The volleyball at Earls Court and the beach volleyball at Horse Guards Parade have proven to be popular with television, the written press and photographers alike

London, Great Britain, August 5, 2012 – At the halfway stage of the London 2012 Olympic Games the media coverage of volleyball at Earls Court and beach volleyball at Horse Guards Parade continues to impress.

Here is a selection of the key articles from the world’s international media:

Agencies
Associated Press
http://www.3news.co.nz/Party-is-a-close-second-at-beach-volleyball-venue/tabid/1697/articleID/263732/Default.aspx
http://summergames.ap.org/article/volleyball-and-horse-guards (July 27)
http://summergames.ap.org/article/beach-volleyball-players-awed-majestic-venue (July 27)
http://summergames.ap.org/article/aussie-beach-star-natalie-cook-5th-olympics (July 27)
http://summergames.ap.org/article/beach-vball-brings-jiggling-beat-olympics (July 28)
http://summergames.ap.org/article/slapstick-mishap (July 28)
http://summergames.ap.org/article/beach-volleyball-brings-its-beat-olympics-0 (July 28)
http://summergames.ap.org/article/beach-volleyball-brings-its-beat-olympics-1 (July 28)
http://summergames.ap.org/article/bye-bye-bikinis (July 28)
http://summergames.ap.org/article/cool-olympic-night-forces-bikini-cover-0 (July 28)
http://summergames.ap.org/article/rain-dampens-mood-usually-festive-beach-venue (July 29)
http://summergames.ap.org/article/uk-police-8-charged-over-olympic-ticket-scalping (July 29)
http://summergames.ap.org/article/mauritius-beach-volleyball-pair-make-olympic-debut (July 29)
http://summergames.ap.org/article/dark-clouds (July 29)
http://summergames.ap.org/article/no-dancing-shoes (July 29)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i6v8bYIKq35NVGdq6yvSXzXdE5aA?docId=049dfdb9b87d4f3083709d4c9d18849d (July 29)
http://summergames.ap.org/article/night-shift (July 30)
http://summergames.ap.org/article/4-us-teams-4-wins-start-beach-volleyball-0 (July 30)

Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/04/us-oly-voll-bvvol-wrap-day-idUSBRE8730IS20120804
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/olympics/sns-rt-us-oly-voll-bvvol-day8-cookbre8730au-20120804,0,3206265.story
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/28/oly-voll-bvvol-wrap-day-idUSL6E8IS14820120728 (July 28)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/28/us-oly-voll-bvvol-wrap-day-idUSBRE86R0OB20120728 (July 28)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/29/oly-voll-bvvol-day2-bikinis-idUSL6E8IRM7E20120729 (July 29)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/29/oly-voll-bvwvol-day2-rain-idUSB97412020120729 (July 29)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/07/29/uk-oly-voll-bvmvol-rounds-day-idUKBRE86S0B120120729 (July 29)
AFP
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rheinpfalz.de%2Fcgi-bin%2Fcms2%2Fcms.pl%3Fcmd%3DshowMsg%26tpl%3DrhpMsg_thickbox.html%26path%3D%2Frhp%2Fsport%26id%3Dsid462297570904022f710e0f8f244eeba8.841
Photos:
- Photos from Reuters:
http://www.reuters.com/london-olympics-2012/articles/volleyball/2012/07/30/mauritius-nioun-chin-elodie-li-yuk-lo-fails-save-ball-during-their

- Photos on www.london2012.com:
http://www.london2012.com/photos/sport-galleries/discipline=beach-volleyball/index.html
1) From other major international organizations:
- http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303919504577521043648928680.html (July 17)
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/londons-chilly-summer-could-mean-long-sleeves-over-bikinis-in-olympic-beach-volleyball/2012/07/22/gJQAJv461W_story.html (July 22)
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/24/london-2012-prince-harry-volleyball?newsfeed=true (July 24)
- http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2012/07/28/no-day-at-the-beach-for-volleyball-legends/ (July 28)
- http://sports.yahoo.com/news/beach-vball-brings-jiggling-beat-094907631--oly.html (July 28)
- http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/london/volleyball/story/2012-07-27/beach-volleyball-venue-horse-guards-parade/56542598/1 (July 28)
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2180540/Olympics-Beach-volleyball-Lifes-beach-Horse-Guards-Parade-beach-volleyball-taken-Britain-storm.html (July 29)
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19016564 (July 29)
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/olympics/article-2180756/London-2012-Olympics-Beach-volleyball-crowd-need-drug-testing--Des-Kelly.html (July 29)
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/brazils-emanuel-aka-the-king-arrives-at-beach-volleyball-venue-in-queens-front-yard/2012/07/29/gJQAkjx0HX_story.html (July 29)
- http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-oly-roundup-20120730,0,4403698.story (July 29)
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18904698 (July 29)
- http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Rogers-Dalhausser-Beach-Volleyball-Olympics-164208996.html (July 29)
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/chinese-beach-volleyball-team-that-won-bronze-in-beijing-bounces-back-from-early-loss/2012/07/30/gJQAJ5c7JX_story.html (July 29)
- http://www.clarionledger.com/usatoday/article/56542598 (July 30)