1.   British swimmer Mark Foster and New Zealander Danyon Loader set short course world records at a World Cup meet at Sheffield Saturday.

2.   British swimmers have pulled out of World Cup meets in the United States and Canada next month because of security fears.

3.   British swimmer Michael Fibbens faces a possible two-year suspension after testing positive for a banned stimulant, the Times reported Tuesday.

4.   The British swimmer hopes to add a gold to the bronze he won during the last Euros in Seville, Spain.

5.   The case of British swimmer Mike Fibbens, who failed a test for the banned stimulant Benzoylecgonine, was to be heard Saturday.

6.   The International Olympic Committee rejected a bid Saturday to give U.S. and British Olympic swimmers the medals of East Germans later discredited for taking performance-enhancing drugs.

7.   The International Olympic Committee Saturday rejected a proposal to give U.S. and British swimmers the medals won by drug-enhanced East Germans.

8.   Gillingham, the first British swimmer to win individual medals at three consecutive Olympics, wants the penalty increased to four years.

9.   The British swimmer had previously set the record in World Cup meetings in South Africa and Italy this month.

10.   The decision has outraged British swimmers, who interpreted it as part of an ongoing rivalry between French and British Channel crossers, The Times newspaper claimed.