Jacco Verhaeren, Technical Director of the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation (KNZB), is to enforce swim suit checks at the upcoming Swim Cup to ensure fairness in Rome 2009 qualification as techno-suits cast doubt on the worth of performances

New Zealand body warns of "crisis point" in learn to swim schemes; drowning remains a major cause of death among children in South Africa

Italy has selected a strong squad of 34, 22 of them men, for the European short-course championships in Rijeka, Croatia next week; Africa Championships results from day three

Michael Phelps has achieved another unprecedented feat: the first swimmer honoured as Sports Illustrated's sportsman of the year after his eight-gold medal swim in Beijing

Times are still pretty modest down at the 9th African Swimming Championships at the Ellis Park Aquatics Centre in Johannesburg, though a 2:33.39 200m breaststroke is not at all bad for a 13-year-old girl