By Tom Degun in the Gold CoastJune 24 - A number of senior figures in Australia, including Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke and President of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Olympic Council Robin Poke, have reacted angrily as one of the country's greatest ever swimmers Mike Wenden faces eviction from the pool in the Gold Coast he has managed for 34 years.

Swimming Australia became so concerned last year about the push into council pool management by large

Mihovil Spanja's world 100m breaststroke record in next month's International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming

The only thing I would change in my career is swimming two seconds faster in the Beijing 400m freestyle

More than 450 swimmers will go to Berlin for what will be the largest major international swimming competition

year's London Paralympic Games.For further information or to buy €5 (£4.50/$7.25) tickets for the IPC Swimming

By Tom DegunJune 24 - Fans looking to purchase London 2012 Olympic tickets after missing out on them first time around have again been left frustrated as the official website struggled to cope with overwhelming demand and left people unable to access it.

matches.There have already been sell-outs for 21 events including the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, diving, swimming

By Emily GoddardJune 23 - With barely 400 days to go until the Opening Ceremony, new research has revealed a lacklustre welcome by Britain's young people to the hosting of the London 2012 Olympics, however, the prospect of the world's greatest Games coming to this country is inspiring them to take up sport.

Cricket Ground.It was named by 27 per cent of young people across the country, putting it way ahead of swimming

By Tom Degun in the Gold CoastJune 22 - Mark Peters (pictured right), the chief executive of Gold Coast 2018, has predicted that hosting the Commonwealth Games will be worth around $2 billion (£1.3 billion) to the Australian city if they beat only rivals Hambantota.

Commonwealth Games bid would create over 30,000 new jobs it is claimedJune 2011: Gold Coast to host US swimming

By Tom DegunJune 22 - Double Beijing 2008 Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington (pictured) is set to lead a 40-strong group of British swimmers at the FINA World Championships in Shanghai next month, the biggest event in the sport outside of the Olympic Games.

The performance outcome of the team will be measured across a number of formats as British Swimming looks

I feel very positive about our progression within world swimming and believe we are working hard to support

By Tom Degun in the Gold CoastJune 20 - Mark Stockwell, the chairman of Gold Coast 2018, has expressed his confidence that the Australian city will pass the important technical examination from the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Evaluation Commission, chaired by Scotland's Louise Martin (pictured right) and which started here today, with flying colours.

General Assembly on November 11 in St Kitts and Nevis.Stockwell, who won three medals in freestyle swimming

Commonwealth Games bid would create over 30,000 new jobs it is claimedJune 2011: Gold Coast to host US swimming

By Tom Degun in the Gold CoastJune 19 - Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Mike Fennell has handed a timely boost to the Gold Coast ahead of their formal inspection from the Evaluation Commission by revealing that a policy of rotation will play no part in deciding where the 2018 event is staged.

Olympics and Paralympics, although the Gold Coast Bid Committee, chaired by Los Angeles 1984 triple swimming

Commonwealth Games bid would create over 30,000 new jobs it is claimedJune 2011: Gold Coast to host US swimming

By Tom Degun in the Gold CoastJune 18 - The two-horse race between the Gold Coast in Australia and Hambantota in Sri Lanka to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games has entered its most critical phase to date as the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Evaluation Commission have touched down here ahead of the vital formal inspections of the two cities.

Commonwealth Games bid would create over 30,000 new jobs it is claimedJune 2011: Gold Coast to host US swimming

By Mike RowbottomJune 17 - Craig Hunter, who has stepped down from managing Team GB's Olympic preparation camp in Loughborough, has told insidethegames of his "enormous disappointment" at leaving a role which will now be carried out by Mike Hay, who coached Rhona Martin and her team to Olympic curling gold at the 2002 Salt Lake Games.

final adjustments for the Games away from the Team GB managed multi-sport environment, with British Swimming

By Duncan MackayJune 16 - João Havelange (pictured), the former President of FIFA, is being investigated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Ethics Commission over allegations made in a BBC Panorama programme that he received a $1 million bribe (£618,000), it was reported tonight.

Havelange, who represented Brazil in swimming at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and water polo at the 1952

can watch them compete at London 2012 after the British Olympic Association (BOA) and British Swimming

The British Olympic Association has worked very hard in partnership with British Swimming to ensure that

delighted that we have been able to achieve a positive result by allocating the clear majority of the swimming

 "British Swimming were determined to support our athletes and their parents and close friends,

that each athlete had two tickets for the Games," said David Sparkes, the chief executive of British Swimming

in the pool with outstanding performances from one of the best prepared and supported teams in the swimming

He represented Britain three times in swimming at the Paralympic Games from 1996 to 2004, winning three

Committee (IPC) has appointed digital media company PERFORM as the host broadcaster for July's 2011 IPC Swimming

The 2011 IPC Swimming European Championships are taking place from July 3-10 at the Swimming and Diving

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Championship team suffer double blow as Paralympic champions pull outMay 2011: Record entry for 2011 IPC Swimming

European ChampionshipApril 2011: Britain picks strong team for IPC European Swimming Championships

Tom DegunJune 15 - Double Olympic medallist David Davies has been forced to withdraw from Britain's swimming

British Swimming head coach Dennis Pursley supported Davies' decision to withdraw from the World Championships

Davies will still play an active role within swimming and will travel to Belgrade with the athletes travelling