Zora Folley died at the age of 41 in Tucson after striking his head on the edge of a swimming pool.Others

bouldering, beach handball, karate kata, kitefoil racing, park skateboarding, beach soccer, open water swimming

By Paul OsborneFebruary 16 - China has dominated the first meet of the International Swimming Federation's

backstroke record holder Mike Peyrebrune has been appointed as a specialist technical advisor by British Swimming

Peyrebrune will work closely with British Swimming head coach Bill Furniss and head of science and sports

High level swimming is something I've always been involved with, first as a competitor and then through

Everyone at British Swimming is dedicated to helping our athletes achieve the success they deserve at

Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington has criticised British Swimming in the past for acting too

Mike has a wealth of knowledge and technical expertise in performance swimming and will help develop

By Gary AndersonFebruary 14 - British Basketball performance chairman Roger Moreland has reiterated his call for more dialogue with UK Sport and called for funding for team and emerging sports to be prioritised following their decision to axe Olympic money awarded to the governing body last year.

Basketball was one of seven sports to lose its Olympic funding, along with water polo, synchronised swimming

England.Change nationality, perhaps; or take up slopestyle.There is, at least, an appeal process, which British Swimming

By Gary AndersonFebruary 13 - Aberdeen Aquatics Centre has been announced as the host venue for this year's Commonwealth Water Polo Championships, it has been announced. 

are being supported by Aberdeen Sports Village, Aberdeen City Council, Homecoming Scotland, Scottish Swimming

, British Swimming and Commonwealth Games Scotland."

championships will create a world stage for home-grown athletes and showcase a new state of the art centre for swimming

By Gary AndersonFebruary 13 - Events International will be responsible for providing corporate hospitality packages at this year's Commonwealth Games, Glasgow 2014 has announced.

Opening and Closing Ceremonies, as well as a range of sports events including athletics, rugby sevens, swimming

By Paul OsborneFebruary 13 - British Basketball has given notice of its intention to make representations to the UK Sport Board on its decision to withdraw the sport's funding during its latest Annual Investment Review.

Basketball.Basketball was one of seven sports to lose its Olympic funding from UK Sport with water polo, synchronised swimming

By Duncan Mackay at the Main Press Centre in Sochi February 12 - Japan today announced that it has set up a new panel of experts to try to help the country become more influential internationally in the build-up to Tokyo 2020 by strengthening its "sports diplomacy".

Nations Population Fund.Suzuki, meanwhile, who is now 46, was last year appointed President of the Japan Swimming

By Gary AndersonFebruary 12 - Broadcasting rights for the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics in New Zealand have ben awarded to independent production company Attitude Pictures Ltd (APL), which will provide 44 hours of free coverage through its online platform.

The new deal also provides APL with an option to provide coverage from IPC athletics, shooting and swimming

By David OwenFebruary 11 - British Swimming has sprung to the defence of synchronised swimming and women's

process.Should these representations prove unsuccessful, it will consider a formal appeal.David Sparkes, British Swimming

the four years to the 2016 Games to more than £4.5 million ($7.4 million/€5.4 million).Synchronised swimming

announced last week that a total of seven Olympic and Paralympic sports - basketball, synchronised swimming

By Paul OsborneFebruary 10 - The population of Qatar will come together tomorrow to celebrate the National Sport Day as individuals and communities alike take part in a host of events to highlight the sporting principles of inclusion and unity; participation and fun; and fitness and health.

year.It sees people from across Qatar participating in huge number of sporting events from cycling to swimming

OsborneFebruary 9 - Argentine swimmer Pilar Geijo has continued her remarkable home form at the FINA Open Water Swimming

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events are in any case coming: sailing is introducing a two-person mixed multihull event at Rio 2016; swimming