By Duncan Mackay at the World Trade Center in MoscowOctober 30 - Kazan is set to host one of the largest sports events in history in 2015 when for the first time ever the FINA World Masters Championships will be held alongside the the main event. 

Kazan is building now one beautiful and extraordinary swimming complex [for the Universiade]," said Julio

It will be two swimming pools of 50 metres and one separate pool for diving."

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By Andrew WarshawOctober 28 - Istanbul hopes its bid for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be reinforced by the latest high profile sports event to be staged in the city.

Turkish Airlines World Golf Final.With the Intercontinental Istanbul Eurasia Marathon and the FINA World Swimming

By Sara EvansOctober 28 – FINA, the international governing body of swimming, has announced that China

, Mexico, will stage the 2017 event.The FINA World Championships feature five aquatics disciplines: swimming

By Tom DegunOctober 27 - Britain's double open water swimming world champion Keri-Anne Payne has relocated

retiring from competitive swimming.Payne was one of the favourites for Olympic gold in the open water swimming

London 2012 after a silver at Beijing 2008 but finished an agonising fourth.As there is no open water swimming

Baths and University of Edinburgh and despite the switch to the pool, is likely to return to open water swimming

By Tom DegunOctober 26 - Britain's four-time Paralympic swimming champion Ellie Simmonds is spearheading

By Tom DegunOctober 25 - International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven has received an Honorary Degree from the University of Manchester less than two months after helping London stage the greatest Paralympic Games ever.

at five consecutive Paralympics from 1972 to 1988.He also competed in track and field athletics and swimming

By Tom DegunOctober 22 - With Paratriathlon set to make its debut at the Paralympic Games in Rio in 2016, Britain put out an early warning for Brazil as they dominated the competition this weekend to take five of the 12 available gold medals at the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Championships in Auckland.

and men's TRI-2, respectively, with American Melissa Stockwell, an Iraq war veteran who competed in swimming

Committee (APC) have put tickets on sale for their 2012 Paralympian of the Year Awards next month, where swimming

By Tom DegunOctober 20 - Exactly 109 athletes from 21 different countries are set to compete in the 2012 International Triathlon Union (ITU) Paratriathlon World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand next week as the sport steps up preparations for its Paralympic Games debut at Rio 2016.

consecutive year in AucklandMeanwhile, American Melissa Stockwell, an Iraq war veteran who competed in swimming

By Tom DegunOctober 16 - Nike has announced details of the deal that will see it supply uniforms and products to International Olympic Committee (IOC) members and staff through to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

USA and appeared on the uniform worn by all American athletes at the London 2012 Olympics, including swimming

By Tom DegunOctober 16 - Britain's six-time Paralympic champion James Anderson has called time on a swimming

The 49-year-old from Scotland was the oldest member of the British swimming team at the London 2012 Paralympics

I've also been involved with the regional swimming squad in the east of Scotland for the last few months

His career is testament to his dedication to swimming and his spirit."

From myself and everyone involved with Disability Swimming we wish him well for the future."

Everyone at Scottish Swimming would like to wish Jim all the best in his future endeavours."

By Tom DegunOctober 13 - Vladimir Leonov, director general of the 2013 Universiade in Kazan, believes the aquatics competition at his World University Games next year will be the perfect test event for the 2015 FINA World Championships that will take place in the Russian city two years' later.

The Universiade swimming tournament will be held at the Aquatics Palace," Leonov explained."

We will use the Universiade swimming event to test operations ahead of the World Aquatics Championships

If there was only one large swimming pool before Kazan embarked on the preparations for the Games, today

sports complexes with swimming pools are built across the entire city."

make these venues accessible to people; children and students play sports there, children and youth swimming

Mike RowbottomOctober 12 - Double Commonwealth champion David Carry has announced his retirement from swimming

I'd like to thank everyone at British swimming for their help and support throughout my career."

From all at British Swimming I wish David all the best in his new career."

Ally Whike, performance director of Scottish Swimming, also added his praise of Carry."

Everyone at Scottish Swimming wishes him well as he starts a new and exciting chapter in his life."

Carry won't be walking away from swimming altogether as he begins his new role with Red Sky Management

By Tom DegunOctober 12 - London 2012 Paralympic champion Heather Frederiksen and silver medallist Louise Watkin are looking for a new coach and club after quitting the City of Salford swim team.

By Mike RowbottomOctober 11 - Former United States Olympic swimming coach Mark Schubert, in a court filing

Schubert and the Golden West Swim Club last month by Dia Rianda, a former club employee and long-time USA Swimming

Southern California (USC) assistant coach under Schubert (pictured top), is under investigation by USA Swimming

FAST) and later at Golden West.Golden West was aware of the investigation when Jewell was hired, USA Swimming

coach, Rick Curl, between the ages of 11 and 17.Schubert did not report the abuse allegations to USA Swimming

executives, Rianda said in her suit.Curl was banned from the sport for life by USA Swimming last month.The