Read moreEuropean Governing Body LEN Cancel All 2020 Junior Events Because Of Pandemic01 May 2020All European junior events in 2020 have been cancelled in the light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, governing body LEN (Ligue Européenne de Natation) have announced. The announcement came shortly before a senior LEN source confirmed to Swimming World that the European Championships - due to ...
Read moreFINA Approves New Water Polo Rules; More Changes Likely11 December 2018By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor In a little less than an hour on Monday in Hangzhou, China, decades of international water polo convention was overturned by FINA. After experimenting last summer and fall with proposed changes, twelve new or augmented rules were overwhelmingly approve...
Read moreLEN Changes Name To European Aquatics, Sets Up Integrity Unit At Congress In Madeira16 September 2023LEN Changes Name To European Aquatics, Sets Up Integrity Unit At Congress In Madeira European governing body LEN has approved a name change to European Aquatics and established an independent Integrity Unit at the LEN Congress in Funchal, Madeira. The decision to rename LEN (Ligue Européenne de Nata...
Read moreGreek Swimming Federation Postpones Events In Wake Of Country’s Financial Crisis02 July 2015The crumbling Greek economy, which has resulted in banks closing and the country defaulting on international loans, will affect aquatic sports this weekend as the country looks for ways to recover from the crisis. The Hellenic Swimming Federation, which oversees all aquatic sports in Greece, announc...
Read moreLEN Statement on Brutal Attack of Red Star Water Polo Players in Croatia12 February 2019Earlier today, the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN)—which oversees Champions League water polo in Europe—issued a statement on the attack last Saturday in Split, Croatia, where Crvena Zvezda (Red Star) players Dusan Vasic, Milos Maksimovic and Alesandro Kralj were attacked by multiple assailants i...
Read more2015 Short Course European Championships Moving Back 11 Months to New Location04 August 2014HERZLIYA, Israel, August 4. THE European swimming federation, Ligue Européenne de Natation, voted over the weekend to move the location and dates of the next European short course championships to December 2015 in the Israeli city of Herzliya. This is a full 11 months later than originally planned. ...