Olympic Volleyball News Archives

FOUR countries are considering basing themselves in High Wycombe for the London 2012 Olympics a ' with more expected to declare their interest soon.

BIO: Jason Kucherawy is a comedian and tour guide. He is a co-founder of Tour Guys, a walking tour company based in Toronto and Vancouver.

The expression on Johnathan Botelhoa s face on Tuesday at the Northern Sport Centre belied his thoughts.

AUSTRALIA is in danger of becoming an Olympic Games also-ran, with AOC boss John Coates to today issue a blunt warning about just how far we could fall as a sporting nation.

Making the U.S. Winter Olympic team is no clear-cut deal. Most athletes earn their spots not at Olympic trials, but based on their performances during World Cup events in the months leading up to the Games.

Thompsonite Darion Latchman will set off Olympic torch celebrations in his northern community.

The head of South African organizers for next year's World Cup thinks a successful tournament could lead to the Olympics being hosted on that continent for the first time in 2020.

Chinese sports officials struck a deal to bring the Olympics to Beijing, promising to support Jacques Rogge's bid to head the International Olympic Committee in return for European backing for Beijing's bid, according to a recently released memoir.

The U.S. Olympic Committee officially ended Reno-Tahoe's hopes to host the 2018 Winter Olympics on Friday by not submitting bids for any U.S. cities by Friday's deadline.

Now, look. I've given it a week or so for it to settle down but there's just no getting away from it.

Anyone who argues about which sports deserve to be in the summer Olympic Games has to acknowledge that eccentricity, caprice and politics have influenced choices.

There were no boards, padded or otherwise, or little red cones to round when speedskater Jessica Hewitt first started to slip, slide and glide across the ice.

Bury St Edmunds has been chosen by the Rwandan Olympic team as its pre-Games training camp in 2012.

TRURO A boy who grew up playing sports for the love of the game will carry the Olympic torch into Truro next month.

Registration is now open for the 19th Annual Southland Senior Olympics, hosted by the city of Anaheim from Oct.

People celebrate on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Oct. 2, 2009, after the International Olympic Committee chose Rio as host of the 2016 Summer Games over Madrid, Tokyo and Chicago.

If the idea of 'flying down to Rio' for the 2016 Olympic Games appeals, here's a snapshot of Cidada Maravilhosa .

Scott Koskie wants to take volleyball to the next level in Canada. The former captain of Canada's national volleyball team and recently retired professional player has started at the grassroots by forming a "Success For Sports" company to teach the game's skills to young Manitoba players.

The Bethlehem Special Olympics team won 10 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals at the Pennsylvania Eastern Fall Sectional qualifier tournament held at East Stroudsburg State University on Sunday, October 4, 2009.

Computer generated photo illustration shows the Maracana soccer venue and the Maracanazinho volleyball venue that Brazil is hoping to build in Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympics.

Rio de Janiero residents flock to Copacabana beach yesterday to celebrate their city being awarded the 2016 Olympics.

After years of sales pitches and lobbying, the officials backing golf and rugby are days away from finding out whether those sports will return to the Olympic program.

Phil Mahre, a 1984 Gold Metalist, talks about his Olympic experience and the Olympics of today at a press conference for the Comcast "Local Heroes" Campaign held Wednesday at the Seattle Westin.

Volleyball's bumps and spikes at the first conference round robin, and learning not to get your hopes up over surefire Olympic bids Volleyball teams from the far-flung reaches of the UAA packed into Rochester's Palestra Arena this weekend, as the Yellowjackets played host to 2009's first ound robin event.

The Olympic flag was raised for the first time over Rio Monday, capping a dreamlike weekend and awakening the city to the realities of the massive infrastructure challenges to be met before hosting the 2016 Games.

British Olympic chiefs say a A 10m sponsorship deal for - Team 2012' is a major step towards plugging a funding gap for athletes in the run-up to the London Games.

Pinned you! And again! And again! And... a No, there won't be a torch-lighting -- someone's short hairs might get singed -- but all the Olympic sports you love are coming to Baker Beach sans those pesky jerseys, leotards, or other articles of apparel.

September 28, 2009 -- Universal Sports and UniversalSports.com will air and live-stream NBC5 News Chicago's coverage of the Friday, October 2, announcement of the winning bid city for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

Politicians and celebrities have arrived in Copenhagen in support of their respective countries bids for the 2016 Olympics.

Springfield, Missouri's Community Olympic Development Program has selected a Springfield youth representative to participate in the inaugural Singapore 2010 Friendship Camp .

THE founder of the modern Olympic games, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, insisted that taking part in the event was equally as important as winning.

BRITISH volleyball is keen to bring more games north of the Border to help the build-up to the 2012 Olympics in London, writes RODDY MACKENZIE.

Nearly all who compete in the Olympics are soon forgotten by the vast majority of the global audience.

For samba and the best beach volleyball venue in the world, an Olympics in Rio de Janeiro won't lack in festive feel.

The official announcement is expected before noon today local time. FOLLOW Latest news at www.WalworthCountyToday.com: WSD hosting national volleyball tournament

Miami is in the business of hosting major sporting events, and it's something we do pretty damn well.

GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD DECISION DAY: THERE is something about the Danes which is suited to the ghastly business of Olympism.

Copacabana beachgoers prepared on Thursday for a Samba-infused celebration, promising an Olympic "Carnival" in 2016 if Rio de Janeiro is awarded the world's biggest sporting event.

Supporters of Chicago 2016 cheer as a boat carrying IOC members to the opening ceremonies of the the 121st International Olympic Committee Session and XIII Olympic Congress at the Copenhagen Opera House passes in Copenhagen.

Friday's vote by the International Olympic Committee in Copenhagen to select the host city for the 2016 Summer Games is too close to call.