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British Prime Minister makes Birmingham visit in build-up to Commonwealth Games

  • Birmingham 2022

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham as he announced that £6.5 million ($8 million/€7.7 million) will be invested into national governing bodies prior to this year’s Commonwealth Games.

From swimming, to boxing and basketball, this funding from Sport England will help do just that - by


Fine fencing display earns Jun advantage at UIPM World Cup in Albena

  • Modern Pentathlon

South Korea’s Jun Woong-tae produced a fine fencing performance in the men’s semi-finals at the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup in Albena.

tomorrow’s men’s final, where he will seek a sixth World Cup win of his career.Solid performances in the swimming



Serapinaite impresses in women's semi-finals at UIPM World Cup in Albena

  • Modern Pentathlon

Lithuania’s Ieva Serapinaite earned an advantage over her nearest rivals after a strong semi-final performance at the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup in Albena.

ranking round in the Bulgarian city, achieving 24 wins in her contests.The second fastest time in the swimming


England announce complete swimming and Para swimming team as Peaty reveals fitness concerns

  • Birmingham 2022

England has announced its complete swimming and Para swimming line-up for Birmingham 2022 with Paralympic

media that he has fractured a bone in his foot, which has ruled him out of next month’s International Swimming

Federation World Championships in Budapest.Peaty, named in England’s initial-member swimming team, has

I've fortunately never had to deal with any injury in my swimming career so this is a real blow and a

have been named to compete.The Commonwealth Games is due to begin on July 28 and conclude on August 8.Swimming


Olympic champion Choong progresses on return at UIPM World Cup in Albena

  • Modern Pentathlon

Britain's reigning Olympic champion Joe Choong marked his return to international competition by progressing through men's qualifying at the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup in Albena.

qualifying with 20 wins earning 250 points, followed by a second-place finish in the 200 metres freestyle swimming


Relief as Southeast Asian Games underway in Hanoi at last

  • Southeast Asian Games

The Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) formally opens tomorrow in Vietnam's capital Hanoi after two years of delays as a result of COVID-19, although the first gold medals have already been awarded.

before the Games.Diaz is another athlete with lofty expectations in Hanoi.Singapore’s 2016 Olympic swimming


Rylov announces he will not appeal against FINA ban for appearing at pro-war rally

  • Swimming

Russia’s double Olympic swimming champion Evgeny Rylov will not appeal against the suspension from the

competition imposed on him by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) over attending a rally held

The Russian Swimming Federation has confirmed Rylov, winner of the Olympic 100 and 200 metres backstroke

would not seek any extra punishment after Rylov appeared to defy the ban by appearing at the Russian Swimming


Scotland

  • Birmingham 2022 Chef de Mission interviews

Scotland did not need to work hard to convince its top stars to compete at Birmingham 2022.

Big name athletes committed to the Scottish team at an early stage, with Tokyo 2020 Olympic swimming



North Carolina bid for 2027 Summer World University Games inspected by US officials

  • Chungcheong 2027

North Carolina’s push to stage the 2027 Summer World University Games bid process has taken its next step following an official visit from the United States International University Sports Federation (USIUF) Board of Directors.

event acts and a qualification competition for US swimmers trying to qualify for the International Swimming

institution.Lawson claimed gold at the 1981 World University Games in Beijing, while Brown took a bronze in swimming


Isle of Man

  • Birmingham 2022 Chef de Mission interviews

For a lot of people, thinking about the Isle of Man means thinking about bikes.

 "We've got a strong swimming contingent and I know there's a lot of them heading over to watch,

Swimming, athletics and those type of sports will have used the Island Games to then hopefully go from


United States enjoy success on final day of swimming events at Deaflympics

  • Paralympics

The United States thrived on the final day of the swimming events at the Deaflympics, claiming half of

Julia Chellyyska, Konrad Powroznik and Juli Dragan picked up bronze.Italy also experienced success in swimming

for Collin Addison Davis of the US and Niklas Müller of Germany in the men’s 800m freestyle.The final swimming


Olympic champion Nagornyy features in Victory Day parade as Putin defends Russian invasion of Ukraine

  • Olympics

Olympic gold medallist Nikita Nagornyy marched in Russia’s Victory Day Parade in Moscow, as Vladimir Putin claimed Russian troops are "defending the motherland" through the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

wearing the Z symbol.Cross-country skier Alexander Bolshunov was also present, along with double Olympic swimming

champion Evgeny Rylov.Rylov was banned for nine months by the International Swimming Federation for