Michael Phelps, the greatest Olympian of modern times, has finally met his match in a swim-off against the greatest predator in the oceans, the great white shark. But many viewers of the Discovery...
Adam Peaty plans to complete his 'project 56' on Monday by becoming the first to swim under 57 seconds in the men's 100m breaststroke final at the world championships. The 22-year-old has shaken up...
China's Sun Yang awkwardly embraced arch nemesis Mack Horton on the podium after beating the Australian Olympian at the world championships on Sunday. Horton, 21, planted the seed for a rivalry for...
Sun Yang was gracious following his 400m freestyle victory at the world championships on Sunday as he took revenge over Olympic champion Mack Horton. Sun clocked 3min 41.38sec, finishing 2.47 seconds...
Katie Ledecky earned a second gold medal on Sunday at the world aquatics championships in Budapest by helping the United States win the women's 4x100m freestyle final. Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom had set...
Katie Ledecky of the United States made history on Sunday by becoming the first woman to win a third straight 400m freestyle gold at the world aquatic championships. The 20-year-old clocked three...
Two years on from sleeping rough in Budapest on a perilous trek from Syria to Germany, teenage refugee Yusra Mardini is back in the Hungarian capital competing in the world swimming championships. "I...
Olympic champion Mack Horton set up a showdown with Chinese superstar Sun Yang on Sunday after the Australian squeezed into the men's 400m freestyle final at the world aquatic championships. Horton...
Australia's Mack Horton and China's Sun Yang will resume their bad-tempered rivalry in the pool when the swimming section of the world aquatic championships starts on Sunday. Horton ended Sun's...
A Brazilian court dismissed charges of lying filed against Ryan Lochte after the US swimmer claimed that he was robbed at gunpoint during the 2016 Rio Olympics. The six-time Olympic gold medalist...
Caeleb Dressel captured his third title of the US Swim Championships by winning the 50-meter freestyle Saturday in the final race of the World Championships qualifying meet. Dressel, who earlier...
Five-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky won her fourth US 400-meter freestyle title Friday at the US Swim Championships while Kevin Cordes set an American record in the 100 breaststroke. Ledecky,...
Chinese swim star Ning Zetao will not defend his 100m freestyle world title next month after failing to qualify for the Budapest showpiece, state media said on Tuesday. The fresh-faced Ning, a fan...
World record-holder Katie Ledecky blazed to victory in the women's 1,500m freestyle at the Santa Clara Pro Swim on Thursday in 15min 35.65sec -- the fifth-fastest time in history. It's also the...
India has promised that this year's U17 football World Cup will avoid the errors of New Delhi's 2010 Commonwealth Games, which were notorious for shoddy facilities and corruption. Subrata Dutta, a...
Olympic silver medallist Madeline Groves and two other Australian Olympic swimmers are facing possible two-year bans for missing drug tests, reports said on Sunday. Groves, two-time Olympian Thomas...
Ghanaians climaxed the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ with recreational activities as more than 1000 of revelers thronged the Accra beach also known as the ‘borla’ beach to celebrate the...
Olympic champion Kosuke Hagino faces a fierce challenge from close to home in the 400 metres individual medley at this summer's world championships after a chastening loss in the Japanese nationals....
Five-time Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Dana Vollmer isn't letting her latest pregnancy slow her down. The 29-year-old American, expecting her second child in July, says she'll enter the 50m...
There are just 30 pools in Afghanistan, only one which welcomes girls -- and it is facing militant threats for doing so. Nevertheless a handful are diving in, pioneers racing to achieve Olympic glory...
