64 in 1979 after falling and hitting his head on a concrete floor while posing for a photograph at a swimming

By James CrookApril 3 - Thirteen-time Paralympic gold medallist Matt Cowdrey has been unveiled as the latest brand ambassador for leading swimwear and apparel brand Speedo, which will see him compete in Speedo products through to 2014.

By Duncan MackayApril 2 - Britain's Jessica-Jane Applegate, winner of the S14 200 metres freestyle at London 2012, has set her sights on competing against able-bodied swimmers this year.

She is the standout competitor in the S14 category at the moment and in disability swimming," her coach

By Duncan MackayApril 1 - Qatar is set to be awarded another major event after launching a bid to host the 2018 Artistic World Gymnastics Championships at the Aspire Academy in Doha.

be staging over the next few years.They have already been awarded the 2014 FINA World Short Course Swimming

By Duncan MackayMarch 31 - Russia is planning to open a new $81 million (£53 million/€63 million) state-of-the-art Paralympic training centre for the in Ufa, it has been announced.

The Paralympic Sports Centre will boast an athletics stadium, swimming pool and fencing hall."

He now has eight Paralympic medals, five of which are gold, from cycling and swimming.

Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) have announced that former Australia coach Jon Shaw will take over as head swimming

produce an even stronger performance from New Zealand's Paralympic swimmers"New Zealand Paralympic swimming

building on that success." he said"With numerous world records and personal bests set last week at the NZ Swimming

By Tom DegunMarch 27 - The British Paralympic Association (BPA) has team up with British Swimming to

offer people an opportunity to watch world-class disability swimming as part of the Sports Fest in Sheffield

Institute of Sport on April 26 and 27 at the same time as the 2013 British International Disability Swimming

they can get involved in sport.But now, as a result of the collaboration between the BPA and British Swimming

By Tom DegunMarch 27 - Australia's reigning Olympic 100 metres hurdles champion Sally Pearson is set to help unveil the logo for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games next month.

Australia’s double Olympic and four-time Commonwealth Games swimming champion Kieren Perkins will help

Kieren is regarded as one of the legends of world swimming and is an inspiration to a generation of Australian

By Tom DegunMarch 26 - British Swimming have named highly-rated Paralympic cycling coach Chris Furber

Furber will join British Swimming from his current role as lead coach of British Cycling's Paralympic

where he helped them top the medal table at both Beijing 2008 and London 2012.He takes over at British Swimming

from John Atkinson, who stepped down from the role earlier this year to become Swimming Canada's director

I love disability sport and the opportunity to lead the sport of swimming, which has 148 opportunities

director," said British Swimming chief executive David Sparkes."

By James CrookMarch 26 - USA Synchro have announced their swimming team that will compete at the 2013

the 2011 Pan-American Games in Guadalajara, were the only women to compete for the US in synchronised swimming

at last summer's Olympic Games after the Americans failed to qualify a team.Synchronised swimming will

Paralympic champion Ellie Simmonds has urged more people to get out of their seats and into their local swimming

people surveyed said they would like to be more active.Simmonds launched the report alongside six-time swimming

to encourage people to join the British Gas SwimBritain campaign and set themselves the challenge of swimming

Swimming is great for most people as it gets your heart pumping with little strain on the body, so all

SwimBritain campaign is aiming to help create a healthier nation by getting half a million more people swimming

As well as the health and fitness benefits, swimming is refreshing, relaxing and liberating.

By Tom DegunMarch 26 - The achievements of Australia's first male Paralympic champion Ross Sutton and female Paralympian Daphne Hilton have been recognised at the National Sports Museum at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

in her glittering career, Hilton won Paralympic medals in the sport of archery, athletics, fencing, swimming

By Duncan MackayMarch 24 - Kylie Grimes, a member of Britain's wheelchair rugby team, has accepted a multi-million pound settlement from the hospital which she blamed for the injuries which left her paralysed, it was reported today.

a wheelchair, following the accident in August 2006 following a diving accident at a friend's swimming

By Tom DegunMarch 22 - Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones has backed the 2018 Youth Olympic Games to go to Glasgow, claiming the event in the Scottish city would help recreate the atmosphere of London 2012.

As well as Jones, Britain's most successful female rower Katherine Grainger and swimming star Michael