By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year June 20 - Plans for ExCeL to host seven sports during the Olympics and six in the Paralympics during London 2012 have been formally approved by Newham Council.

During the Paralympics it will stage boccia, judo, powerlifting, table tennis, sitting volleyball and

June 19 - With only two years to go before London 2012, the British women’s volleyball team

"The team are now recognised and taken seriously by other volleyball nations; this is now threatened

No British indoor volleyball team - neither men nor women - have qualified before to compete at

The focal point of the fund-raising will be a 320-mile bike ride by the British women’s volleyball

team from their training base in Sheffield to the Earls Court Arena, the Olympic Volleyball venue, in

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When I last blogged we, the Great Britain men’s volleyball team, had just taken our leave from

experience of going close against the top teams in Europe but also the plaudits and respect around the volleyball

Dami had a fabulous weekend and looked like a 10-year veteran of international volleyball.

If the volleyball world rankings were based on the ability to lose a set by two points, we would be world

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By Tom Degun June 18 - Britain will stage a record number of world class disability events this year, a major boost to the country's top Paralympic athletes as they prepare for the London 2012 Games.

other major events under discussion in disability sailing, boccia, disability table tennis, sitting volleyball

One of the many joys of being an international volleyball player is the opportunity to travel the world

  We played some really good volleyball despite a disappointing 3-0 loss.

Lynne Beattie, 25, is the captain of Britain's volleyball team.

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We are watching the GB men’s volleyball team turn into something special.

visitors, men’s match at 3.00pm and women’s at 6.00pm That is the way it works in British volleyball

Kenny Barton, a former captain of Scotland, is the Performance Programme Manager of British Volleyball

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June 13 - Beach volleyball qualifying for the London 2012 Olympics will begin in Russia next month, it

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) announced the start of the process following confirmation

of the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) Continental Beach Volleyball Cup with the opening tournament

The FIVB approved the competition system of the European Continental Beach Volleyball Cup proposed by

The Continental Beach Volleyball Cup is a country versus country Olympic qualifying event for continents

"The Continental Beach Volleyball Cup is a revolutionary competition which provides an excellent

June 13 - Japan's women's volleyball team, who have twice won the Olympic gold medal, have visited Sheffield

Kenny Barton, the GB Volleyball Performance Programme Manager, said: "The visit from the Japanese

women’s team has been a great opportunity for the GB women’s volleyball squad to train with

based in Sheffield since 2007, the city has attracted a number of international teams and hosted major volleyball

"We have been working closely with GB Volleyball to help attract international teams to the city

  Well, in the last month I’ve given fencing, goalball, boccia, taekwondo, handball and volleyball

 A few seasons ago a fan was stabbed and killed on the way to a women’s volleyball match between

      In fact, just a month ago the Greek volleyball playoffs were put on hold due

 I should explain that at volleyball matches generally there are no away fans allowed, so a stadium

 In volleyball this is barely a quantifiable statistic.

 We are the British volleyball team. We represent 60 million people.

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year May 31 - Generations For Peace achieved another landmark when the Prince Feisal-led initiative today welcomed the first ever delegates from Europe to one of its Camps.

Delegates will also receive training, education and teaching skills in four sports: softball, volleyball

  We are through to the second round of qualifying matches for the European Volleyball Championships

 This is volleyball as it should be.

very excited as we sense we have some momentum and a real chance to raise some eyebrows across the volleyball

Watching how good our young guys are now and thinking of how good they can be and it makes one think about volleyball

By Tom Degun May 17 - FIFA delegates, comprising of representatives from the participating National Federations and officials from the world governing body, have completed their tour of Singapore ahead of the team sports draws for 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games which are set to take place tomorrow. 

Other upcoming draws include the basketball and volleyball drawson May 31 and the handball draw on June

May 14 - The United States Army Chief of Staff General George W. Casey Jr. (pictured) has made a surprise visit to the inaugural Warrior Games to present medals to wounded troops competing in the event.

Casey bypassed the designated VIP section and walked onto the gym floor just after the Army-Marine volleyball

, as the mother of one of the kids quietly said to me: "I didn’t even know we had a volleyball

 However, after what I’ve just witnessed on the volleyball court, I must admit I’m a

won”t pretend that there are positives to take away from this match because anyone who knows volleyball