Federica Pellegrini, Olympic 200m freestyle champion, is being put under the wrong kind of pressure over an invitation to serve as flag bearer for Italy at the London 2012 Games; she says 'no', blazers say 'come on, we're not asking you to carry The Cross...
Voting is open in America's Golden Goggle Awards. The public can vote...
As the 1st anniversary of the death of Fran Crippen looms, Bryce Elser, US OW manager, says of those in charge: "It's clear that they didn't learn a thing, that they don't care ... coaches and swimmers should never be in a position to make a call on safet...
Michael Phelps, winner of 14 Olympic gold medals and heading for a London 2012 competitive swansong, is to race at the Berlin round of the FINA/Arena World Cup in Berlin next week...
Born on October 13, 1982 in Sydney, Ian Thorpe celebrates his 29th birthday today as he prepares to make his competitive return at the Singapore round of the Arena World Cup...
News Round-Up: Barnier's boys on their bikes in Tenerife; Jason Dunford dreams of a Kenyan swim academy; Pellegrini recalls Castagnetti with fondness...
Cornel Marculescu, Executive Director of FINA, has stepped in to ensure that swimmers racing for clubs beyond their own nation at FINA World Cup events can be identified as such. A new code of CLB will be used on all Omega world cup result...
British swimming is seeking clarification from FINA on the eligibility of Russian marathon Olympic champion Larisa Ilchenko to make a "comeback" in time for the defence of her crown in London 2012 after 15 months out of dope-test pool...
The London 2012 schedule for the girls and guys of Gaul ... with camps in South Africa, Sierra Nevada and Tenerife before final Olympic assembly in Dunkirk; Lacourt bypasses winter nationals; Gilot and Co set for Rouen Arena Sprint...
FINA is looking to ammend the way country codes appear on World Cup result sheets with a view to overcoming confusion over the national identity of swimmers who race for foreign clubs...
Britain's Olympic hopefuls gathered for a briefing session and tour of the London Aquatics Centre at the weekend - and then got to hear some good advice from an Aussie legend in the bargain ahead of Olympic trials next March...
IOC athletes' forum recommends lifetime bans for ‘deliberate and aggravated doping offences’ and tougher action on coaches and doctors involved in illegal practices...
Buck Dawson will be smiling down from the great swim Hall of Fame in the sky as ISHOF acquires Emil Rausch's 1904-06 Olympic medals, found in an attic in Berlin, one of Gaines's golds, with a moving twist, and the Josephson's synchro suits...
Chad Le Clos continued to may hay at the first round of the 2011 Arena World Cup in Dubai, with three more victories taking his tally of gold medals to six - today he claimed the 100m 'fly, 200m medley and 200m backstroke; meet depth poor. ...
China's Liu Xiaoyu and Fan Rong rocketed past best times to get the better of Russian Yuliya Efimova over 100m breaststroke on the opening day of action in the 2011 Arena World Cup in Dubai; Chad Le Clos (RSA) wins three; brace for Dunford...
Britain has announced squads for the European s/c Championships in Poland in December and the Stockholm and Berlin rounds of the Arena World Cup later this month as part of preparations for Olympic trials in London next March ...
News Round-Up: "I believe it would take a tsunami to knock me down" - Cesar Cielo heading into Pan Am Games; Italy's best honour coach Alberto Castagnetti in commemorative relay in Verona; Dawn Fraser Baths is open for summer ...
Comment: When CAS sided with USOC to smite IOC Rule 45 and in so doing (regardless of intent) allow back into the Olympic arena an army of drug cheats, it may have forged the biggest weapon for the war on doping since WADA's birth...
Brits seek clarity and assurance from the IOC on the autonomy of national bodies to determine eligibility for Olympic selection in the wake of a CAS ruling that allowed cheats back into the Olympic fold; Pickering urges lifetime ban...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has ruled the 'Osaka' clause that bars from the Games anyone suspended for more than 6 months "invalid and unenforceable" in a case brought by USOC; IOC to seek tougher measures in WADA Code revision...
