Germany has sent a weighty team to the Olympic test event in Beijing this week; Stefan Nystrand also in town as Watercube opens for business

Georges Kiehl, former French International, recalls the moment when news swept through the European meet that the plane carrying the Italian team had crashed on arrival, killing all passengers

A couple of days after arriving back in Britain from a four-week training camp in Florida, teenage sprinter clocks 54.53 national record over 100m freestyle

The Olympic medley champion clocks 2:16.47 and 4:47.60 in Luxembourg: training hard but the road to joining Fraser and Egerszegi in the triple crown club is paved with jagged rocks that lead to Katie Hoff

Not good enough to make the grade for japan at Melbourne 2007, Irie takes national standard and rises to 7th all-time in Nichinomiya

As we predicted on January 4, FINA has refused to ratify the 3:08.29 effort of a quartet from CN Marseille at Istres on December 22 as a world short-course record

The Olympic 400m champion concludes that the 800m freestyle that unfolds on the same day as the 200m back in Beijing may be an event too far for her ailing right shoulder to endure

It's Olympic Year and every suit-maker worth their salt will want to reveal that they have made what it takes to win gold ... Arena is first off the blocks with news of news to come

As the IOC and WADA Presidents catch up, it is to be hoped that an overhaul of a testing regime that has allowed big profile names to whistle through the net is on the cards

All roads to Beijing go via the European l/c Championships for Magnini, Marin, Colbertaldo, Pellegrini, Filippi and crew

he Cercle des Nageurs de Melun Val de Seine (CN Melun), via legal firm Frédérik-Karel Canoy, has lodged a fresh civil claim against 'X' for the return of funds; if anything, says Lucas, the club owes him money

As we wrote just before Michael Scott became Performance Consultant to Britain last year: the Australian has taken over where Bill Sweetenham left off, title and all

Five wins and a second, all of that in times faster than he was recording a year ago at Long Beach before Melbourne 2007. What does it mean for 2008? 'I hope it's even better than '07,' said Phelps. 'I'm more relaxed this year than I was last year'

The French coach to his wife Alena Popchanka (FRA) and Kirsty Balfour, Kris Gilchrist and Gregor Tait (GBR), among others in Edinburgh, is a target for Australia and Lagardère Paris Racing

The Olympic 400m champion will come down from altitude next week for a 200m test on freestyle and backstroke; new coach describes shoulder complaint as 'severe'

The Brit who took silver over 10km by a stroke at the World Championships in Melbourne last March in her first big global Open water race has been honoured by her national Olympic committee

Britain has established a Target Squad of 139 swimmers to focus on success at a home Olympic Games in London, 2012. The group comes together for the first time this weekend

When Thorpe walked free, head held high, there was a perception that ASADA had dragged its feet. Here, the agency's boss, Richard Ings, defends his operation and says that the Olympic champion's test result was not an adverse analytical finding

The British Olympic team for London 2012 will make its final preparations behind a ring of military steel at the Aldershot Army base west of the Olympic city

A critically acclaimed water polo documentary narrated by Mark Spitz, is now available on DVD