Swimming
LEN president upbeat over aquatics involvement at 2022 European Championships
Paolo Barelli, the president of the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN), aquatics’ European body, has expressed his confidence in the sport’s European Championships in Rome being part of Munich’s 2022 m…
LEN keeps European Championships integration alive with Rome to host 2022 Europeans
The Ligue Européenne de Natation [LEN], the governing body for aquatics in Europe, has confirmed that Rome has been selected to host the 2022 European Aquatics Championships and reiterated its intention …
BBC lands rights to ISL London, finals deal struck in Japan
This weekend’s final regular-season event from the International Swimming League, the new franchise-based competition, is to be streamed live by the BBC, the UK public-service broadcaster.
“It’s like a wave that hits you” | British Olympic federations on their commercial preparations for the Games
British Gymnastics chief executive Jane Allen, British Swimming chief executive Jack Buckner and UK Athletics chairman Chris Clark discuss their organisations' plans for the final run-in ahead of Tokyo 2020 and explain how to ensure a strong commercial return from the Olympic Games.
LEN and EBU align dates with Munich’s 2022 European Championships
The Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN), aquatics’ European body, and its broadcast rights partner Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting Union, have issued a joint statement indicating sw…
Russia ‘to host’ 2024 European Aquatics Championships, Rome set for 2022
Rome looks set to host the 2022 European Swimming Championships while Russia’s Kazan or Nizhny Novgorod could host the 2024 edition of the event.
Munich gets nod for 2022 European Championships, aquatics not on the list
The second edition of the multi-sport European Championships tournament will be held in Munich in 2022 after the six participating European federations gave their approval to the hosting plans
Sponsors announced for Qatar’s Swimming World Cup leg as 2020 calendar confirmed
The Qatar Swimming Association (QSA) has revealed details of the sponsors that will support Doha’s leg of the Fina Swimming World Cup next month.
Fina opts for Asia focus for second season of Champions Swim Series
Fina, the world governing body for aquatic sport, has pursued an Asian focus for the second season of its Champions Swim Series, with China to be the sole host for a 2020 edition reduced in size by one…
International Swimming League has inaugural meet, secures ESPN3 streaming deal in US
The inaugural meeting of the start-up International Swimming League at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana, over the weekend was given a warm reception by its participants
Melbourne and Singapore confirmed as Para Swimming World Series stops
World Para Swimming has announced the calendar for its 2020 World Series, with events in seven cities on four continents
Canadian broadcast deal struck for swimming’s ISL
The new franchise-based International Swimming League will receive free-to-air exposure in Canada after a rights agreement was struck with CBC Sports, the sports arm of the public broadcaster
Madeira to stage 2021 World Para Swimming Championships
The World Para Swimming division of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has awarded the 2021 World Para Swimming Championships to the Portuguese region of Madeira
Tokyo 2020 joins forces with Fukuoka’s Fina World Championships
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games has entered into a partnership with the body overseeing Fukuoka’s staging of the 2021 Fina World Championships in an agreement d…
Fina warns Horton after podium protest
Fina, the global governing body of aquatic sports, has today (Monday) warned Swimming Australia and its athlete, Mack Horton, after the Australian staged a protest against Chinese rival Sun Yang
Fina returns World Championships to Kazan, Budapest
Fina, the global governing body of aquatic sports, has opted to return its 2025 and 2027 World Championships and World Masters Championships to Kazan and Budapest, a decade on from when the events were…
Michael Andrew: “The ISL shows athletes are beginning to find their voice”
By Michael Andrew, vice-captain and co-owner of New York Breakers, a team in the new International Swimming League.
Athletes to benefit as International Swimming League threatens Fina’s hold over sport
A Ukranian billionaire is funding the latest effort to turn swimming into a regular competitive professional sport and not just one of the most popular events at the Summer Olympics.