Russian and Belarussian athletes and officials have been barred from all European swimming and other aquatics events “until further notice” in response to the illegal war raging against Ukraine, Ukrainian athletes and coaches among the injured. “…I worked as a […]
In a dramatic u-turn by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials have been told to leave the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games after other nations threatened a mass boycott. Less than 24 hours ago, the […]
The Ukrainian Swimming Federation has claimed that some of its athletes and coaches have been injured in the Russian invasion of their country and insists that FINA honour its Constitutional obligation to forbid discrimination on political grounds by removing Russians […]
Swimming battles in the pool will unfold in the first week at World Championships in Budapest this summer to allow athletes heading to other international events a little more rest between peak performances, FINA has announced. The global regulator, which […]
British Swimming will boycott the World Short-Course Swimming Championships in December this year and the European Championships in 2024 if FINA does not relocate them outside Russia. The move, in response to what British Swimming describe as Russia’s “unwarranted declaration […]
FINA has stripped Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia and aggressor in the invasion of Ukraine, of the highest honour of the global regulator, the FINA Order, granted in 2014. At the same time, athletes and officials from Russia and […]
The International Olympic Committee has stripped Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia who ordered the invasion of Ukraine, and other top-ranking Russian officials of the Olympic Order and recommended to international federations that they ban all Russian and Belarussian athletes […]
Ukraine sportsmen and women have called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC)to slap a universal ban on all athletes and the National Olympic Committees of Russia and Belarus in response to Vladimir Putin’s attack on […]
FINA has confirmed that it had stripped Kazan of the World Junior Championships scheduled for August in response to the Russian attack on Ukraine and is now seeking an alternative host. Initial bets are on Brazil to host the relocated […]
The Ukraine Swimming Federation has called on FINA to suspend Russia and Belarus and remove all events from the aggressors in Vladimir Putin’s bloody invasion of the sovereign territory of Ukraine in defiance of international law and worldwide condemnation. President […]
The Nordic Swimming Federations have called on FINA and the rest of the international swimming community to “immediately suspend Russia and Belarus from all involvement in International aquatics until a peaceful resolution” in the war Russian president Vladimir Putin and […]
Editorial – Red Card For Russia is the only option for sports authorities that must rapidly wipe a warmongering regime off the sporting map in the wake of Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, a sovereign country with a legitimate, […]
FINA has opened the process by which it will elect the first “independent” Aquatics Integrity Unit as part of the reform process being driven by president Husain Al-Musallam and new director Brent Nowicki. There are five key categories of application, […]
The International Olympic Committee – IOC – as urged Sports federations, including FINA, to cancel all events scheduled to take place in Russia or Belarus in response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Fina is due to host several events […]
War on Ukraine – FINA has cancelled water polo and synchronised swimming events scheduled at Russian venues for March and April but has left the World Championships, junior long-course and senior short-course, scheduled for Kazan in August and December “under […]
Editorial and archive: The Blood in the Water match, the name given to the water polo fight between Hungary and the USSR at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, offers lessons on appeasement and why sports organisations must banish Russia from all engagement in the […]
Editorial – FINA, the global regulator for sport, must act swiftly to guarantee the safety of all athletes and other stakeholders working in aquatic sports by removing all its events and funding from Russia in the wake of the declaration […]
The International Swimmers’ Alliance has slammed a lack of “meaningful” consultation with athletes and described a chaotic and over-cooked international swimming competition calendar as “unsustainable”. In a strong statement issued within the last hour, Katinka Hosszu, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Brent Hayden […]
