Beach volleyball: Shock gold for Germany
Germany stunned world champions Brazil to take gold in the men's beach volleyball as they became the first European team to win the Olympic title.
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Beach Volleyball: Gold again for USA
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh of the United States have won gold in the all-American final of the women's beach volleyball at Horse Guards Parade.
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Beach volleyball: Mixed fortunes for Brazilians
World champions Emanuel Rego and Alison Cerutti of Brazil saved a match point on Monday to progress to the semi-finals of the men's beach volleyball event, but their compatriots Ricardo Santos and Pedro Cunha were knocked out by a German pair.
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Beach volleyball: Rogers & Dalhausser eliminated
Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser, gold medallists in the men's beach volleyball in Beijing in 2008, have been knocked out of the London Olympics by a low-ranked Italian pair in the biggest upset of the tournament so far.
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Beach volleyball: Britain exits Games after loss
British women's beach volleyball players Shauna Mullin and Zara Dampney lost a sudden death play-off on Thursday that ended their Olympic tournament.
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Beach Volleyball: Brazilian Women cruise to win
China's Beijing bronze medallists put a nightmare start to the Olympic women's beach volleyball behind them today, while the Brazilian favourites cruised to a second win.
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Day 1 Beach Volleyball: Russian Women upset odds
A pair of Russian newcomers upset Beijing bronze medallists Zhang Xi and Xue Chen of China in a close Olympic women's beach volleyball opener on Saturday.
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The Netherlands and Russia make London
The Netherlands and Russia has secured the final two places in women's beach volleyball at the Olympics.
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Guide to beach volleyball at the Olympics
Find out about beach volleyball at the Olympics.
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Rogers & Dalhausser take gold
World champions Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser beat Brazil to win the men's Olympic beach volleyball on Friday, making it two out of two for the United States who also won the women's event.
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China claim first beach volleyball medal
Chen Xue and Zhang Xi claimed China's first Olympic beach volleyball medal with a 21-19, 21-17 victory over Renata Ribeiro and Talita Rocha of Brazil on Thursday.
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USA win women's beach volleyball
American pair Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor beat China's Wang Jie and Tian Jie to win the Olympic Games women's beach volleyball gold medal on Thursday.
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US duo reach final
Top-ranked American team Philip Dalhausser and Todd Rogers booked their place in the Olympic beach volleyball final after comfortably seeing off Georgian duo Jorge Terceiro and Renato Gomes on Wednesday.
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Americans beat Brazil to progress
Americans Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh strode closer to their goal of being the first team to defend their Olympic beach volleyball title on Tuesday, beating Brazil 21-12 21-14 to book their berth in the finals.
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US beat Germany in quarter-finals
US world champions Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser beat Germany in a tight and contentious match on Monday, winning a place in the semi-finals of the Olympic beach volleyball.
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Georgia reach first ever semi-final
Renato Gomes and Jorge Terceiro put Georgia in their first ever Olympic beach volleyball semi-final Monday, bringing a glimmer of joy to the ex-Soviet republic after a bloody war with Russia.
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Defending champions US beat Brazil
Defending champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh beat third-ranked Brazil in the quarter-finals of the Olympic beach volleyball on Sunday in the match most people had expected to see as the final.
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US survives, but China bows out
Lucky losers Germany ended China's dream of a medal at the men's beach volleyball, while US favourites Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser narrowly averted being toppled by Switzerland.
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Rogers & Dalhausser back on song
Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser proved that their shock first match loss at the Olympics was just a blip and they are still among the favourites for the beach volleyball gold.
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'We didn't lose to Georgia', Russian insists
A Russian women's beach volleyball player refused to acknowledge having lost to Georgia on Wednesday, questioning the citizenship claims of their Brazilian-born opponents.