By Duncan Mackay in Chicago   April 5 - Chicago tried to put on a show today to impress the International Olympic Commission (IOC) Evaluation Commission inspecting their proposed venues if they are chosen to host the 2016 Games.

tournaments; Jackson Park, proposed venue for the hockey; Olympic Island, which would stage the beach volleyball

Knipe (pictured) was named today as the new coach of the defending Olympic champion United States men's volleyball

  The 40-year-old will join USA Volleyball while taking a leave of absence from his job of nine years

Knipe said: "Anyone who gets involved with volleyball sets their sights on being involved with the Olympic

Doug Beal, the chief executive of USA Volleyball, said: "I'm very excited to have Alan lead our men's

Knipe (pictured) was named today as the new coach of the defending Olympic champion United States men's volleyball

  The 40-year-old will join USA Volleyball while taking a leave of absence from his job of nine years

Knipe said: "Anyone who gets involved with volleyball sets their sights on being involved with the Olympic

Doug Beal, the chief executive of USA Volleyball, said: "I'm very excited to have Alan lead our men's

March 18 - Vlade Divac (pictured), the former NBA star who is the new president of the Serbian Olympic Committee, today promised to revolutionise the way sport is run in the country to help make it more successful.

"Serbia has always produced excellent tennis players, swimmers, as well as volleyball and basketball

March 13 - John Steele (pictured), UK Sport's chief executive, today warned that if they had not made such tough decisions on funding then it could have affected Britain's chances of being successful at London 2012.

Among the sports most harshly affected have been shooting and volleyball, who have both had to make key

March 13 - British Volleyball has axed Lorne Sawula (pictured), the coach of its women's team, because

British Volleyball has been forced to let him go after they had their funding from UK Sport cut from

Richard Callicott, the president of the British Volleyball Federation (BVF), warned that the cuts could

He said: "It will take the extra support of the volleyball community to turn all these hopes and dreams

"Anything less leaves very little in the legacy pot and British Volleyball all want the international

She said: “I am delighted to be given the opportunity to lead the GB women’s indoor volleyball programme

March 13 - British Volleyball has axed Lorne Sawula (pictured), the coach of its women's team, because

British Volleyball has been forced to let him go after they had their funding from UK Sport cut from

Richard Callicott, the president of the British Volleyball Federation (BVF), warned that the cuts could

He said: "It will take the extra support of the volleyball community to turn all these hopes and dreams

"Anything less leaves very little in the legacy pot and British Volleyball all want the international

She said: “I am delighted to be given the opportunity to lead the GB women’s indoor volleyball programme

By John Steele - 13 March 2009     The end of March signals the end of UK Sport’s Beijing cycle of investment and the beginning of the new Olympiad that takes us through to London 2012. The investment of the past four years has born incredible fruit, with the amazing Olympic and Paralympic success of Beijing accompanied by a shift in attitude and approach across the elite sports landscape.      

Sport   Comments As you say we have to move on but I can't understand why, when Beach Volleyball

UK Sport encouraged tens of young handball, volleyball and water polo players to believe that they

A commitment of £480m no less which did give volleyball (£5.6m) and handball (£645,000

Volleyball is one such sport who did well against UK Sports Mission 2012 Traffic Lights system and worked

By Richard Callicott, President British Volleyball Federation 20 March 2009 at 13:40pm  

Sport   Comments As you say we have to move on but I can't understand why, when Beach Volleyball

UK Sport encouraged tens of young handball, volleyball and water polo players to believe that they

A commitment of £480m no less which did give volleyball (£5.6m) and handball (£645,000

Volleyball is one such sport who did well against UK Sports Mission 2012 Traffic Lights system and worked

By Richard Callicott, President British Volleyball Federation 20 March 2009 at 13:40pm  

for 2012 is to fight to improve the athletics, swimming and three big balls [football, basketball, volleyball

MARCH 6 - OLYMPIC gold medallist Darren Campbell (pictured) today helped launch the 2010 UK School Games, which will be held in Wales for the first time, during a ceremony at Cardiff Castle.

which will join athletics, badminton, fencing, gymnastics, hockey, judo, swimming, table tennis and volleyball

with practical sports covering rules and skills in four sports: Basketball, Football, Softball and Volleyball

receive sport training, rules and teaching skills in four sports: basketball, football, softball and volleyball

In previous camps, the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and the Federation Internationale de

  FEBRUARY 12 - A LEADING British Volleyball official today claimed pre-Olympics funding cuts have placed

  Volleyball was one of the main losers last month when the victims of a £50 million cash shortfall

British Volleyball, the game's governing body in this country, saw its pre-Beijing budget of £4.3 million

Paddy Murphy, a member of the British Volleyball Board and the president of the Northern Ireland Volleyball

bitterly disappointed that UK Sport has reduced the figure which they indicated would be available to volleyball

Volleyball and the other sports dealt cash cuts have until early next month to decide whether to take

  FEBRUARY 12 - A LEADING British Volleyball official today claimed pre-Olympics funding cuts have placed

  Volleyball was one of the main losers last month when the victims of a £50 million cash shortfall

British Volleyball, the game's governing body in this country, saw its pre-Beijing budget of £4.3 million

Paddy Murphy, a member of the British Volleyball Board and the president of the Northern Ireland Volleyball

bitterly disappointed that UK Sport has reduced the figure which they indicated would be available to volleyball

Volleyball and the other sports dealt cash cuts have until early next month to decide whether to take

FEBRUARY 11 - A HANDBALL ARENA to be built for London 2012 that will become a new multi-sports facility in legacy is set to start construction this summer after it was given planning permission.

a 2,743 sq metre field of play hosting sports including five-a-side football, netball, basketball, volleyball