By Tom DegunMarch 6 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe has hailed the five British stars nominated for prizes that the prestigious 2013 Laureus World Sports Awards, which are due to take place in Rio de Janeiro next week.

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By Tom DegunMarch 5 - Irish boxing legend Barry McGuigan has launched a new challenge to inspire 12,000 people living close to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford to get fighting fit as part of the sporting legacy of London 2012.

McGuigan Boxing Academy will run a series of training sessions for almost 1,200 people while Total Swimming

will give free swimming lessons to more than 1,000 local residents at the "Make a Splash" pop-up pool.Make

A Splash is a programme delivered by Total Swimming as part of the Mayor of London's Sports Legacy Fund

fighting fit Whitehead also launched the Make A Splash pool and took a group of residents for a free swimming

In addition to the boxing and swimming lessons, the Take 12 Challenge will give residents suggested routes

By Tom DegunMarch 4 - The Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB) and the  Government's Ministry of Sports have sign an agreement to receive nearly $20 million (£13 million/€15 million) this year to help prepare their top athletes in the lead up to Rio 2016.

athletics, boccia, cycling, fencing, football 5-a-side, football 7-a-side, goalball, power lifting, judo, swimming

Paralympic stars are set to benefit for major new Government funding, including ten-time Paralympic swimming

already have a number of major disability stars following London 2012, including ten-time Paralympic swimming

By Tom DegunMarch 2 - Swimming legend Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, will be

swimmers competing at this weekend's Disability Sport Events (DSE) 2013 Nationwide Junior and Youth Swimming

world 200m freestyle record-holder Applegate will be making their way to Ponds Forge International Swimming

else does".The Championships welcomes swimmers from across the country and is aimed at giving young swimming

Great Britain will hoping to retain her title at this weekend's 2013 Nationwide Junior and Youth Swimming

By Emily GoddardFebruary 26 - Glasgow 2014 has today named local outdoor clothing firm Trespass as the provider of Commonwealth Games uniforms for its workforce and the army of up to 15,000 volunteers.

In that spirit we have designed a range of sportswear, for activities including running, cycling and swimming

By Tom DegunFebruary 25 - Five-a-side indoor football, known as futsal, could be a good addition to the sports programme at the Commonwealth Games, it has been claimed by the Movement's leading official.

Commonwealth Games, which is determined by the CGF, comprises of 10 sports which are athletics, aquatics (swimming

are archery, basketball, beach volleyball, canoeing, cycling, diving, gymnastics, judo, open water swimming

, rowing, sailing, shooting, softball, synchronised Swimming, table tennis, tennis, tenpin bowling, taekwondo

By Tom DegunFebruary 24 - Graeme Thompson has been appointed by British Swimming as the new performance

Graeme's appointment further strengthens the British Swimming women's water polo team who have made significant

with additional funding through to Rio 2016, our focus being to achieve qualification," said British Swimming

By Tom DegunFebruary 24 - Qatari swimmer Nada Arkaji and table tennis player Aya Majdi, who both made history by competing at the London 2012 Olympic Games, have given their full support to the country's recent National Sport Day.

From my side I am encouraging people, especially girls to join swimming or any other sport, to feel the

By James CrookFebruary 23 - Europe's biggest open-water swimming series, the Great Swim, has moved its

to see many of those who were inspired last summer come along and try a new activity like open water swimming

Swimming as an activity is very accessible, many of our participant's already swim at local pools and

By James CrookFebruary 22 - Members of Australia's 4x100 metres relay swimming squad for the London 2012

phone calls, door knocking and general disruptive behaviour.They will now all face the newly-formed Swimming

;Peter McGrath, with the threat of having their funding withdrawn looming.Members of the Australian swimming

Swimming Australia has said that it will implement a 100-day plan to address the recommendations of both

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By Lauren Mattera February 22 - British Paralympic swimming champion Jessica-Jane Applegate has

opened up Applegate House in Barton-upon-HumberApplegate has already received acclaim for her swimming

butterfly and 200m freestyle at the 2012 Berlin Open and gold in the S14 200m freestyle at the 2012 British Swimming

By Tom DegunFebruary 22 - Edinburgh's newly refurbished Royal Commonwealth Pool is set to welcome some of diving's top athletes, such as Britain's Tom Daley, when it stages the FINA/Midea World Series in April.

British Swimming welcomes the best divers in the world to Edinburgh, a venue that has seen many great

refurbished venue we will now see the beginning of a new period in the history of the pool," said British Swimming

Commonwealth Games The event comes to the Royal Commonwealth Pool through a partnership between British Swimming

drunkenness, misuse of prescription drugs, breaching curfews, deceit and bullying by members of the country's swimming

Griffin Legal in Canberra, will chair an Integrity Panel which will also include three members of Swimming

investigate these allegations and deal with them appropriately by putting in place the right framework," said Swimming

centre of investigations to be carried out by former Australian Rugby Union chairman Peter McGrath Swimming

arrived in London confident of winning gold but ended up fourth in the final.The review commissioned by Swimming

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By Duncan MackayFebruary 20 - If Istanbul's bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics is successful then it can count on Britain's support, Sports Minister Hugh Robertson has promised after leading a UK trade mission to Turkey's financial capital.

major events last year alone, such as the World Indoor Athletics Championships, the World Short Course Swimming