As the Winter Olympic Games get underway, FINA experts are leading the way down lines of investigation aimed at catching out not only athletes who cheat but those who help them to do so across all sports...
The 2004 Olympic bronze medallist has revealed his own fight with cancer - and talked of the inspiration received in a letter from Lance Armstrong - and says he now aims to raise money for and awareness of the condition...
Lethal Leisel has taken off where she left in textile - at the helm of the world rankings (early days yet, of course) on 1:05.85...
Russian rockets take top two jobs at their nation's swim federation; Roma2009 organisers pin hopes on an article that may help them to cover an 8m euro debt; at 21, Adlington opens pool named in her honour; St Petersburg results ...
And so to 2008-09: it began with Coventry taking down Egerszegi's 200 back mark; we had Dale Oen's first for Norway; telling moments in Manchester; doubles for Adlington and Steffen; Phelps's pieces of eight no matter of luck; the 2009 footnote...
From swim teachers who guided Olympic medal winners to the current national team, Canadian swim folk are doing their bit at the winter Games in Vancouver...
Germany's top stroke force is ranged against Britain for the duel in Swansea on February 20-12...
One of Europe's top swim nations has appointed an Aussie as its head coach; Kaio Almeida signs for the Brazilian club for which his granddad once played football...
The Australian swimming coaches association has hit back at allegations that "questionable coach selection policies", in which appointments were made on the "vagaries of one person", have prevailed Down Under. ...
We reach 2007 in our series: Park life; Manaudou's rise and fall; snap for Hayden and Magnini; WR's for Lochte and Hoff; Jones and Lenton wow home crowd; Thorpe's troubles; Phelps "the greatest"; and Swedish sprint day ...
Why Grand Prix organisers in the States relish an entry form carrying the name Phelps; Yannick Agnel, a Frenchman to watch; Leveaux's pre-camp test; Russians sprinters warm up; Trickett warns Aussie bosses; Taiwan's grand designs...
Why the broadcast figures being touted for the Rome world swimming championships - 3.5 billion - should be taken with a large dose of salt...
Members of the UAE royal family gave assurances to Fina's director in Dubai that the world s/c show will go on in December; venue under review; Paris Open pool a world in progress; Togo benefits from LEN-UNICEF work ...
The year of the 2010 suit is well underway but the legacy of suit wars continues; Swiss head coach highlights confusion as swimmers make choices for the season ahead; p-e an issue that rumbles on...
Acting Aussie head coach Leigh Nugent is considering applying for the job proper when newly divided roles of coach and performance manager are advertised in time for appointments to be made in March...
The FINA list of approved suits carries its original January 4 date but now includes four adidas suits and six extra Jaked suits that were not included on the original list; adidas keeps the 2009 Hydrofoil name for 2010 ...
'There has been a purge of key staff and officials at Swimming Australia, which has left the administration without corporate memory or understanding of the principles that underpinned the golden era of the past two decades' - The Australian...
On eve of a training camp in South Africa, Olympic 100m free champion starts his 2010 textile race season with a 49.58sec win in Luxembourg, the time 0.74sec slower than his slowest finals effort of 2009...
Unhappy with a division of responsibilities at the top of the elite programme, Dolphins head coach Alan Thompson accepts a redundancy package; Nugent steps up as head coach, for now; top Aussie jobs to be advertised...
We reach 2006, the year sprint queens Lenton and Steffen made their move; Manaudou marched past Evans; Jones jumped a generation; Davies, Hansen, Phelps, Schipper, Peirsol and Lochte celebrated; and the Thorpedo disarmed...
