By Nick ButlerWorking with military and paramilitary forces has been part of a series of new measures introduced by the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) in a bid to improve upon the country's disappointing performance at London 2012. 

and expertise in sports which provide multiple medal opportunities in the Olympics, such as shooting, swimming

By Gary AndersonMondelēz has extended its deal with Paralympics Ireland through until 2017, becoming the first official partner to sign on as a sponsor of the Irish team for the build-up to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

chief executive Liam Harbison, at the announcement of the deal in Grand Canal Dock in Dublin today.Para-swimming

at London 2012, while Keane is a double bronze medallist from the International Paralympic Committee Swimming

By Gary AndersonWales has announced a 23-strong swimming squad to compete at the Tollcross International

Swimming Centre during this year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Alys Thomas, Chloe Tutton and Rachel Williams.Jack Thomas and Ryan West will take part in the Para-swimming

her silver medal at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games ©Getty Images "We have such a strong history in swimming

By Paul OsborneAmid the flurry of excitement for Thursday's FIFA World Cup opener and ongoing preparations for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) celebrated its 100th anniversary on Sunday, in what is a truly historic period for Brazilian sport.

It is also the Post Office, corporate sponsor of Olympic sports, like tennis, handball, swimming, marathon

swimming, the diving, synchronized swimming and water polo," "The presence of the Post Office in the

By Duncan Mackay in BakuChef de Missions from 49 countries were today given a tour of the venues that will be used for the inaugural European Games as Baku 2015 prepared to mark the One Year To Go landmark with a spectacular celebration.

[email protected] storiesJune 2014: Baku 2015 "fully confident" suitable triathlon swimming

By Duncan MackayThe Olympic Committee of Israel (OCI) has chosen Gili Lustig as its new secretary general to replace to replace Efraim Zinger, who is stepping down after 20 years in the role.

"Sailing, of course, is also one of our main events and I'm also hoping that we will send a swimming

go until the Commonwealth Games open in Glasgow on July 23, it is probably sports such as athletics, swimming

By Gary AndersonThe British Paralympic Association (BPA) has held the first meeting of its Sport Advisory Group, which aims to provide strategic advice to influence and develop the BPA's Paralympic Preparation Strategy for future Games.

Institute of Sport, UK Sport's Michelle Hammond and current head of performance pathway at British Swimming

By Mike RowbottomAleksander Lesun earned his second gold at the modern pentathlon World Cup final in Sarasota as he and his Russian team-mate Ekaterina Khuraskina won the mixed relay.

Asadauskaite to take bronze in Sarasota ©Getty ImagesChina took third place to themselves after winning the swimming

By Paul OsborneUSA Swimming executive director Chuck Wielgus has released his first public apology since

victims at the hands of swim coaches, culminating with his withdrawal from next week's International Swimming

community", demanding that the International Swimming Hall of Fame rescind the induction of Wielgus,

executive director of USA Swimming since 1997.Chuck Wielgus was withdrawn from the International Swimming

I talked about all the good that USA Swimming was doing in the fight to eradicate sexual abuse."

sexual abuseJune 2011: USA Swimming executive director honoured for comeback from ostomy surgery

By Mike RowbottomAleksander Lesun dominated modern pentathlon's World Cup final in Sarasota rom start to finish to add a gold medal to the world bronze he won last year.

Kinderis the day was one of disappointment as he found himself in 22nd position after the fencing and swimming

fencing, one more than Frolov, while Tymoschenko also put himself in a strong position with 23 wins.The swimming

By Gary AndersonPeter Kurz, President of the Israel Association of Baseball (IAB), claims he has been reassured by World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) President Riccardo Fraccari that a controversial incident to ban his country's flag is being dealt with properly. 

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has issued warnings to organisers of World Cup events in

By Paul OsborneOlympic swimming champion Otylia Jędrzejczak has retired from the sport during a special

medal she won at the 2004 Olympics"Today marks 25 years since the moment when I first jumped into a swimming

the course.Talking on her retirement during the ceremony, Andrzej Kowalski, President of the Polish Swimming

claimed Jedrzejczak's decsion to retire did not mean than she was bidding farewell to the world of swimming

She will be an ambassador for Polish swimming," he said."

By Gary AndersonA two-day festival dubbed "PANAMANIA" is due to take place in downtown Toronto next month to mark the one-year-to-go countdown to the start of the 2015 Pan American Games, it has been announced.

rugby union player, track cyclist and double Olympic bobsleigh champion Heather Moyse and Paralympic swimming

By Gary AndersonBritain's four-time swimming champion Ellie Simmonds today launched her first book entitled

discovering a secret recipe in the family bakery.Like the real-life Ellie, the character in the story uses swimming

Ellie overcomes the challenges in her life through swimming and baking."

Simmonds says she hopes her new book will inspire youngsters to use swimming to overcome barriers just

psychology at Loughborough College and gearing up for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming

Simmonds takes gold on final day in GlasgowApril 2014: Paralympic champions lead strong British squad for Swimming