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Yoav Bruck, a former swimmer for Israel, is among 27 people who face an International Olympic Committee (IOC) investigation into an alleged breach of strict regulations on the sale of London 2012 tickets; he denies wrongdoing...
The curtain-closer at the Sette Colli meet in Rome saw meet marks from Ryosuke Irie, Japan teammate Aya Terakawa, Marco Koch (GER) and Thiago Pereira (BRA) and solid wins from Lotte Friis, Rikke Moller Pedersen (DEN) and Federica Pellegrini (ITA) ...
At the Sette Colli meet, Ranomi Kromowidjojo crushes oppnenents on 53.06 in 100m free; Japan's backstroke aces Aya Terakawa and Ryosuke Irie took a 100m victory each, respectively ahead of Anastasia Zueva and Camille Lacourt...
There are more fine clashes in store at the Sette Colli meet in Rome today: Irie (JPN) versus Lacourt (FRA) in the 100m backstroke; Kromowidjojo leads Dutch quartet against Sjostrom & Alshammar in 100 free with world champion Ottesen (DEN)...
Britain's top 100m breaststroke swimmer Daniel Sliwinski has withdrawn from the London 2012 Olympics with a shoulder tendon injury; he will be operated on next week and then faces 3 months of rehab...
Back at the scene of his 2009 double world title sprint success, Cesar Cielo joined Dutch speedster Ranomi Kromowidjojo at the helm of the dash merchants at the Sette Colli meet in Rome, the Brazilian just 0.01sec up on Florent Manaudou...
Federica Pellegrini (ITA) warmed up for a home-in-Rome response to French rival Camille Muffat's latest challenge with a 4:07.86 in heats of the 400m free at the Sette Colli meet; Kromowidjojo, Cielo, Sjostrom, VD Burgh & Co in action...
Further detail has emerged about the cause of death following an autopsy on Norwegian world swim champion Alex Dale Oen, whose family have been advised to have heart checks because of a condition that may have been hereditary ...
The Russian Swimming Federation has announced that Andrea Di Nino will be one of the national team coaches for the 2012 Olympic Games in London this summer; he is the first foreign coach to serve on the nation's Olympic squad...
In readiness for the US Olympic trials, Mutual of Omaha’s 14-story headquarters building has become a 70,000-square-foot movie screen for a state-of-the-art 3D projection mapping show dedicated to the event and swimming...
Doctors at a press conference in Oslo today revealed that Alexander dale One, the world 10m breaststroke champion who died on the last day of April, suffered a heart attack caused by a blood clot in one of his coronary arteries...
News Round-Up: The Catalan musician and pianist Albert Guinovart, who received an Oscar for his orchestration of the French movie “The Artist”, will compose the soundtrack for the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona 2013...
Swimming Australia today explained why it felt that Nick D'Arcy and Kenrick Monk deserved to be punished after posing with guns for online photos even though the Dolphins visited a rifle range as a squad activity back in 2007...
Reflections: An Irish senator and former athlete has described Michelle Smith de Bruin, the disgraced swimmer, as his nation's "greatest Olympian” after the Olympic Council of Ireland bypassed her on the trail of the 2012 torch-bearers...
France's Camille Muffat, coached by Fabrice Pellerin in Nice, concluded her Mare Nostrum Tour with a dominant 4:03.72 victory over 400m freestyle in Monte Carlo today, the time giving her 5 among the best 7 performances this year...
Oussama Mellouli (TUN) will not only defend his 1500m freestyle crown in London this summer but will take on the 10km marathon after gatecrashing the open water party off the Portuguese coast with victory in the Olympic qualifier...
After tub-thumping swims over 200m and 400m freestyle at the Canet round of the Mare Nostrum Tour, Camille Muffat (FRA) takes down the Monaco meet record twice in a day: 1:56.42 heats, 1:55.21 final; Agnel brace, 100 and 400m free...
Off the Portuguese coast at Setubal today, Haley Anderson (USA) won the FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier for the last 10 places in the London 2012 10km race this summer, with Eva Risztov (HUN) second just 1.4sec away...
Nick D'Arcy and Kenrick Monk will be sent home from the London 2012 Olympics by the Australian Olympic Committee the moment the swimming programme ends and are barred from social media after posting gun photos online...
David Davies, 1500 bronze in 2004 and marathon silver in 2008, and Daniel Fogg will race for Britain at a home Games over 1500m in the pool but only one will make it to the Serpentine for the 10km - Setubal decider this weekend ...
