By Duncan MackayJuly 26 - London will host the 2016 European Swimming Championships and European Masters

The events, which feature swimming, diving and synchronised swimming, will be held at the venue within

build a strong sporting legacy from last year's Games.The event was awarded to London by the European Swimming

Synchronised swimming will be among the disciplines to be contested during the 2016 European Championships

Championships in 2016 at the London Aquatics Centre," said David Sparkes, chief executive of British Swimming

The European Swimming Championships will be a major milestone for major events in the city for 2016 sitting

By Duncan MackayJuly 25 - French car giant Renault has launched Team Handisport to sponsor three athletes on their journey to the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, it was announced today. 

three top athlete-ambassadors: Marie-Amélie Le Fur  (pictured top) in athletics, Elodie Lorandi in swimming

By James CrookJuly 25 - Olympic silver medallist Thomas Lurz was a pivotal cog for the German team in the 5km open water team event at the FINA World Championships in Barcelona, as the experienced swimmer hauled his team home to take gold.

We knew that we were swimming fast, our coaches were signalling to us from outside that we were on a

was won by Germany's Sascha Klein and Patrick Hausding.And there was no surprise in the synchronised swimming

Duncan MackayJuly 25 - Mixed relays, featuring two men and two women, are to be introduced at major swimming

when 4x50 metres mixed relays were held.It was also part of last year's European Short Course Swimming

By James CrookJuly 24 - Russia's Svetlana Romashina has secured her third synchronised swimming gold

same, and the duet technical alongside Svetlana Kolesnichenko.Russia leads the way in the synchronised swimming

By Nick ButlerJuly 23 - Glasgow 2014 ambassador Sir Chris Hoy today began a series of sporting, photographic and cultural activities to celebrate the one year to go milestone to the Opening Ceremony of next year's Commonwealth Games.

women's 100m finals, will each take place four days later at Hampden Stadium.The programme also features swimming

An angry media dubbed 2012 a "disaster" for swimming after just one gold medal, in the women's freestyle

relay, their first Games without an individual swimming gold since Montreal 1976.Cycling, track and

The reaction was to cut funding for athletics and swimming by 3.8 per cent and 5.8 per cent respectively

By Emily GoddardJuly 22 - Kang Un-tae, the Mayor of Gwangju, has apologised for the "shameful" forgery scandal that marred the South Korean city's awarding of the 2019 International Aquatics Federation (FINA) World Championships.

I will successfully carry out the first ever [swimming] event hosted in Korea after I iron out conflict

By Emily GoddardJuly 22 - Chen Ruolin, China's four-time Olympic gold medallist, dived to her fourth successive world 10-metre synchro gold medal at the International Aquatics Federation (FINA) World Championships in Barcelona.

taking the bronze with 431.55.Meanwhile, it was an exclusively European podium in the synchronised swimming

By Emily GoddardJuly 21 - German duo Sascha Klein and Patrick Hausding won the men's 10-metre synchro diving title as they relegated Russians Victor Minibaev and Artem Chesakov, and China's Olympic champions Yuan Cao and Yanquan Zhang to second and third respectively at the International Aquatics Federation (FINA) World Championships in Barcelona today.

Svetlana Romashina and Svetlana Kolesnichenko perform for gold in the synchronised swimming technical

Svetlana Kolesnichenko went one better than Minibaev and Chesakov to secure gold in the synchronised swimming

By James CrookJuly 20 - The Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame has announced that Canada's most decorated Paralympian, swimmer Michael Edgson, will be among the athletes to be inducted in a gala ceremony at the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence.

By James CrookJuly 18 - The International Aquatics Federation (FINA) World Championships in Barcelona will feature a record-breaking number of participating nations, the world aquatics governing body confirmed today on the eve of the event.

Championships, which will be the first to feature high diving events, will see 2,293 athletes competing in swimming

, diving, water polo and synchronised swimming across a number of Barclona 1992 Olympic venues, including

By Emily GoddardJuly 17 - Cali 2013 has unveiled its programme for the World Games, with gymnastics, billiards, karate, powerlifting and squash being just some the 31 sports featuring over the 11 days of competition in the Colombian city.

busiest day of the programme, with finals in figure skating, gymnastics, sumo, karate, rescue and fin swimming

By Gary AndersonJuly 16 - The European Triathlon Union (ETU) and the Serbian National Federation (SNF) are set to host an Athlete Development Camp for 16 promising young athletes in Karataš from July 20 to 30.

A busy camp schedule allows for separate two-hour training sessions every day on swimming, biking, running

By James CrookJuly 16 - A spirited comeback was not enough for Great Britain in the men's football final at Kazan 2013 after they lost 3-2 following extra time to France, but there was a gold medal for the British women's team, who routed Mexico 6-2 in the final to take the Universiade title.

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