Media impressed with volleyball and beach volleyball London Olympics
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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 |
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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)
Other sources:
- http://www.davisclipper.com/view/full_story/19587981/article-Jake-Gibb-survives-cancer--gets-back-into-London-Olympics?instance=lead_story_left_column (July 26)
- http://www.ctvolympics.ca/court-sports/news/article/beach-volleyball-star-cook-say-goodbye-after-london-2012.html (July 27)
- http://www.estevanmercury.ca/article/GB/20120727/CP17/307279834/-1/estmercury/beach-volleyball-brings-london-splendour-big-stars-to-horse-guards&template=cpart (July 27)
- http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/5e7f395dc45c744638fce7813cbafabd/OLY--BVL-Beach-Volleyball (July 29)
International
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/blighty/2012/07/olympic-beach-volleyball
Canada
http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/07/30/horse-guards-parade-venue-injecting-life-into-olympic-beach-volleyball/
France
France Info http://www.franceinfo.fr/basket-volley-hand/yannick-noah-au-beach-volley-694497-2012-08-02
Germany
Financial Times 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.ftd.de%2Fsport%2Folympia%2Fballsport-os%2F%3Aolympia-2012-beachvolleyball-bringt-briten-in-partylaune%2F70070647.html
Serbia
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.b92.net%2Fsport%2Flondon2012%2Fodbojka%2Fvesti.php%3Fyyyy%3D2012%26mm%3D08%26dd%3D01%26nav_id%3D631482
USA
ESPN http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/volleyball/story/_/id/8233038/2012-summer-olympics-kerri-walsh-jennings-misty-treanor-win-advance-quarterfinals
USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/london/volleyball/story/2012-08-04/beach-volleyball-usa-london-olympics/56792524/1
Sports Illustrated http://olympics-2012.si.com/2012/07/31/biggest-trailblazer-at-bikini-beach-is-in-referees-stand-wearing-a-hijab/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/american-beach-volleyball-star-kerri-walsh-jennings-will-play-with-pinkeye/2012/07/31/gJQA7GUgMX_story.html
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=8217459
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/olympics/london-giddy-beach-volleyball-sport/story?id=16897205
United Kingdom
Daily Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9442527/London-2012-Olympics-beach-volleyball-is-pure-box-office-and-the-noisy-spectacle-appears-here-to-stay.html
Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/layla-annalee/our-athletes-are-the-perfect-inspiration_b_1738317.html
VOLLEYBALL
Articles and photos
From agencies:
AP
- http://summergames.ap.org/article/hooker-paces-us-3-1-olympic-win-over-skorea-1 (July 28)
- http://summergames.ap.org/article/us-men-volleyballers-open-beating-serbia-0 (July 29)
- http://summergames.ap.org/article/us-volleyball-star-destinee-hooker-gets-work (July 30)
- http://summergames.ap.org/content/zhang-lei-gozde-sonsirma-0 (PICTURE, July 30)
Reuters
- http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/28/oly-voll-vowmen-day1-gbr-idUSL4E8IS0EY20120728 (July 28)
- http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/28/oly-voll-women-alg-day-idUSL6E8IS1DS20120728 (July 28)
- http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/29/oly-voll-vowvbl-day-idUSL6E8IT00820120729 (July 28)
- http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/29/oly-voll-vomvbl-heats-day2-argentina-idUSL6E8IT2Q420120729 (July 29)
- http://www.reuters.com/london-olympics-2012/articles/volleyball/2012/07/29/britains-mark-plotyczer-spikes-ball-bulgarias-vladimir-nikolov (July 29)
- http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/29/oly-voll-vomvbl-heats-day-idUSL6E8IT1OS20120729 (July 29)
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Photos:
- Photos from AP (see section above)
- Photos from Reuters:
http://www.reuters.com/london-olympics-2012/articles/volleyball/2012/07/30/performers-lift-one-their-team-air-during-pre-game-show-ahead-womens
- Photos on www.london2012.com:
http://www.london2012.com/photos/sport-galleries/discipline=volleyball/index.html
2) From other major international organizations:
- http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-07-28/sports/ct-spt-0729-olympics-volleyball-women--20120729_1_women-open-volleyball-spikes-first-ever-gold (July 28)
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/volleyball/9436049/London-2012-Olympics-Fans-give-Earls-Court-roof-a-workout-but-Team-GB-mens-volleyball-team-fall-short.html (July 29)
- http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-oly-mens-volleyball-20120730,0,4754377.story (July 29)
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2180579/Olympics-2012-Row-row-seats--tickets-sent-foreign-VIPs-black-market.html (July 29)
Other sources:
- http://www.wboy.com/story/19131038/berg-wants-gold-before-ending-volleyball-career (July 27)
- http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=8211364 (July 29)
- http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=8213236 (July 30)
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