By Tom DegunDecember 26 - Scottish swimming star Michael Jamieson, who won silver in the men's 200 metres

breaststroke at the London 2012 Olympic Games, has been unveiled as a swimming ambassador for British

Championships in Istanbul earlier this month, will now help to promote British Gas's sponsorship of swimming

We are delighted to welcome Michael to the British Gas team as a swimming ambassador," said British Gas

since 2009 and supports swimming at all levels in Britain.This summer over 141,000 people took the plunge

athletes in return for free swims.British Gas also supported the post London 2012 British Swimming Heroes

Tour, which saw Jamieson, double London 2012 swimming bronze medallist Rebecca Adlington and Britain's

By Duncan MackayDecember 24 - Having secured three of the world's most prestigious Paralympic events is a sign of Britain's commitment to build upon the success of London 2012, UK Sport chief executive Liz Nicholl has claimed. 

The IPC Athletics World Championships, IPC Swimming World Championships and ITF Wheelchair Tennis Singles

UK Sport have done a fantastic job in securing the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow and

In doing so, UK Sport together with British Swimming, UK Athletics and the British Paralympic Association

than 1,000 of the world's best athletes to the capital for the sport's showpiece event.The 2015 IPC Swimming

World Championships will be staged at Tollcross, the swimming venue for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth

By Emily GoddardDecember 21 - Tokyo's newly elected Metropolitan Governor Naoki Inose has today been named as chairman of Tokyo's bid for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, after the 66-year-old prizewinning writer made a pledge to bring the Games back to the Japanese capital for the first time since 1964 at his election.

Paralympian and Athens Paralympic gold medallist in the women's 5,000 metres; Takayuki Suzuki, three-time swimming

By Tom DegunDecember 20 - The British Olympic Association (BOA) have secured their preparation camp for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Minas Tenis Clube (MTC) in the city of Belo Horizonte.

The facilities at the MTC include numerous indoor sports halls and gymnasiums and the swimming pool used

This is an indoor sports complex complete with a full size football pitch, Olympic-sized swimming pool

By Tom Degun at UK Sport Headquarters in LondonDecember 18 - UK Sport have unveiled their goal for Britain to become the first host nation to better their medal performance at the next Olympics and Paralympics as they unveiled record funding of £347 million ($563 million/€427 million) for Rio 2016 here.

their target of five to seven medals, have seen their funding cut by £3,744,600 ($6,083,852/€4,603,611).Swimming

Meanwhile swimming and boxing were offered one-year deals on the understanding that they sorted out their

By Tom Degun at Westway Sports Centre in LondonDecember 17 - Sport England has today announced a major £493 million ($799 million/€607 million) four-year investment in grassroots sport here in a move to help build on the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

progress on grassroots sport, with huge funding increases of over 30 per cent.However, the losers are swimming

By Duncan MackayDecember 17 - Hosting the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games would be an "historic opportunity" to build upon the legacy programme of London 2012, British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Sebastian Coe claimed today. 

Scottish revealed full details of its candidature file during a special event at Tollcross International Swimming

By Emily Goddard at the Sinan Erdem Arena in IstanbulDecember 16 - There is no question that Istanbul is ready to host the Olympics, FINA vice-president Dale Neuburger has said as he threw his support behind the Turkish city's bid for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Speaking to insidethegames here at the FINA World Short Course Championships, the former USA Swimming

vice-president for the Americas since 2000, has been delighted by Istanbul's hosting of the global swimming

It's been a fantastic event," said Neuburger, who is also the FINA technical swimming committee bureau

This World Championships has been one that has included both established swimming stars and bright new

Michael Phelps – who also endorsed the Turkish city's 2020 Olympic and Paralympic bid, while Olympic swimming

By Duncan MackayDecember 16 - An extension being built at Tollcross International Swimming Centre for

This will have a significant impact on every level of swimming programmes, from under-five classes to

2014.The new plans are also a bonus for oganisers of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming

story at [email protected] storiesDecember 2012: Glasgow to stage 2015 IPC Swimming

it hosted the 2012 Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Championships at the same venue that the World Swimming

But how did the athletes play tennis in a swimming pool I here you say.

to American Serena Williams' WTA Championships victory this winter, it was transformed into an elite swimming

highly respected figures have come out with shining praise for the Turkish city.Back in July, Olympic swimming

an outstanding host of the Olympic Games," Bowman said.But it was FINA vice-president and former USA Swimming

the Sinan Erdem Arena in IstanbulDecember 15 - Ryan Lochte of the United States secured his second swimming

By Emily Goddard at the Sinan Erdem Arena in IstanbulDecember 14 - Istanbul's hosting of the FINA World Short Course Championships has already received major global acclaim, with the likes of Bob Bowman - coach to the most decorated Olympian of all time, America's Michael Phelps - going so far as to endorse the Turkish city's 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games bid.

played host to Serena Williams' WTA Championships victory this winter; its transformation into an elite swimming

"The City Where Continents Meet" is the slogan of the World Short Course Swimming Championships, which

confirmed today that the Scottish city will host the 2015 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming

Glasgow was originally awarded the 2015 European Championships but a change to the IPC Swimming calendar

Swimming Centre The Tollcross International Swimming Centre is currently undergoing a £13.7million

World Championships in Glasgow in 2015," said British Swimming chief executive David Sparkes."

we can showcase Paralympic Swimming to the whole of World."

pool gets nod for 2015 IPC European Swimming Championships