By Gary AndersonBroadcaster Channel 4 will continue its commitment to Paralympic sport in the United Kingdom this summer as it is set to broadcast coverage of a number of International Paralympic Committee (IPC) events, including the IPC Athletics European Championships in August.

Latham will be presenting daily highlights packages from the poolside at the Pieter van den Hoogenband Swimming

Stadium in Eindhoven during the IPC Swimming European Championships, running from August 4 to 10.Former

This summer is an extremely busy one with European Championships in swimming and athletics, as well as

population.Former Paralympic champion Giles Long will provide expert commentary on Channel 4 from next month's IPC Swimming

By Emily GoddardAustralian Olympic swimming champion Susie O'Neill is urging young athletes to work harder

By Gary AndersonParalympics Ireland has named three World Championship medallists in its squad of five swimmers that will head to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) European Championships in Eindhoven next month.

and Laurence McGivern will shoulder most of the Irish medal hopes at the Pieter van den Hoogenband Swimming

bronze medals in Montreal to contribute to Ireland's best ever haul at an international Paralympic swimming

European Championships get underway in Eindhoven next month ©Getty Images But Sydney 2000 Paralympic swimming

Ireland induct former Paralympic champion into Hall of FameJuly 2010: Ireland names team for World Swimming

By Duncan MackayScotland's first ever female Commonwealth Games gold medallist Helen Orr Gordon, who came to be known as Elenor Gordon, has died at the age of the 80 on the eve of this year's event in Glasgow, where she had been due to present a medal.

spinal condition but was due to attend Glasgow 2014, where she would have awarded a medal in one of the swimming

"Elenor was due to present medals at a swimming event at the forthcoming Commonwealth Games, which she

"Elenor won three golds and a bronze in swimming at the 1950 and 1954 Games, so this would have been

and Ian Silverman are among 45 athletes named by the United States for next month's Pan Pacific Para-Swimming

medals at the 2012 Paralympic Games and according, to high performance director for US Paralympics Swimming

With the next two years being so important for these athletes, the Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships

Kevin Paul also expected to challenge for honours at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center.The Pan Pacific Para-Swimming

form on opening day of Can-Am ChampionshipsAugust 2013: Records not staying intact for Long at IPC Swimming

World ChampionshipsApril 2013: London 2012 gold medallists named on US team for IPC Swimming World Championships

By Nick Butler at the IOC Headquarters in LausanneA warning has been issued by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) after the Israeli Flag and Federation name plate was removed at its Congress in Hammamet, Tunisia, earlier this year.

Last October, official warnings were issued by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) to organisers

By Nick ButlerCycling superstar Mark Cavendish has spoken of his "devastating" disappointment at being forced to withdraw from the Tour de France after a heavy crash on the opening stage, and the Isle of Man rider will almost certainly now miss the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow later this month as well.

athletes will take part in athletics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, lawn bowls, shooting, swimming

people can be seated at any one time in a temporary structure which is over twice the size of an Olympic swimming

"Athletics tracks and swimming pools usually have eight lanes.

By Gary AndersonDutch Olympic swimming legend Inge de Bruijn will be the special guest of the National

Olympic Committee of Turkey (NOCT) at the Samsung Bosphorus Cross Continental swimming race due to take

The Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Races are a very significant event for the Turkish Olympic Committee

sponsor of our event for many years, the race will be named the 'Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming

This swimming race is the gift of [the] Turkish Olympic Committee to Turkey and the sports world and

We believe that the new name of the race, 'Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race' will strengthen

I am so honoured to have been invited as a guest of this year's Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming

By Paul OsborneGlobal swimwear manufacturer and distributor Speedo has been unveiled as the latest sponsor of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

support ensures that the highest quality swimwear and accessories are available to athletes competing in swimming

By Gary AndersonTickets for the Opening Ceremony of the inaugural Invictus Games at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park have gone on sale today, with fans set to be treated to a special demonstration by the Red Arrows in a military-themed celebration.

athletics, archery, wheelchair basketball, road cycling, powerlifting, indoor rowing, wheelchair rugby, swimming

and it was finally time for my favourite part of any session, the pool.First up was the viro-pool, a swimming

By Gary AndersonWorld Championship silver medal-winning swimmer Ami Matsuo is among 89 athletes named in the Australian squad that will travel to next month's Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games.

Championships in Barcelona last year and is one of 46 female athletes on the team.She will be joined on the swimming

their absolute best in the sporting arena," said the team's Chef de Mission, Susie O'Neill, who won swimming

By Nick ButlerCelebrations have been held in Windhoek to mark the strong performances by Namibian athletes at the African Youth Games in neighbouring Botswana last month.

with Zanré Oberholzer and Sonja Adelaar winning the women's 100 metre backstroke and 100m freestyle swimming

By Nick Butler South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) President Gideon Sam has urged national sports federations to unite to collectively drive forward a reforming agenda. 

It is hoped that South Africa's highest performing sports, such as swimming where Chad Le Clos won one