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WTA considers sanctions against Wimbledon over Belarus and Russia ban

  • Tennis

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has suggested it will impose sanctions against Wimbledon and the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) after the decision to bar Russian and Belarusian players.

athletes have faced sanctions over their perceived support for the invasion of Ukraine.The International Swimming



Carver-Dias and Effah named Canada's Birmingham 2022 Chefs de Mission

  • Birmingham 2022

Sam Effah and Claire Carver-Dias have been named as Canada’s Co-Chefs de Mission for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, after Benoit Huot stepped down for personal reasons.

Paralympic and Commonwealth swimming champion Huot has been named as the Chef de Mission in 2020, having

position after confirming he and his wife are expecting their second child.Carver-Dias, a double artistic swimming


London ready for second leg of Arena Games Triathlon Series

  • Triathlon

The second of three 2022 Arena Games Triathlon Series is set to return at the London Aquatic Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park tomorrow.

After the Munich event earlier this month, London 2012's swimming venue will play host to both the elite




Refugee athlete Karimi named in US team for Para Swimming World Championships

  • Swimming News

time as the refugee athlete was named in US Paralympics Swimming's 25-member squad for the 2022 Para Swimming

place at Madeira in Portugal during June.The 25-member US team has been confirmed following the Para Swimming

The Para Swimming World Series in Indianapolis served as the first major international competition post

Tokyo for many of our athletes," said Erin Popovich, director of US Paralympics Swimming."

The 2022 Para Swimming World Championships will take place from June 12 to 18.Competition will take place

at the Penteada Olympic Swimming Complex in Madeira.London hosted the 2019 World Championships, which


Turks and Caicos Islands

  • Birmingham 2022 Chef de Mission interviews

Just under 40,000 people live in the Turks and Caicos Islands - an Atlantic paradise which lies to the southeast of The Bahamas and to the north of Hispaniola. 

Games.He is due to be part of an 11-strong team at Birmingham 2022, across the sports of athletics, swimming

Nigerian-born athlete won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games held in the Isle of Man in 2011.Swimming

The locals will be watching the Opening Ceremony, track and field, swimming and cycling, if nothing else

©Getty Images"And we just heard the announcement recently that they have purchased land to build a swimming



Victoria 2026 organisers can "learn a lot" from Birmingham 2022, says Reid

  • Birmingham 2022

Birmingham 2022 chief executive Ian Reid believes organisers of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria can "learn a lot" from his team running proceedings in the English city this year.

Birmingham's Edgbaston Stadium and has been named on the programme for Victoria 2026 ©Getty ImagesT20 cricket, swimming

and weightlifting are the first group of sports to be confirmed on the programme for Victoria 2026.Swimming


Summers-Newton relishing Birmingham 2022 roar after "surreal" Tokyo 2020 silence

  • Birmingham 2022

Two-time Paralympic gold medallist Maisie Summers-Newton has said she is relishing the prospect of a raucous Sandwell Aquatics Centre at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham after experiencing the "surreal" silence of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

pandemic.About 5,000 fans are expected to pack out the new Sandwell Aquatics Centre when it holds the swimming

It was kind of silent and you were swimming your own race without everyone else being there."

event to be staged in Britain since London hosted the Olympics and Paralympics in 2012.British Para swimming

Summers-Newton tested the new Olympic-size swimming pool at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre yesterday as

people as I can - both Para and able-bodied - and you never know in a few years’ time they could be swimming


Russian Swimming Federation suggests inviting Caribbean and South American nations to "Friendship Games

  • Artistic Swimming

The All-Russian Swimming Federation have said it will invite several Caribbean and South American nations

Leonov, Minister of Sports of Tatarstan, has announced a pilot project is underway with the All-Russian Swimming

We have been working with the All-Russian Swimming Federation for several weeks to hold alternative tournaments

The announcement came during a media conference for the Russian Synchronised Swimming Championships.The

competition held until April 22.Olga Pavlova, vice-president of the Russian Federation of Synchronized Swimming



Paralympic and Olympic athletes toast Birmingham 2022 100-days-to-go milestone

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2022's Board of Directors ©Birmingham 2022Local swimmers got the chance to try out the Olympic-size swimming

the Commonwealth Games ©Birmingham 2022The newly-built Sandwell Aquatics Centre is set to stage the swimming

gallons of water ©Birmingham 2022More tickets have been made available across all 19 sports, including swimming


Simmonds has "no regrets" over retirement call as Commonwealth Games near

  • Birmingham 2022

Britain’s five-time Paralympic swimming gold medallist Ellie Simmonds has insisted that she has "no regrets

pool when competition gets underway later this year.Simmonds called time on her glittering 15-year swimming

opened my eyes to that type of governance role.Five-time Paralympic champion Simmonds called time on her swimming