough opposition.

By Tom Degun July 21 - A total of seven new sports are currently being considered by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as additions to the Paralympic sports programme for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Games.

seven-a-side, goalball, judo, powerlifting, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, sitting volleyball

July 20 - The World Sitting Volleyball Championships has been declared a resounding success by the Edmond

" Related stories July 2010: Iran and China lift World Sitting Volleyball Championships

Paralympic champions Iran claimed victory in the men’s competition at the World Sitting Volleyball

The competition, which served as a qualifier for the sitting volleyball competition at the London

existing programme of athletics, badminton, fencing, gymnastics, hockey, judo, swimming, table tennis and volleyball

organising a session for their younger peers in the Malaysian sport Sepak Takraw, which is a bit like volleyball

By Tom Degun July 7 - Exactly five years ago on this very day, Martine Wright (pictured) was one of the most horrifically injured survivors of the shocking terrorist bombing attacks that took place on July 7, 2005.

It was there that she discovered that she was particularly good at sitting volleyball.

fact, that she was recently selected as part of the Britain women’s squad for the 2010 Sitting Volleyball

 making an appearance at the 2012 Paralympics are strong as Matt Rogers, Great Britain Sitting Volleyball

are making big strides and will provide a perfect opportunity for them to see international sitting volleyball

on the national indoor teams, but now we play together as a team representing Great Britain in beach volleyball

  Many people envy the job we do, travelling around to different cities and playing beach volleyball

Before I played beach volleyball nothing annoyed me more than get sandy while I was sunbathing on the

She took up beach volleyball three years ago and now trains with the GB squad in Bath.

British Volleyball is represented by davidwelchmanagement.com

By Tom Degun June 29 - A successful project review of Guadalajara's preparations for the 2011 Parapan American Games has been just been completed.

football five-a-side, football seven-a-side, goalball, judo, powerlifting, swimming, table tennis, sitting volleyball

June 27 - A new £165 million ($248 million) extension of the ExCeL, one of the main venues for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, has been officially inaugurated at a special ceremony attended by the capital's Mayor Boris Johnson.

weightlifting and wrestling during the Olympics and boccia, judo, powerlifting, table tennis, sitting volleyball

By Tom Degun in London June 25 - A multi-million pound programme of free sporting activities across London this summer to increase participation ahead of the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics was launched here today by the capital's Mayor Boris Johnson (pictured). 

Londoners to take up less commonly played sports in UK including trampolining, basketball, martial arts, volleyball

We, the Great Britain Women’s Volleyball Team, received the news that there isn’t enough

, to Earls Court Arena, the Olympic Volleyball Venue.

This summer we have come across some of the best volleyball players in the world, as well as some of

We have now made a name for ourselves in the world of volleyball but we are still relatively unknown

Lucy Wicks is the captain of Britain's volleyball team British Volleyball is represented by davidwelchmanagement.com