Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA)

The Qatar Olympic Committee has confirmed that it will lodge a bid with Fina, the global governing body for aquatic sports, to host either the 2021 or 2023 edition of the Fina World Championships.

The International Aquatics Federation (Fina) has followed the lead of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by becoming the first international sports body to publish financial compensation details, with the move coming amid outside pressure over the administration of the organisation.

Julio Cesar Maglione has been elected as the interim president of the Pan American Sports Organisation (Paso).

Julio Maglione is set to be able to bid for another term at the helm as the president of Fina after the global governing body of aquatic sports announced proposals to scrap age limits for top officials.

The International Aquatics Association (Fina) has announced that Budapest will be the new host of its 17th World Championships and World Masters Championships in July 2017.

Fina, the world governing body for aquatic sports, has received interest from a number of cities over the staging of its 2017 World Swimming Championships after Guadalajara withdrew as host last week.

The Mexican Sports Institute has informed Fina, the global governing body of aquatic sports, that Guadalajara will not be able to host the 2017 World Swimming Championships.

The International Aquatics Federation (Fina) has confirmed that the 2015 edition of its Swimming World Cup will include an event in France.

The International Aquatics Federation (Fina) has awarded its 2018 World Swimming Championships (25m) to the Chinese city of Hangzhou.

The International Aquatics Federation (Fina) has approved high diving as its sixth official discipline and has awarded an eighth leg of its 2015 Swimming World Cup to France.

Egypt will not send a team to next month’s International Aquatics Federation (Fina) World Swimming Championships (25m), which is being staged in Qatar.

The International Aquatics Federation (Fina) has elected to move its World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships out of Israel due to the “unstable and unpredictable” situation in the region.

The International Aquatics Federation (Fina) has appointed marketing agency RedTorch to deliver the digital marketing and sales operations at its 2014 World Aquatics Convention.

International Skating Union (ISU) president Ottavio Cinquanta has said the governing body has no plans to intervene in the battle between sportswear manufacturers to develop the perfect suit for speed skaters.

A South Korean district court has handed suspended six-month prison sentences to two officials found guilty of forging signatures of senior political figures during Gwangju’s successful bid to host the 2019 Fina World Swimming Championships.

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has named the London Aquatics Centre as one of its six stops in the World Diving Series next year.