Netball captain Bongiwe Msomi and Para swimmer Christian Sadie are to carry the South African flag at the Birmingham 2022 Opening Ceremony at the Alexander Stadium on Thursday (July 28).

 Christian Sadie, in green, won a silver medal at the World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira

Scotland, Wales and Barbados.Last month, Sadie won SB7 100 metres breaststroke silver at the World Para Swimming

Dawn Fraser's first major disappointment in her stellar swimming career was failing to qualify for the

"I was extremely upset, but deep down I knew I had it in me, that my best swimming lay ahead."

in Perth, Western Australia in 1962 and had been planning to compete in Kingston in 1966 until the Swimming

Phillips, a lawyer who controlled the sport in Australia and was the most influential figure in world swimming

"He got his way by getting me out of swimming," said Fraser.One of Fraser's greatest achievements came

Swimming the longer distance of 110 yards, she became the first woman to cover 100m inside a minute,

Ambassador of the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) here in Banská Bystrica, Danka Barteková, has vowed to generate excitement and engagement for the event as she looks to continue the Festival's legacy.

compatriots Gabriela Szabo, Camelia Potec, Maria Olaru, and Oana Ban have all won gold in athletics, swimming

Kenya has long dominated distance running at the Commonwealth Games but will arrive at Birmingham 2022 with a point to prove.

badminton, beach volleyball, boxing, cycling, hockey, judo, lawn bowls, powerlifting, rugby sevens, squash, swimming

South Korean duo Jun Woong-tae and Jung Jin-hwa won the first gold medal of the International Modern Pentathlon Union's (UIPM) flagship World Championships in Alexandria.

Jun and Jung came out on top in the men's relay, thanks in no small part to impressive fencing and swimming

Championships was a silver.The South Koreans took the lead in the fencing round and grew it through the swimming

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has marked 10 years until the start of Brisbane 2032, with chief executive Matt Carroll claiming that the country has "incredible opportunities over the next decade".

Championships in Wollongong from September 18 to 25.Melbourne is also due to stage the International Swimming

Federation World Swimming Championships (25 metres) in December, with next year's FIFA Women's World

swimming’s 'Duel in the Pool' between the USA [United States] and Australia and the World Short Course Swimming

Banská Bystrica is set to welcome approximately 3,600 athletes aged 14 to 18 from 48 countries to the 2022 Summer European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF), set to run from tomorrow until July 30, making it the biggest multi-sport event in Slovakia since the 2015 Winter University Games.

million) investment.A programme of 10 sports - athletics, badminton, basketball, cycling, judo, handball, swimming

volleyball - is spread out among five sub-sites including the main host.Athletics, badminton, judo, swimming

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive Katie Sadleir has insisted here that the organisation "needs to respect" International Federations' (IFs) rules on the inclusion of transgender athletes in women's events.

The International Swimming Federation's (FINA) decision to severely restrict the participation of transgender

Australian swimmer Isaac Cooper has insisted that a "misuse of medication" which led to him being ruled out of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games here did not relate to "banned substances", and the decision was taken "based on my behaviour and mental health".

butterfly and 50m freestyle at the Games, was sent home from a training camp in Chartres earlier this week,Swimming

4x100m medley relay at Tokyo 2020, has spoken on Instagram about the decision.He acknowledged that Swimming

I am grateful to Swimming Australia for helping to identify an issue and offering their support and resources

said he plans to use the coming weeks as a time of reflection, and pledged to continue working with Swimming

Swimming Australia declined to comment further on Cooper's Instagram post.Isaac Cooper won mixed

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has promised a new block of funding for sports development in the British capital at the lighting of the Anniversary Flame, held to mark the 10th anniversary of the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

gold medallist Sir Chris Hoy, Olympic 400 metres champion Christine Ohuruogu and five-time Paralympic swimming

Papua New Guinea's Chef de Mission for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games believes the country's diverse population will all be behind their team at the Commonwealth Games.

New Guinea will be taking 33 athletes to Birmingham 2022 in six sports - athletics, boxing, squash, swimming

With more than 850 known languages spoken, Papua New Guinea is one of the most diverse countries in the world.

New Guinea will be taking 33 athletes to Birmingham 2022 in six sports - athletics, boxing, squash, swimming

The full sports schedule for the Santiago 2023 Pan American and Parapan American Games has been revealed by organisers.

in the first week of competition following the Opening Ceremony, including 3x3 basketball, boxing, swimming

About 200,000 tickets remain unsold for the Commonwealth Games here, leaving Birmingham 2022 facing an almighty task of securing a sell-out in time for the Opening Ceremony.

Games.According to Birmingham 2022, the most popular sports have proven to be artistic gymnastics, swimming

An annual cooperation agreement has been signed by the Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) and Bahrain Swimming

President Dr Muhammad Majbal signed the agreement on Sunday.The aim of the initiative is to train and teach swimming

10,000 children are set to benefit from the agreement between the Bahrain Olympic Committee and Bahrain Swimming

Federation ©OCA"Swimming is a basic Olympic sport," Al-Kooheji said."

signing of this agreement will result in the largest number of children of both sexes being involved in swimming