Katinka Hosszú of Hungary maintained the form which saw her win three Olympic titles in Rio de Janeiro as she clinched four gold medals on the opening day of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Cup at the Hamdan Sports Complex in Dubai.

Three-time Olympic champion Katinka Hosszú resumed her dominance of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Cup after claiming three gold medals on day one of the fourth stage at the Water Cube in Beijing.

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszú will look to continue her impressive start to the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Cup season tomorrow when stage four gets underway in Beijing.

I was hoping there might be a new issue on the agenda to tackle other than Russian doping when returning to work over the weekend following a post-Olympic break. Alas, this proved not to be the case as we were hit by a double whammy of convoluted buck-passing between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and world governing bodies for two major sports.

Macedonia's Evgenij Pop Acev was victorious in the third stage of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Open Water Swimming Grand Prix event in Capri-Napoli.

Hungary's Katinka Hosszu claimed four more gold medals on the final day of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Cup in Moscow as controversial home hope Yuliya Efimova also won twice.

International Swimming Federation (FINA) President Julio Maglione has hit back at stinging criticism from three resigning members of the organisation's Doping Review Control Board (DRCB) by stressing they are at "the forefront" of the fight against drug use and have always adopted "transparency and zero tolerance" in their approach.

Four-time Olympic champion Vladimir Salnikov reportedly intends to stand for a fresh term as President of the Russian Swimming Federation (RSF) following the "good results" registered at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro last month.

Three members of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Doping Control Review Board, including the chairman Andrew Pipe, have reportedly resigned in protest at how the organisation has dealt with the Russian doping crisis.

UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) has partnered with the International Swimming Federation (FINA) and 14 other National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADOs) on a global testing initiative in preparation for next month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, it was announced today.

Russia's two-time European medallist Vitalina Simonova has been handed a four-year ban by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) following a positive test for testosterone.

Officials from the All-Russian Swimming Federation (WWF) were reportedly offered a deal in which they would pay money to avoid athletes being drug tested in the build-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games.

France have been accused of deliberately losing a match at last week's Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Trieste to ensure that they helped themselves qualify for Rio 2016. 

Two world records set by British swimmers at the 2014 European Championships in Berlin have been belatedly ratified in a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after a succession of errors by the swimming authorities.

Aquatics athletes will be permitted to compete under the Mexican flag at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games despite the national governing body remaining suspended from the International Swimming Federation (FINA), it has been announced.