Ellie Simmonds ready to end career in Paralympics after freestyle fifth place
The five-time gold medallist Ellie Simmonds said she expects Tokyo 2020 to be her final Paralympics while the swimmer Bethany Firth won her fifth career gold
Swimming superstar Ellie Cole on diversity, accessibility and bringing people joy
The six-time gold medallist is campaigning for WeThe15 – a global human rights movement that will feature at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang banned for eight years after Cas ruling
The Chinese multiple world and Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang has been banned from the sport for eight years for missing an out-of-competition test
Greg Rutherford and Dawn Fraser back swimmers over Sun Yang protests
Greg Rutherford and Dawn Fraser backed two swimmers who refused to share a podium with Sun Yang, the Chinese champion who has served a drugs ban
Russia trump GB in final tally as European organisers look to 2022
Britain took second place in the overall medal standings as the multi-sport European Championships concluded
Adam Peaty spooks rivals to win fourth gold at European Championships
Adam Peaty helped Britain’s 4x100m medley relay to victory and secured his fourth gold medal of the European Championships
Georgia Davies delights on Glasgow return amid doubts over Peaty’s record
Georgia Davies in the 50m backstroke and Great Britain’s 4x200m men’s freestyle relay squad won gold at the European Swimming Championships in Glasgow
Katie Ledecky breaks 800m world record but Michael Phelps wins silver
There were more golds in the pool for the US on Friday night but the biggest shock was that Michael Phelps wasn’t among them as he won silver in the 100m butterfly
Ten to watch: meet Team GB’s sporting superheroes
They won our hearts at London 2012: can Team GB do it again? We salute our top athletes, from Greg Rutherford to Ellie Simmonds, as they fly into Rio for the 2016 Olympics
From Syria to Rio: refugee Yusra Mardini targets Olympic swimming spot
The 18-year-old is hoping to make the IOC’s Refugee Olympic Athletes team only a year after she was swimming for her life in the Aegean Sea to escape war
10-year-old Alzain Tareq becomes youngest-ever swimmer at world championships
A 10-year-old from Bahrain has become the youngest swimmer ever to youngest competitor at a world championships
Wes Welker’s doping ban and other drugs-in-sports classics
Hunter Felt: the Bronco says someone may have spiked his drink with MDMA, or Molly, at the Kentucky Derby. Stranger things have happened
Gary Lineker looking back, Olympians swimming, snooker and darts
The Agenda: Fran Halsall in the pool, Daniel Purvis on the floor, Gary Lineker on the personality trail and Phil The Power on the oche in 3D
Rob Howard obituary
Other lives: Olympic swimmer for whom life was a triumph over adversity