supporting but which is absolutely part of the Paralympic calendar and provides competition for athletics, swimming

By Tom DegunMay 19 - A group of 27 swimmers from the British Swimming Development Programme will travel

Perry, who is also the British Swimming open water coach, is hoping to put his mark on the youngsters

which are due to take place in Belgrade between July 6 and 10, is the priority event on the British Swimming

The European Junior Championships are highly regarded within the international swimming community and

A great deal of work is being done on starts and turns with our elite athletes and British Swimming is

At the British Gas Swimming Championships in March we saw a marked improvement in this area and we'll

By Tom DegunMay 19 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe has highlighted the importance of the BT Paralympic World Cup in the sporting calendar claiming that this year's event, which takes place in Manchester next week, will provide a real preview of what is to come at next year's Games.

recognisable names in Paralympic sport competing, including South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius and British swimming

Simmonds will join over 200 other top Paralympic athletes competing in athletics, wheelchair basketball, swimming

represented for the first time as exhibition events alongside popular favourites such as athletics, swimming

medallist gymnast Shawn Johnson (pictured) and Jessica Long, seven times Paralympian gold medallist in swimming

By Tom DegunMay 18 - The Duke of Gloucester has officially opened the new £38 million ($61 million) Basildon Sporting Village.

a major coup ahead of the London 2012 Games when they announced in March that the Japanese Olympic swimming

pre-London 2012 training camp.At the Beijing 2008 Olympics Games the Japanese team came fourth in the swimming

medals and three bronze and the agreement will see the team use the brand new 50 metre Olympic-size swimming

then escorted around the building where he visited the South Essex Gymnastics Club, the fitness suite, swimming

to unveil a plaque and sign the visitor book.The Basildon Sporting Village boasts  a 50 metre swimming

By Tom DegunMay 16 - The British Embassy in Berlin has hosted an event presenting the Paralympic Post project, which will take place during the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Maroldt.The introductory addresses were followed by a panel discussion with former British Paralympic swimming

By Tom DegunMay 15 - Tyson Gay sent a warning to Jamaican sprint rivals Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell that he is in ominous early-season form as the American produced a blistering 150 metre sprint at Manchester's Great City Games despite the damp and grey conditions overhead.

It was a good swim, a good performance and a good day for British swimming," said Payne, who won silver

By Tom DegunMay 15 - Bob Price, the President of INAS-FID (the International Federation for Sport for Athletes with an Intellectual Disability), has warned that there must be no repeat of the Sydney 2000 cheating scandal at London 2012 which saw them banned from the Paralympic Games.

As a result, intellectually disabled athletes will be able to take part in swimming, table tennis and

further 10 world-class athletes to its BMW London 2012 Performance Team with double Beijing 2008 Olympic swimming

By David GoldMay 13 - Teams from around the world have registered for the ITU Team Triathlon World Championships, taking place in Lausanne, it has been announced.

be a 4xmixed relay, seeing two men and two women on each team completing a super-sprint triathlon of swimming

By Duncan Mackay in Kuala LumpurMay 13 - Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke has claimed that his city would fit perfectly the ethos of the Commonwealth Games if their bid to host them in 2018 is successful.

women's basketball.The remaining events such as wrestling, boxing, weightlifting, hockey, gymnastics, swimming

Southport Broadwater Parklands for gymnastics, basketball and netball, the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre for swimming

By Tom Degun at the National Theatre in LondonMay 11 - London 2012 has today published ticket prices for the London 2012 Paralympic Games, with 95 per cent to be priced at £50 ($82) or under, and half of the tickets on offer for £10 ($16) or less.

sitting volleyball, wheelchair fencing, boccia and powerlifting at ExCeL.Tickets for athletics, cycling, swimming

By Tom Degun at the National Theatre in LondonMay 11 - London 2012 has today published ticket prices for the London 2012 Paralympic Games, with 95 per cent to be priced at £50 ($82) or under, and half of the tickets on offer for £10 ($16) or less.

sitting volleyball, wheelchair fencing, boccia and powerlifting at ExCeL.Tickets for athletics, cycling, swimming

By Duncan Mackay in Kuala LumpurMay 10 - There is set to be a new push to get Twenty20 cricket into the Commonwealth Games, it has been revealed.

Assembly in St Kitts and Nevis in November.The list of category one sports remains unaltered – aquatics-swimming

within events to be contested in those sports.But the Executive Board will recommend that synchronised swimming

By David GoldMay 8 - Keri-Anne Payne clinched victory at the LEN Open Water Cup in Eilat as she swam to glory in her first 10 kilometres race of the season.

to clinch her spot in Shanghai, and Dan Fogg, who came 18th in the men's contest.Mark Perry, British Swimming