By Duncan MackayApril 12 - Seychelles are to investigate setting up a new National Paralympic Committee (NPC), with the help of UK Sport.

the Paralympics, at Barcelona in 1992, when they sent two competitors Cyrl Charles, who competed in swimming

By James CrookApril 12 - The Central American Para Games are due to open in the Costa Rican capital of San José today as 250 athletes from six countries get ready to compete for medals in five sports.

Nicaragua, Panama and host nation Costa Rica will go head-to-head in athletics, goalball, powerlifting, swimming

host basketball, boccia, powerlifting and goalball, as the María del Milagro Paris pool will stage swimming

By Duncan MackayApril 12 - Australia's swimmers have been backed by John Coates, President of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) to put their troubles behind them and bounce back as a major force at Rio 2016.

;"While much has been made of our swimmers' performance, behaviour and the governance of the sport, swimming

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By James CrookApril 11 - Six Balkan National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) have met in the Montenegrin capital of Podgorica to discuss ways to develop the Paralympic Movement in the region.

and Slovenia decided to focus upon two key issues: improving coaching for sports such as athletics, swimming

By Duncan MackayApril 10 - Ryan Cockbill, who represented Britain at last year's Paralympics in London, has lost a multi-million pound compensation claim, it was announced today. 

The danger of diving into even a swimming pool of uncertain depth, let alone a paddling pool is obvious

By Tom DegunApril 10 - The Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB) have signed an unprecedented $60 million (£39 million/€46 million) four-year deal with Brazilian bank Caixa Econômica Federal in what is believed to be the biggest National Paralympic Committee (NPC) sponsorship agreement ever.

50 athletes in the lead up to the Rio 2016 Paralympics.The investments will be in  athletics, swimming

By James CrookApril  9 - Crisis-hit Swimming Australia kick-started their recovery attempts following

their disastrous London 2012 campaign as they announced the appointment of former British Head of Swimming

takes over from Kevin Neil as chief executive, as reported by insidethegames last month.Scott becomes Swimming

- who is already based in Australia - stepped down from his role as performance director of British Swimming

of public funding being pumped into the sport for the 2012 Olympic cycle.Following a review, British Swimming

their behaviour at a pre-London 2012 camp came to lightAnderson takes the role of chief executive of Swimming

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By James CrookApril 8 - Kazan's $115 million (£75 million/€90 million) Aquatics Palace, due to host events at the 2013 Summer Universiade and the 2015 FINA World Aquatics Championships, is due to open this Friday (April 12).

seating in place.The main pool and diving pool at the Aquatics Palace will host diving and synchronised swimming

ChampionshipsJuly 2011: Another major event heading to Russia as Kazan chosen to host 2015 World Swimming

ChampionshipsApril 2011: Kazan launches World Swimming Championship bid

By Mike RowbottomAs wrestling, singled out for potential exclusion in 2020 by the International Olympic Committee, seeks to retain its grip on the Games of which it has been a part since the ancient days, speculation is now rising within Olympic circles – or should we say rings? – over which newcomer might manage to capitalise on the chance of joining the biggest sporting show on earth when it is hosted  by Istanbul, Tokyo or Madrid.Will karate get the gig? Tokyo would certainly be delighted at that turn of events if it was successful in its Games bid. Or will...

six-man team were required elsewhere for the hammer competition.The introduction of the synchronised swimming

By Tom DegunApril 5 - America's Paralympic swimming champion Ian Silverman continued his stunning form

as both Canada's and United States' qualifier for the 2013 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming

my training," said Arlen, who is set to be Britain's Ellie Simmonds' biggest rival at the 2013 IPC Swimming

individual medley of 2:51.13, also in the S14 class.All records set at the event are still pending IPC Swimming

By James CrookApril 5- The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have unveiled the shortlist of six athletes for the March Athlete of the Month award, with two of the stars from the Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool  in contention, along with New Zealand swimmer Mary Fisher, who broke multiple world records last month.

the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool and international events in wheelchair tennis, swimming

records in her class in the 50 metres butterfly and the 200m butterfly at the New Zealand Open Swimming

Fisher also became the first disabled athlete to win the People's Choice Award at the New Zealand Swimming

By James CrookApril 5 - ParalympicsGB have announced that multi-world and Paralympic champions Jody Cundy and Hannah Cockroft will appear alongside a host of top British Paralympians at their next Sports Fest, which is due to be held in Sheffield at the English Institute of Sport later this month.

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By Tom DegunApril 4 - American Paralympic swimming star Ian Silverman stole the show at the start of

as both Canada's and United States qualifiers for the 2013 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming

By Duncan MackayApril 4 - Lance Armstrong has withdrawn from a masters swimming event this weekend after

his career, had been scheduled to compete in three events at the Masters South Central Zone Swimming

his home city of Austin, starting tomorrow, but pulled out after FINA wrote to United States Masters Swimming

Therefore, FINA wrote a letter to the US Masters Swimming (with copy to US Aquatic Sports and USA Swimming

"In light of FINA and the other political stuff, he will not be swimming."

By Duncan MackayApril 4 - Women are to play a greater role in decision making at the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) after the number of female representatives on the ruling Executive Board was doubled to improve the gender balance. 

Livingstone, holder of a silver and two bronze medals from Barcelona and Atlanta 1996, is already a member of Swimming