Athletes across the six major disciplines governed by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) are being asked to give their preference on the new dates for the 2021 World Championships.
International Swimming League (ISL) has announced a solidarity programme to fund athletes and plans to organise a “radical swimming event” in October and November.
Australian swimmer Shayna Jack is reportedly set to take the stand during her Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearing after she appealed her four-year ban for testing positive for a prohibited substance.
World champion Boglárka Kapás is among nine of the Hungarian national swimming team to test positive for coronavirus.
Tributes have been paid to Helsinki 1952 Olympic swimming champion John Davies, who has passed away age 90.
Japanese swimming star Rikako Ikee has returned to the pool for the first time since she was diagnosed with leukaemia in February of last year.
World Athletics and the International Swimming Federation (FINA) have both revealed they are open to rescheduling their respective World Championships in 2021 following the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Retired South African swimming star Cameron van der Burgh has revealed he has struggled with COVID-19 for the past two weeks.
The International Swimming League (ISL) pledged to rearrange their season if the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are postponed.
Banned swimmer Roland Schoeman could be thrown a lifeline in his bid to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after the South African National Swimming Championships were called off due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The chief executive of USA Swimming, Tim Hinchey, has written an open letter to the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) urging it to "advocate for the postponement of the Olympic Games".
International Swimming Federation have approved a rule for underwater video judging equipment to be used at Tokyo 2020.
Brazilian swimmer Bruno Fratus, a four-time World Championships medallist, has questioned International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission chair Kirsty Coventry after she encouraged athletes preparing for Tokyo 2020 to "keep doing what they are doing", despite the threat from the coronavirus pandemic.
The International Swimming Federation (FINA) have put together a team in a bid to tackle the ongoing issues with coronavirus.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld Hiromasa Fujimori's two-year doping ban, meaning the Japanese swimmer will miss his home Olympic Games.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
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As the International Ice Hockey Federation prepares to decide whether Belarus remains a co-host of its World Championship later this year, Philip Barker recalls other occasions where human rights has been a key topic in the build-up to a country staging a major sports event.
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