in common.The first case involves one of the greatest athletes of all time after the 18-time Olympic swimming

action for years before coming back, Phelps has only been out the water for 18 months or so and the swimming

prowess in the 400 metres freestyle once again by taking gold on the final day of the British Para-Swimming

The final was a bit more difficult because I didn't have Susie [Rodgers] swimming next to me like I did

Swimming close to my personal bests this week has shown how good the move has been and being in a new

bronze went to Russian Valeriia Shabalina.Next up for many of the British swimmers will be the Para-swimming

world best time in GlasgowApril 2014: Britain's Slater sets European record on day two of British Para-Swimming

MeetJanuary 2014: Eindhoven announced as host venue for 2014 IPC European Swimming Championships

By Duncan MackayApril 20 - A request by the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) to host the second Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Beach Games in April 2015 instead of October 2014 has been approved, it has been announced.

to take place between October 20 and 26, featuring six sports -football, handball, rowing, sailing, swimming

By Gary AndersonApril 20 - Stephanie Slater continued her fine form at the British Para-Swimming International

Preston had already beaten her own S8 European record in the morning heats at the Tollcross International Swimming

qualification time of the meeting for the upcoming International Paralympic Committee (IPC) European Swimming

My focus is on the worlds [IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow] next year so I'm really pleased

United States who finished with 752 points.Mullen's teammate Matthew Walker took bronze.The British Para-Swimming

International MeetApril 2014: British trio secure medals on opening day of British Para-Swimming International

19 - Great Britain's Stephanie Slater has won a second successive silver medal at the British Para-Swimming

record in the S8 50 metre freestyle on day two of the competition at Glasgow's Tollcross International Swimming

IPC European Qualification, whilst four-time Paralympic gold medallist Eleanor Simmonds took bronze, swimming

I'm really pleased with how my swimming has been going this week," said Walker."

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesApril 2014: British trio secure medals on opening day of British Para-Swimming

By Paul OsborneApril 19 - Athletes from 13 countries have travelled to Brazil this weekend as they get set to compete in the 2014 World University Triathlon Championships.

country's capital Brasília, which is due to host the 2019 Summer Universiade.The event will start with the swimming

success for Britain's Stephanie Slater, Jonathon Fox and Nicole Lough on day one of the British Para-Swimming

International Meet as they swam their way onto the podium in Glasgow's Tollcross International Swimming

champion Jonathan Fox secured bronze in the men's 100m freestyle on the opening day of the British Para-Swimming

,He finished behind Brazilian City of Manchester Aquatics' team mate Phelipe Rodrigues, swimming in the

of this story at [email protected] storiesApril 2014: IPC confident of "smooth" Swimming

By Duncan MackayApril 17 - Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has inspected building work on the Aquatic Palace in Baku, currently under construction for the inaugural European Games next year.

The arena will consist of three swimming pools, a main Olympic-sized one, a second one for training and

By Nick ButlerApril 17 - Royal Mail will issue a range of special Commonwealth Games stamps in July to mark the start of Glasgow 2014, it has been announced.

The stamps will feature the sports of athletics, cycling, judo, netball squash and swimming, with a sneak

Commonwealth Games as 38 swimmers and two divers are set to compete at the Tollcross International Swimming

The Tollcross Centre was also the setting for the Scottish Swimming Championships and British Swimming

Swimming and diving have provided Scotland with the most medals from any sports at the Commonwealth Games

Reid.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] StoriesApril 2014: Scottish Swimming

Championships to be broadcast live onlineMarch 2014: Scottish swimming star Jamieson helps switch on

First 27 Team Scotland athletes revealed for Glasgow 2014September 2013: England and Scotland unveil swimming

By Zjan ShirinianApril 16 - British Basketball will not make a formal appeal against the decision by UK Sport to axe its entire funding, signalling an end to its two-month campaign.

funding for seven sports in February, with only weightlifting winning its appeal last month.Synchronised swimming

By Gary AndersonApril 16 – Around 75 people from 13 countries in Continental America will attend coaching and classification workshops in São Paulo as part of the build-up to next year's Parapan American Games in Toronto.

development of Para-sport on the continent and will see delegates undertaking coaching courses for athletics, swimming

and goalball while others will participate in classification workshops for swimming, athletics and visually

together with simultaneous translation and will take place prior to the II Caixa Loterias Athletics and Swimming

The number of coaches and classifiers trained in swimming, athletics and goalball in São Paulo in the

in partnership with Toronto 2015 organisers, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics, IPC Swimming

By Paul OsborneApril 16 - As the third and final day of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics Grand Prix in Beijing, China comes to a close, it is the hosts, who, unsurprisingly, came out the dominant victors, securing almost four times as many medals as their closest rivals.

hundreds of competitors from 10 countries get set to compete in the II Caixa Loterias Athletics and Swimming

By Zjan ShirinianApril 14 - Michael Phelps, the most successful Olympian of all time, has come out of retirement less than two years after bowing out at London 2012.

Agency.He has had to wait six months before being eligible to compete.American Phelps had ended his swimming

Grand Prix Series, is also set to attract fellow Olympians Ryan Lochte and Katie Ledecky in what USA Swimming

[email protected] storiesNovember 2013: Phelps returns to drug testing to raise hopes of swimming

By Paul OsborneApril 13 - Olympic gold medallist Matthew Mitcham will lead a 12-strong Australian diving team to the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, the Australian Commonwealth Games Association announced today.

three titles at last week's selection trials to add to the double gold she took at the International Swimming

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesApril 2014: World champions Campbell, Sprenger and Magnusson headline 59-strong Australian swimming