By Zjan ShirinianA seven-year deal has been signed by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) that

year until 2022.It coveres the FINA World Championships in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021; the FINA World Swimming

, 2018, 2020 and 2022; the FINA Diving World Cup in 2018, 2020 and 2022; and the FINFA Synchronised Swimming

director, said: "The transmission of the next four FINA Championships as well as the next four FINA Swimming

eyes  of those performing in every arena, whether bowls or boxing,  athletics or squash, gymnastics or swimming

first winner was South African Swimmer Natalie Du Toit who competed both Para sport and able bodied swimming

By Nick Butler at Hampden Park in GlasgowInternational Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven has become the latest figure to lavish praise on the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, describing it as a "tremendous success" ahead of the Closing Ceremony here this evening.

The Games featured 22 medal events for Para-athletes - in athletics, swimming, powerlifting, lawn bowls

By Gary AndersonThe International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports (IWAS) World Junior Games 2014 are officially underway after the Opening Ceremony in the sports hall of the Stoke Mandeville Stadium in Buckinghamshire today.

compete across seven sports including archery, athletics, wheelchair fencing, powerlifting, shooting, swimming

By Gary AndersonCanadian Paralympic champion Benoit Huot has made a public appeal for the return of several medals stolen from his home in Montreal.

Columbia where he is training with the Canadian national squad in preparation for the Pan Pacific Para-swimming

Getty Images "It is disgraceful and shameful that a person would steal mementoes such as these," said Swimming

Swimming Canada is calling on that person to return the medals, and we ask them to contact the Longueuil

By Gary AndersonSwimming Australia has announced the venues for its major championships for the next three years which will see events taking place in Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and Sydney.

Australia has secured venues for three consecutive years and with the host states confirmed, Swimming

"This is important for our Australian swim team and all areas of Swimming Australia."

This approach will also benefit our swimmers and swimming community.We are pleased with the level of

interest in hosting our important events and we look forward to sharing the sport of swimming in a number

Swimming Australia has undergone a raft of changes to key personnel following disappointing performances

Canadian Paralympic champion swimmer Adam Purdy will take to the pool next week at the Para Pan Pacific Swimming

The Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center are due to take place from

insidethegames.bizRelated StoriesJuly 2014: Paralympic and world gold medallists headline US squad for Pan Pacific Para-Swimming

By Gary AndersonThe provisional sports competition schedule for next year's Summer Universiade in Gwangju has been released by organisers.

see action take place on every day of the Universiade, due to take place until July 14.Athletics and swimming

Athletics will be handing out 12 gold medals, while seven will be won in swimming, six in shooting, five

By Zjan ShirinianPrince Harry has spoken of the "real struggle" he has had organising the inaugural Invictus Games - a competition for injured members of the armed forces.

place in athletics, archery, wheelchair basketball, road cycling, indoor rowing, wheelchair rugby, swimming

it an appropriate time to revisit the front-page of yesterday's Herald Sun newspaper.15:36 But with swimming

By Gary AndersonBritish Alpine skiing star Jade Etherington and guide Caroline Powell are set to attend National Paralympic Day at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park next month as Britain gears up to celebrate the second edition of the event.

will do so again this time round with competition scheduled to take place in wheelchair basketball, swimming

By Gary AndersonThe International Federation of American Football (IFAF) has announced it is pulling its Flag Football World Championship out of Israel due to the escalation of violence with Palestine.

Gothenburg, Sweden in 2012.The move by the IFAF follows a similar announcement by the International Swimming

Federation earlier this week when they pulled the World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships out

Scotland each won judo gold at Glasgow 2014 on the same day ©Getty ImagesGlasgow had its own Australian swimming

By Paul OsborneA Youth Training Programme is set to be introduced during this year's International Swimming

Federation (FINA) Swimming World Short Course Championships following talks between the sport's world

the programme at Doha's Hamad Aquatic Centre in the Aspire Zone.During the five-day course, these hot swimming

, cultures and a common passion for the sport in a unique setting.The programme will run during the Swimming

releasedApril 2014: Qatar gets ready for festival of swimmingApril 2012: Doha awarded 2014 World Short Course Swimming