Beach Volleyball Headlines

• Walsh, May-Treanor aim to be better than ever POSTED: Mar 23, 7:44p ET | UPDATED: Mar 23, 7:49p ET By Associated Press When Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor went their separate ways after winning a second straight Olympic beach volleyball gold medal, competitors had reason to hope that they wouldn't have to face the world's most dominant team again in London in 2012.
• British beach vball gets host nation places POSTED: Mar 22, 9:20p ET | UPDATED: Mar 22, 9:26p ET By Associated Press Britain will compete in Olympic beach volleyball for the first time after being awarded host nation qualification places for the 2012 London Games.
• April Ross to Jersey Shore: It's over POSTED: Mar 15, 11:00a ET | UPDATED: Mar 15, 11:14a ET By Matt Stroup Or so she said of her brief stint following the show's cast on Twitter, an ending of allegiances that won her the latest Tweet of the Week.
• Gold medalists can't stay away from the beach POSTED: Mar 9, 1:50p ET | UPDATED: Mar 9, 2:06p ET By Jon Ackerman If all goes according to plan, women's beach volleyball gold medalists from the past three Olympics will step on the sand at the London Olympics next summer.
• Further changes made to World Tour schedule POSTED: Mar 9, 1:20p ET | UPDATED: Mar 9, 1:24p ET By International Volleyball Federation The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has announced -- in an effort to optimize the calendar, satisfy promoter requests and obtain maximum exposure for what is a very busy 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour season -- that the double gender Guangzhou Open will no longer take place.
• For Walsh/May-Treanor, road to London starts now POSTED: Mar 7, 3:43p ET | UPDATED: Mar 7, 3:53p ET By Hans Stolfus, Special to Universal Sports As NBCSports.com reported Friday evening, golden girls Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor have reunited for a run at an unprecedented third-consecutive Olympic gold medal. So, realistically, what's it going to take for them to get there? And if they do arrive at Horse Guards Parade donning red, white and blue, what shot do they really have of topping the podium one more time?
• 2012 beach vball venue given go-ahead POSTED: Jan 18, 5:57p ET | UPDATED: Jan 18, 5:58p ET By Reuters Horse Guards Parade, in London's political heartland, has been given planning permission to host the 2012 Olympic beach volleyball events, London Games organisers said on Tuesday.
• Far from sea, London's "beach" in prime location POSTED: Jan 17, 7:50p ET | UPDATED: Jan 17, 8:06p ET By Jon Ackerman It's official: Beach volleyball is booked for the Horse Guards Parade at the 2012 Olympics. The Westminster City Council last week approved plans for a temporary 15,000-seat stadium to host the competition.
• The Brazilians are gaining POSTED: Jan 11, 5:15p ET | UPDATED: Jan 11, 5:45p ET By Jon Ackerman Brazil's Ricardo Santos and Marcio Araujo finally topped Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser. Granted, it was just an exhibition match last week in Brazil.
• Best of 2010: Rogers/Dalhausser are Most Dominant POSTED: Dec 28, 10:22a ET | UPDATED: Dec 28, 12:09p ET By Jon Ackerman After a down year by their high standards, Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser committed to defending their Olympic title in 2012. That returned their focus, and ultimately their play, to a level they're accustomed to, a level that earned Rogers and Dalhausser honors as Universal Sports' Most Dominant Athletes of 2010.
• FIVB releases 2011 World Tour schedule POSTED: Dec 16, 7:41p ET | UPDATED: Dec 16, 7:49p ET By International Volleyball Federation The FIVB is pleased to announce the confirmation of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar for 2011 with a total of 14 men's and 16 women's events across 13 countries highlighted by the eighth edition of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships from June 14-26 in Italy and total prize money of $7.64 million, with the opening event being the Brasilia Open in Brazil from April 18-24.