By David GoldDecember 28 - Natalie du Toit is hoping to sign off in style at next year's London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games before hanging up her googles.

I have had a long road of competitive sport and definitely in swimming."

By David GoldDecember 28 - Team GB ambassadors Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean have spent a day at the University of Bath with the British rhythmic gymnastics team as they gear up for London 2012.

with London hopefuls.Earlier this year the Olympic champion Robin Cousins met with the synchronised swimming

By Tom DegunDecember 28 -  Exactly 350 local community sports groups across the country are celebrating after being offered a total of £17.4 million ($27.3 million/€20.9 million) in Olympic legacy funding from Sport England's Inspired Facilities Fund.

risk of being closed down and £50,000 ($78,435/€60,020) to replace the roof at Worcester Citizens' Swimming

By Tom DegunDecember 27 - The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) have announced the recipients of the Christchurch Athlete Hardship Grant which have been made available to support athletes in the wake of the devastating earthquakes that hit the city earlier this year.

This will take a lot of pressure off my parents who work super hard to support my swimming career financially

of the journey for me with the Great Britain pursuit team," wrote the 34-year-old former Paralympic swimming

Xander Alari-Williams may be a name unfamiliar to all but the most avid swimming fans, but he harbours

year-old will be competing for the right to represent his country at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the swimming

 His talent is such that he has been selected for the British Swimming World Class Development Programme

believe they can make it in the sport.Their exploits in recent years have raised the profile of British swimming

By Mike RowbottomDecember 22 - Andy Hunt, the British Olympic Association chief executive, has cited the achievements of Keri-Anne Payne (pictured) as his favourite sporting performance of the year as he announced the recipients of the 2011 Olympic Athlete of the Year trophy.

for me personally, the highlight was witnessing Keri-Anne Payne cross the line to win the open water swimming

By Declan WarringtonDecember 21 - World record holder Jody Cundy has been named BBC East's Disabled Sports Personality of the Year for a second time.

Montichiari earlier this year.Cundy, 33, enjoyed his most successful championships since his switch from swimming

By David GoldDecember 20 - Xander Alari-Williams may be a name unfamiliar to all but the most avid swimming

be competing in March for the right to represent his country at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the swimming

bronze medals at the 2009 UK School Games.His talent is such that he has been selected for the British Swimming

their roster of Olympic hopefuls who will serve as Ralph Lauren brand ambassadors for London 2012, with swimming

By Tom DegunDecember 18 - Heather Mills, the former wife of Sir Paul McCartney, has suffered a new blow in her attempt to qualify to compete for Britain at the Sochi 2014 Paralympics after she injured her leg during a ski training session in Austria.

believe they could do anything and now they are trying ice skating and rollerblading and biking and swimming

By Duncan MackayDecember 17 - An aspiring young Paralympian is to meet two of his heroes next week after his homework project was posted on YouTube.

the body, will make a visit Leominster Leisure Centre next Tuesday (December 20) to meet Paralympic swimming

he is 18 and goes on to demonstrate some of the sports that he might like to compete in, including swimming

while nother message of support came from Canadian snowboarder Tyler Mosher.Hodge currently attends swimming

Swimming is a fantastic activity and is something that anyone of any level can take part in.

By Declan WarringtonDecember 16 ­- Four-time Paralympic Games gold medalist Marc Woods is finalising his preparations for the Centenary Race to the South Pole, widely regarded as the toughest race on earth.

By David GoldDecember 16 - Natalie du Toit (pictured) is hoping to sign off in style at next year's London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, as the multiple gold medal winning Paralympic swimmer insists that she wants to compete at the able bodied competition.

I have had a long road of competitive sport and definitely in swimming."

Ralph Lauren Corporation, an official outfitter of the United States Paralympic team, have unveiled swimming

communications at Ralph Lauren.The two Paralympic stars join a number of Olympic stars, including triple Olympic swimming