By Tom Degun February 15 - The National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of Iran have elected a new Board and Executive Committee for 2010 at their General Assembly in Tehran.  

their country at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games including the gold medal for the men’s sitting volleyball

By Tom Degun February 10 - Volleyball England have today announced that Great Britain Sitting Volleyball

Volleyball and the future looks very promising.

"The formation of a Great Britain Women’s Sitting Volleyball Development Programme comes at

a time when sitting volleyball is continuing to grow ahead of 2012.

  "London 2012 offers a great opportunity for sitting volleyball: we are confident that

In sitting volleyball, the international rules for standing volleyball apply in principle, with amendments

But let’s consider one or two examples: Take volleyball.

Furthermore, fans of the sport would still have the beach volleyball competitions to look forward to

As with volleyball, cycling would not lose its seat at the Summer Olympics table because of its outdoor

January 25 - The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has started to develop a long term strategy for rugby sevens in England at all levels by hosting a pivotal planning forum for over 70 key stakeholders in the game, looking ahead to the inclusion of the sport in the Olympics from 2016.

country.Presenters at the conference included David Faulkner from England Hockey and Simon Golding from beach volleyball

By Duncan Mackay January 19 - Stefanie Reid (pictured), one of Canada's top disabled athletes, has switched her allegiance and hopes to compete for Britain at the London 2012 Paralympics, UK Athletics announced today.

Reid, who used to captain the rugby, basketball, and volleyball teams at high school, and also used to

By Duncan Mackay January 8 - The United States Defence Department and United States Olympic Committee (USOC) have launched the inaugural Warrior Games for troops injured in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at a special ceremony at the Pentagon.

host the Games, and events will include shooting, swimming, archery,track and field, cycling, sitting volleyball

January 8 - World record holder Richard Whitehead (pictured) is urging athletes to sign up for the talent identification campaign "Talent 2012: Paralympic Potential".

As well as running, he also currently plays sitting volleyball, has competed as an elite swimmer and

By Tom Degun January 4 - ParalympicsGB today begun hosting the first of their preparation camps for the London 2012 Games at the University of Bath on the same day they have announced that Dr Nick Webborn (pictured) will be the team's chief medical officer for 2012.

will be hosting nine sports: archery, fencing, goalball, judo, powerlifting, shooting, table tennis, volleyball

December 25 - The World Speed Press Championships being held in Crawley on Sunday will be raising money for Paralympics GB, to help send competitors to Vancouver 2010 and aid preparations for London 2012.

vaulters until an injury ended his career in August 2008, who is now a member of the British sitting volleyball

"Volleyball is not a widely played sport in Britain although it is popular around the world and

" Walker only took up volleyball in October after his doctor told him he would never recover

" He was fast-tracked in Britain's volleyball squad.

nbsp;"After a few training sessions, I got included in the 20-man squad that met at the national volleyball

December 25 - The World Speed Press Championships being held in Crawley on Sunday will be raising money for Paralympics GB, to help send competitors to Vancouver 2010 and aid preparations for London 2012.

vaulters until an injury ended his career in August 2008, who is now a member of the British sitting volleyball

"Volleyball is not a widely played sport in Britain although it is popular around the world and

" Walker only took up volleyball in October after his doctor told him he would never recover

" He was fast-tracked in Britain's volleyball squad.

nbsp;"After a few training sessions, I got included in the 20-man squad that met at the national volleyball

December 18 - Commonwealth Games gold medallist and former acting chief executive of Sport England Stephen Baddeley (pictured left) has been appointed as the new director of sport at the University of Bath, it was announced today.

high performance bases at the University including modern pentathlon, bob skeleton, badminton, beach volleyball

December 12 - Dave Brailsford (pictured), the performance director of British Cycling, has accused UK Sport or reducing London 2012 to the "have-a-go Games" after they cut his sport's funding by more than £500,000.

rather than the £26.9 originally announced as Britain's minor Olympic sports, like handball and volleyball

athletes participate in all sports - and the subsequent new investment in disciplines such as handball, volleyball

December 12 - Dave Brailsford (pictured), the performance director of British Cycling, has accused UK Sport or reducing London 2012 to the "have-a-go Games" after they cut his sport's funding by more than £500,000.

rather than the £26.9 originally announced as Britain's minor Olympic sports, like handball and volleyball

athletes participate in all sports - and the subsequent new investment in disciplines such as handball, volleyball

By Tom Degun December 11 - Derek Mapp (pictured), the executive chairman of the British Amateur Boxing Association (BABA), claims that the sport has been short-changed by UK Sport's decision yesterday to award it less than £1 million extra to help it prepare for London 2012 when women are due to make their debut on the Olympic programme.  

" Richard Callicott, President of British Volleyball, was just as pleased that his sport's funding

By Tom Degun December 11 - Derek Mapp (pictured), the executive chairman of the British Amateur Boxing Association (BABA), claims that the sport has been short-changed by UK Sport's decision yesterday to award it less than £1 million extra to help it prepare for London 2012 when women are due to make their debut on the Olympic programme.  

" Richard Callicott, President of British Volleyball, was just as pleased that his sport's funding