By David OwenApril 7 - New research into India's favourite sports provides great encouragement for the sport of badminton.

four times a year, 51 per cent played badminton.This was well ahead of the third sport on the list, swimming

By David GoldApril 6 - The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has announced that British armed forces volunteers will be taking part in the third annual Warrior Games in 2012.

funded by Help for Heroes and square off against five American armed forces teams in archery, cycling, swimming

By David GoldApril 6 - Procter and Gamble (P&G) have announced that they are sponsoring 28 United States Olympic and Paralympic hopes for London 2012, including Tyson Gay, Ashley Eaton and Michael Phelps.

fun playing all different sports, such as soccer and surfing," said Ryan Lochte, a six-time Olympic swimming

By David GoldApril 5 - The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) has expressed its sadness at the passing of Dr Gord Sleivert (pictured), the vice-president of the Canadian Sport Centre Pacific (CSC Pacific).

Dr Sleivert passed away on Monday at the age of 48, having been in Montreal to meet Swimming Canada at

the Paralympic swimming trials, which concluded last Sunday (April 1)."

By David GoldApril 5 - The British Paralympic Association (BPA) has unveiled a new website ahead of this summer's Paralympic Games.

My sport has made me the person I am today," says British swimming star Ellie Simmonds (pictured below

By Mike RowbottomApril 4 - Swimming's world governing body (FINA) and Britain's anti-doping agency have signed an agreement to share information on athletes' blood profiles before the London 2012 Olympic Games, AP has reported.

By David GoldApril 4 - The entire American team which won gold at the recent Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships in Hamar is in the running for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) athlete of the month award, along with the South Korean side they beat and Australian swimmer Matt Cowdrey.

running for the prize is Cowdrey, who set a world record in the 50 metres freestyle S9 at the Australian Swimming

gold medallist also set a world record in the 100m freestyle, though that has not been approved by IPC Swimming

By Tom DegunApril 4 - Swimmer Ahmed Kelly has drawn praise from Greg Hartung, President of the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC), after closing in on his ambition of competing at the London 2012 Paralympic Games for his adopted country.

walk with the use of prostheses and, before long, began to run.He subsequently turned his attention to swimming

secured another major event after FINA today awarded the Qatari capital the 2014 World Short Course Swimming

 "We are very pleased to have the 12th FINA World Swimming Championships in 2014 in the outstanding

1993 in Palma da Mallorca.The 2014 event had originally been awarded to Catania but the Italian Swimming

Swimming is an important and popular sport in Qatar and we will give a special welcome to the athletes

By Duncan MackayApril 4 - A row has broken out after Fanny Blankers-Koen, winner of a record four gold medals at the 1948 Olympics, was snubbed by Transport for London (TfL), who have unveiled a special Olympic Legends Underground Map to mark the Games returning to the capital.

Moorsel, who won three gold medals, swimmer Inge de Bruijn, a four-time Olympic champion, triple Olympic swimming

By Mike RowbottomApril 2 - Glasgow will host the 2015 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming

The venue will be the new Tollcross International Swimming Centre, the same pool that will host the swimming

This will be the first major Para-Swimming Championships in Great Britain following London 2012 and we

David Sparkes, chief executive for British Swimming, commented: "British Swimming, together with Glasgow

We believe that we will put Para-Swimming and the IPC in a stronger position and, in turn, leave for

Centre is rightly regarded as one of the UK's leading swimming venues."

By Duncan MackayApril 2 - Tokyo 2020 have appointed Tokuaki Suzuki, the former Competitions Director of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and Japan Football Association (JFA), as its new communications director to oversee its bid for the Olympics and Paralympics. 

the International Triathlon Union, and Ayano Egami, a Sydney 2000 silver medallist in synchronised swimming

2012 Olympics, has signed with three60 Sports following his superb performances at the British Gas Swimming

the most successful British male swimmer at the Championships, which also acted as the London 2012 swimming

shone as Canada's leading Paralympic swimmers geared up for London 2012 at the national Paralympic swimming

This is great for Para swimming in Canada," he said."

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By Tom DegunMarch 31 - Retired British swimmer Giles Long, who won three Paralympic gold medals in a glittering career, has revealed that he will be running the Virgin London Marathon next month in order to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT)

The 35-year-old (pictured) from Havering in Essex, who retired from competitive swimming in 2007, had