July 23 - Britain women's volleyball captain Maria Bertelli (pictured) has admitted that the country's

Volleyball was one of the sports to be told that its funding would be slashed ahead of the London Games

, a decision that has left the British Volleyball Federation having to juggle its priorities.    

She said: "The choices are made by the British Volleyball Federation and by the coaching staff.  

In March British Volleyball was forced to let women's team coach Lorne Sawula go after they had their

July 20 - Buckingham Group Contracting started construction work on the Olympic Handball Arena today, two months ahead of schedule, it was announced.

including basketball, wheelchair basketball, boxing, handball, badminton, judo, netball, futsal and volleyball

  By Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson - 13 July 2009 I was delighted to be asked to be involved in the work of the Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation because having been through the system, I recognise that there are many challenges and barrier that women face, both in terms of participation, and getting in to coaching.  

lacking.fact By Josie Cichockyj, three-time GB Paralympian 13 July 2009 at 19:55pm Come and join us in Volleyball

lacking.fact By Josie Cichockyj, three-time GB Paralympian 13 July 2009 at 19:55pm Come and join us in Volleyball

Kenyan marathon runner Eric Wainaina (pictured), the Olympic silver and bronze medallist, has given Tokyo's bid to host the 2016 Games a big boost as their delegation arrived in Abuja to present its case.

include Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda and Yuko Arakida, a member of the Japanese volleyball

Patrick Baumann (pictured), secretary general of the world governing basketball federation FIBA, has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to change the system of how they allocate places in the Games.

Baumann said: "From their [the IOC] perspective there’s the problem that handball wants more, that volleyball

Britain’s Olympians and Paralympians are returning to competition this year with encouraging evidence that the success of Beijing is being built on, according to a new report published today by UK Sport.

Only two sports – handball and sitting volleyball – have a ‘red’ rating that suggests significant change

June 26 - Australia's Kevan Gosper (pictured), a senior member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has praised the unprecedented preparations of London 2012.

remembered for its iconic venues including tennis at Wimbledon, archery at Lord’s Cricket Ground and beach volleyball

June 25 - José Ramón Fernández (pictured) has today been re-elected president of the Cuban Olympic Committee for the 2009-2012 term, in which the London Olympics will be the main goal.

of Ministers, said that for London 2012 Cuba will concentrate on boxing, athletics, judo, wrestling, volleyball

June 24 - More than 60 athletes have been chosen to represent Britain at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Tampere, Finland, next month, it was announced today.

total of nine sports: athletics, cycling, gymnastics, judo, swimming, tennis, basketball, handball and volleyball

June 20 - The inaugural Caribbean Games in Trinidad have been canceled due to concerns about the risk of spreading swine flu, it has been announced.

At least a dozen participants in a volleyball tournament, including players from the Trinidad and Suriname

By David Owen   June 18 - Olympia is being viewed as a possible venue for the 2012 Olympic boxing competition, as efforts continue to solve the one remaining conundrum relating to where sports are to be staged.

It is located to the west of the city in West Kensington, not far from Earls Court, the proposed volleyball

By David Owen   June 18 - Olympia is being viewed as a possible venue for the 2012 Olympic boxing competition, as efforts continue to solve the one remaining conundrum relating to where sports are to be staged.

It is located to the west of the city in West Kensington, not far from Earls Court, the proposed volleyball

The Princess Royal has visited the multi-million pound Sports Centre at the University of Ulster at Jordanstown and met some of Northern Ireland's most successful sportsmen and women.

representatives from a number of sports, including basketball, fencing, gaelic games, golf, hockey and volleyball

May 30 - Canadian-born Jason Haldane (pictured) is due to make his debut for Britain's volleyball team

and Belgium and who won volleyball’s equivalent of the Champions League in 2001, is seen by British volleyball

appearing at the London Olympics in 2012.Kenny Barton, the performance programme manager of British Volleyball

athlete and for a player of his calibre to be joining the squad on the road to 2012 is a major coup for volleyball

side will act as a warm up to the British squad’s assault on this year’s Confederation European de Volleyball

in this summer’s inaugural women’s European League.It will be a mouth watering double header of top volleyball