By Karim Bashir - 22 January 2009   The dust has settled since UK Sport announced the funding allocation for the Olympic and Paralympic sports that hadn’t been told what funding they were getting for the London cycle last year. 

from the previous funding cycle; highest cut to lowest: shooting, wrestling, weightlifting, fencing, volleyball

Trying tell that to the handball and volleyball players recruited to take part in London 2012 by UK

  UK SPORT'S chief executive John Steele (pictured) today defended the Government agency's decision to overlook eight sports and disciplines for funding for London 2012.

That has led to several sports, including handball, table tennis and volleyball, being overlooked for

Play the Game will also welcome back Mario Goijman, the Argentinean volleyball leader who blew the whistle

on a number of serious corruption issues at the heart of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB

efforts to halt corruption and many will look forward to hearing his evaluation of the situation in volleyball

  BRITISH VOLLEYBALL has been backed to continue making progress in the build-up to the London 2012

He said: "We appeal to the British Government to invest in the development of volleyball and beach volleyball

players in Great Britain and I am convinced the British Volleyball Federation will receive support from

Britain has never qualified to compete at indoor volleyball in the Olympics since it made its debut at

the Tokyo Games in 1964 and has competed only once in beach volleyball, in Atlanta in 1996, when the

Wei said: "The FIVB can guarantee that British volleyball and beach volleyball teams will compete at

  BRITISH VOLLEYBALL has been backed to continue making progress in the build-up to the London 2012

He said: "We appeal to the British Government to invest in the development of volleyball and beach volleyball

players in Great Britain and I am convinced the British Volleyball Federation will receive support from

Britain has never qualified to compete at indoor volleyball in the Olympics since it made its debut at

the Tokyo Games in 1964 and has competed only once in beach volleyball, in Atlanta in 1996, when the

Wei said: "The FIVB can guarantee that British volleyball and beach volleyball teams will compete at

  SPORT ENGLAND today announced an investment of £480 million to deliver grassroots sporting opportunities and a lasting Olympic legacy of one million people playing more sport.

Among the biggest winners are volleyball, whose elite programme is in danger after they were controversially

Lisa Wainwright, the chief executive of Volleyball England, said: “Volleyball England caters for three

different Olympic and Paralympic disciplines including indoor volleyball, beach volleyball and sitting

volleyball.  

wider opportunities the London 2012 Games affords us as a worldwide sport, will enable us to drive volleyball

  WOMEN'S football has benefitted at the expense of hockey, basketball and badminton as New Zealand today began distributing funds in the build-up to London 2012.

Sports such as archery, gymsports, beach volleyball and wrestling got "tailored applications" for smaller

  WOMEN'S football has benefitted at the expense of hockey, basketball and badminton as New Zealand today began distributing funds in the build-up to London 2012.

Sports such as archery, gymsports, beach volleyball and wrestling got "tailored applications" for smaller

  CHICAGO 2016 officials today unveiled several venue changes that they claim will benefit athletes and the community, and make their bid more attractive.

picturesque views of the Chicago skyline, will now host canoe/kayaking and sailing, as well as beach volleyball

  BRITAIN'S women's volleyball team said that the disappointment of being overlooked for funding last

It was a filip for the team after volleyball were among several sports overlooked for funding when UK

Kenny Barton, the performance programme manager at British Volleyball Federation, said: “The team certainly

experience all forms part of our development performance programme to build the country’s standing in world volleyball

  BRITAIN'S women's volleyball team said that the disappointment of being overlooked for funding last

It was a filip for the team after volleyball were among several sports overlooked for funding when UK

Kenny Barton, the performance programme manager at British Volleyball Federation, said: “The team certainly

experience all forms part of our development performance programme to build the country’s standing in world volleyball

  THE AMOUNT of adults involved in sport has grown by half-a-million, according to new research published today.

Other sports have enjoyed a big rise was volleyball, where the number of adults taking part in weekly

Lisa Wainwright, the chief executive of Volleyball England stated “The statistics released today demonstrate

including the Youth Sport Trust and Sport England to expand the opportunities for the worldwide sport of Volleyball

"Through the implementation of the new strategic plan for Volleyball England we aim to provide further

opportunities for 500,000 people to experience volleyball for the first time by 2013 whilst enhancing

  MIXED-GENDER events and 3-on-3 basketball are among the planned innovations for the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore in 2010, it was announced.

The four team sports - football, handball, hockey and volleyball - will consist of one national team

  CHICAGO 2016 announced today three appointments to the bid’s leadership team, including Robert Ctvrtlik (pictured) as vice chairman for international relations.

Ctvrtlik, a three-time Olympian and two-time medalist in men’s volleyball, has worked closely with Chicago

Fencing and volleyball have already been moved to existing permanent sites as the Government is under