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Istanbul, world s/c championships, day 1 semis: Olympic 100m champion Ruta Meilutyte, the England-based Lithuanian, set her second championships mark of the day with a 29.51 in the second line-up...
World S/C Championships, Istanbul, Day 1 heats: Olympic champion Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) sets 29.56 champs record in 50m breaststroke; Ryan Lochte (USA) leads 200 free and 100 'fly; Katinka Hosszu (HUN) leads 200 'fly and 2nd through in 400IM...
Phelps slayer Chad Le Clos (RSA) and Chinese Olympic champions Ye Shiwen and Jiao Liuyang will head their national teams at the inaugural BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series in Perth against Australia on January 18-19...
Michael Phelps, retired and out there playing golf, is gone but not forgotten at the world s/c champs in Turkey, his image lording over proceedings; the greatest Olympian of all time is also in line for annual awards at TIME, Laureus and SI...
Organisers of the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona next July launch their ticket sales campaign today, with prices starting at just 9 euros...
Nine solo Olympic champions, five men, three women, made it from London to Istanbul 2012 world s/c champs, those eight alone worth turning up for as the Year of the Teenage Bolter and Trauma on the Comeback Trail draws to a close...
The inaugural European Games were approved today by the continents Olympic committees, Baku the host in June 2015, right before world titles, in the middle of the Mare Nostrum Tour, British Trials, Paris Open and all the rest...
Luis Villanueva, the Technical Director of the Spanish Swimming Federation, will take up the role of High Performance Director in New Zealand...
Britain is to switch to later trials, moving from a spring date to one a month out from the major international event of the year, in keeping with the US model recommended in a review of London 2012 performances; GB Open to be held March...
Rebecca Adlington has held talks with the British federation after criticising the board over its handling of a post-Games review; federation to meet athlete leadership group next month...
Two USA NAG records still stand from 36 years ago, the oldest in the USA. Why - asks guest writer Chuck Warner...
Scott Talbot, son of Don Talbot and Jan Cameron, is leaving New Zealand to take up anew role created by the NSW Institute of Sport and Sydney University. The starts his new life in January....
Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington has called for a radical shake-up of British Swimming's ruling board and says she feels "insulted, disheartened and saddened" because British Swimming "ignored" athletes...
Ellen Gandy, the medal hope at a home Olympic Games in London who froze in the headlights and went down as the biggest miss on the British team, is switching allegiance to Australia...
The following recommendations have been made to the board of British Swimming bythe Review Panel considering how to respond to Britain's underperformance in the pool at a home Games in London this past summer...
The board of British Swimming has welcomed the review paqnel report into British performances in the pool at London 2012 and says "system not broken"...
Dennis Pursley, the American head coach to Britain whose contract ended with racing at the London 2012 Olympics, on blame, "poor leadership" and a “perfect storm” of events that left swimmers “just the wrong side of a fine line” ...
News Round-Up: Olympic 100m back champion Matt Grevers and Kevin Cordes set US records in the 100y back and 100y breast and Missy Franklin took a brace of victories at US nationals; Christensen doubles at Danish nationals ...
A spring in the step on the first day of summer Down Under - an open letter from The Dolphins issued today...
The Lance Armstrong doping scandal, relevant to all international sports, took a new twist today when the UCI announced an independent inquiry into all matters related to the USADA decision to ban the cyclist for life ...
