Olympic swimming champion Adam Peaty is among those to criticise the British Government for failing to include a return to indoor sporting activities in the latest relaxation of coronavirus lockdown restrictions.
South Africa’s multiple Olympic and world swimming medallist Chad Le Clos has admitted that it would be “a bitter pill to swallow” if the Tokyo 2020 Olympics - postponed to 2021 because of COVID-19 - had to be cancelled.
United States swimmer Katie Ledecky, already the holder of five Olympic golds, is targeting five more at the Tokyo 2020 Games.
Olympic swimmer Virdhawal Khade has expressed his frustration at pools remaining closed in India, and has declared he "might have to consider retiring" should the wait continue.
Six women have filed lawsuits alleging that USA Swimming failed to protect them from sexual abuse from coaches Mitch Ivey, Everett Uchiyama and Andy King.
The date for Australian swimmer Shayna Jack's appeal against a four-year doping ban has been set by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) but will not be made public.
Rohan Taylor is set to take over as head coach of Swimming Australia for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after Jacco Verhaeren stepped down.
Olympic champion Mireia Belmonte would welcome the opportunity to be Spain's flagbearer at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The Pan Pacific Swimming Championships have been deferred to 2026 due to a number of sporting events taking place in 2022.
The European Swimming League (LEN) has moved the 2021 edition of the European Short Course Swimming Championships forward by a month to avoid a clash with the World Championships.
The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has announced new dates for the 2020 World Swimming Championships (25m), which are now scheduled to take place in December 2021.
Australian swimmer Shayna Jack has criticised what she claims is a "seriously flawed" anti-doping system and said she is ready to win her fight against her four-year ban after receiving an update on her case from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has sent a message of support to Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee as she recovers from treatment for leukaemia.
The International Swimming Federation (FINA) paid tribute to controversial former Bureau member Coaracy Nunes Filho, who passed away aged 82.
Italian Paolo Barelli has effectively been granted a six-month extension to his reign as President of the European Swimming League (LEN) after the organisation rescheduled its elective Congress for November due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
Commonwealth Games Federation - Sport Manager - London, United Kingdom
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is the international governing body that oversees the quadrennial Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Youth Games. The CGF is a small passionate team, wholeheartedly committed to its vision, mission and values. Based in our central London headquarters and reporting to the CGF’s Sports Director, this role will play a key role within the team, providing operational and strategic support across all areas of the sport programme, including bespoke projects and events.
At the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896, Spyridon Louis won the marathon to become an instant Greek hero. Mike Rowbottom tells the story of how a humble water carrier entered sporting folklore, 125 years on.
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