USA Swimming has nominated four-time Olympic champion and Los Angeles 2028 chief athlete officer Janet Evans for the position of treasurer at the International Swimming Federation (FINA), according to website swimswam.
Japanese swimmer Hiromasa Fujimori has been suspended after failing a drugs test for banned stimulant ephedrine.
An FBI agent hired to investigate sexual misconduct claims against USA Swimming coach Sean Hutchison believes that the probe was not as extensive as it should have been, it has been reported.
Tributes have been paid to Commonwealth Games gold medallist Kenneth To following the swimmer’s death at the age of 26.
The International Swimming Federation (FINA) is withdrawing its doping case against Dutch swimmer Kira Toussaint after a re-test showed that the first results from her sample were incorrect.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has filed an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the decision not to sanction three-time Olympic champion Sun Yang following reports that he helped deliberately smash his own blood sample in a row with drugs-testers.
The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has signed a sponsorship deal with Chinese mineral water supplier Nongfu Spring to cover several of its top-tier events, it was announced today.
The new International Swimming League (ISL) will have a first-year budget of some $20 million (£15 million/€17.5 million), according to the Ukrainian businessman who is the source of its financial backing.
Adam Peaty has been confirmed as a key member of a London swimming team which will compete in the inaugural season of the privately-financed International Swimming League (ISL).
Speedo claim to have launched its "smartest" latest Fastskin swimsuit range to date in the build-up to next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.
International Swimming Federation’s (FINA) have claimed top swimmers are backing their new Champions Swim Series after several leading names confirmed their participation.
Swedish Swimming Federation (SSF) chair Ulla Gustavsson has resigned following a backlash to her comments that a veil was a “symbol of repression”.
Brazil's Ana Marcela Cunha started her International Swimming Federation (FINA) Marathon Swim World Series title defence with a victory in the first leg in Doha.
The first race of this year's International Swimming Federation (FINA) Marathon Swim World Series is set to begin in the Qatari capital of Doha.
Argentina claimed double home gold at the International Swimming Federation UltraMarathon Swim Series leg in Rosario.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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