By Nick ButlerDecember 7 - The latest crop of budding sports leaders have begun their professional path following their graduation from the Academy for Sports Science and Technology (AISTS) after completing a one-year "Sports Administration and Technology" masters course.

before announcing her retirement after London 2012 ©Getty ImagesDu Toit, who completed in open water swimming

By Paul OsborneDecember 5 - The Intensive Training Centres (ITCs) for Swimming at Loughborough University

and the University of Bath are set to become performance hubs as British Swimming seeks to bring about

Following the closures of ITCs in Stirling and Swansea last week, British Swimming is hoping to adopt

within these two facilities.The announcement comes after a string of changes implemented by British Swimming

following changes made by British Swimming ©Getty ImagesThe changes to the National Centres are expected

These new British Gas GBR National Centres for Swimming will be driven by a real ethos of learning and

has confirmed Loughborough University as a National Centre for Swimming, and that we will therefore

Underwater swimming featured in the 1900 Olympics in Paris but was quickly dropped because of the lack

By Gary AndersonDecember 3 - London's O2 Arena is one of four bid venues that have been put forward for the hosting of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) 2017 World Cup finals in jumping and dressage.

concerts it is also home to local university ice hockey and basketball teams.The United States Olympic swimming

By Emily GoddardDecember 3 - An International World Games Association (IWGA) delegation has visited the Polish city of Wrocław for its first Coordinating Committee meeting of the 2017 World Games.

five proposed 2017 World Games venues, including an existing 40,000-capacity stadium and an outdoor swimming

OsborneDecember 2 - France's Yannick Agnel and Hungary's Katinka Hosszu have been named the European Swimming

individual medley, as well as bronze in the 200m butterfly.The 24-year-old also took the International Swimming

with 4.5 billion total viewersJuly 2012: Agnel inspires France 4x100m freestyle team to thrilling swimming

By Paul OsborneDecember 2 - British Olympic diver Tom Daley has revealed he is in a relationship with a man.

making the announcement, nearly 500,000 people had watched the video posted by Daley on YouTube.British Swimming

Everybody within British Swimming supports Tom and his announcement," he said."

Edward Lord, chairman of the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) Group Board, who leads on equality for

gold at Diving World Series in EdinburghJanuary 2013: Daley's mother at loggerheads with British Swimming

I could not think of too many.In swimming there have been great rivalries - think the "race of the century

 By Gary AndersonDecember 1 - The British Olympic Association (BOA) has revealed the official print for Team GB at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics which is called "Ice" and has been created by renowned artist Sir Howard Hodgkin.

winner Hodgkin has been commissioned by the BOA to create an official work after he produced his piece "Swimming

of Art in New York, the Reina Sofia in Madrid, and Tate Britain in London.Sir Howard Hodgkin created Swimming

By Gary AndersonNovember 29 - With the confirmation that London's Olympic Aquatics Centre will stage the 2014 FINA/NVC Diving World Series, UK Sport has claimed that it has reached its halfway target of bringing 70 world-class events to the UK by 2019.

Glasgow.Along with the Diving World Series, the Olympic Aquatics Centre will also host the 2016 European Swimming

.Before then, Glasgow will host the FIG All Around World Cup next week, while in 2015 the IPC World Swimming

awarded 2016 Track World Cycling ChampionshipsJuly 2013: London wins bid to host 2016 European Swimming

By Nick ButlerNovember 29 - British Swimming have announced the closure of Intensive Training Centres

After winning three swimming gold medals at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, Britain had high

We're pleased to have reached an agreement with Scottish Swimming and Swim Wales on investment within

the home nations," said British Swimming national performance director Chris Spice."

Swimming."

and partnership in the Welsh Swimming Performance Pathway," he said."

By Emily GoddardNovember 28 - The London 2012 Olympic Aquatics Centre has today been named as a host venue of an International Aquatics Federation (FINA) NVC Diving World Series event next year.

the conclusion of work to transform it from Olympic to legacy mode.It is the sixth time that British Swimming

international event to be held in the London Aquatics Centre since the 2012 Olympic Games ©Getty ImagesBritish Swimming

There are 3 swimming pools, an athletics stadium with a capacity of 1600 spectators and facilities for

By Paul OsborneNovember 27 - British Gymnastics have appointed Rugby Football Union's (RFU) head of sports science, Roy Headey, as its new head of performance sport.

the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesAugust 2013: British Swimming

2012 Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is to become the High Performance Diving Centre (HPC) for British Swimming

Due to be officially opened early next year, British Swimming says it will work alongside the venue operator

That sentiment was echoed by David Sparkes, chief executive of British Swimming, who is in the process

The facility boasts two 50 metre swimming pools and a 25m diving pool and is estimated to have cost £251

It is very exciting therefore to work closely with British Swimming to secure a diving programme that

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