Swimming

The cities of Glasgow and Berlin are set to co-host a new European multi-sport event in 2018, it was announced today (Thursday).

The WME-IMG agency has signed a worldwide marketing representation deal with US four-time Olympic gold medallist swimmer Missy Franklin.

Julio Maglione is set to be able to bid for another term at the helm as the president of Fina after the global governing body of aquatic sports announced proposals to scrap age limits for top officials.

The International Aquatics Association (Fina) has announced that Budapest will be the new host of its 17th World Championships and World Masters Championships in July 2017.

Fina, the world governing body for aquatic sports, has received interest from a number of cities over the staging of its 2017 World Swimming Championships after Guadalajara withdrew as host last week.

The Mexican Sports Institute has informed Fina, the global governing body of aquatic sports, that Guadalajara will not be able to host the 2017 World Swimming Championships.

The International Aquatics Federation (Fina) has confirmed that the 2015 edition of its Swimming World Cup will include an event in France.

The International Aquatics Federation (Fina) has awarded its 2018 World Swimming Championships (25m) to the Chinese city of Hangzhou.

The International Aquatics Federation (Fina) has approved high diving as its sixth official discipline and has awarded an eighth leg of its 2015 Swimming World Cup to France.

Egypt will not send a team to next month’s International Aquatics Federation (Fina) World Swimming Championships (25m), which is being staged in Qatar.

The USA Swimming national governing body has opted to double the amount of prize money it will award to competitors in the 2014-15 edition of its Grand Prix Series.

Italian swimming equipment manufacturer Aqua Sphere has agreed a long-term strategic partnership with swimming superstar Michael Phelps that will result in the company expanding operations to take in swimwear.

The European Aquatics League (LEN) has voted to keep its Short Course Swimming Championships in Israel, but the event will now be staged in December 2015.

The International Aquatics Federation (Fina) has elected to move its World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships out of Israel due to the “unstable and unpredictable” situation in the region.

The International Aquatics Federation (Fina) has appointed marketing agency RedTorch to deliver the digital marketing and sales operations at its 2014 World Aquatics Convention.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has opened the bidding processes for the 2017 Swimming World Championships and 2018 Swimming European Championships.

The International Aquatics Federation (Fina) has moved to enhance its event-staging capabilities by signing a four-year partnership with temporary infrastructure specialist Nussli.

Netanya in Israel has been selected as the host of the 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships by the Ligue Européenne de Natation, the European swimming league.