Michael Phelps Loses Race Against Great White Shark… Sort of
Michael Phelps, the greatest Olympian of modern times, has finally met his match in a swim-off against the greatest predator ...
Tag: swimming
Peaty Aims ‘under 57’ Secs In 100m Breaststroke Final
Adam Peaty plans to complete his 'project 56' on Monday by becoming the first to swim under 57 seconds in ...
China’s Sun Yang Beats Rival Mack Horton In 400m Freestyle World Title
China's Sun Yang awkwardly embraced arch nemesis Mack Horton on the podium after beating the Australian Olympian at the world ...
Sun Yang Gracious Despite Thrashing Horton
Sun Yang was gracious following his 400m freestyle victory at the world championships on Sunday as he took revenge over ...
USA Women Win 4x100m World Gold, Sjostrom Claims World Record
Katie Ledecky earned a second gold medal on Sunday at the world aquatics championships in Budapest by helping the United ...
Ledecky Wins Historic Third Straight World 400m Freestyle Gold
Katie Ledecky of the United States made history on Sunday by becoming the first woman to win a third straight ...
Syrian Refugee Mardini Returns To Hungary For World Swimming Champs
Two years on from sleeping rough in Budapest on a perilous trek from Syria to Germany, teenage refugee Yusra Mardini ...
Horton Sets Up Sun Showdown At World Swimming Championships
Olympic champion Mack Horton set up a showdown with Chinese superstar Sun Yang on Sunday after the Australian squeezed into ...
Horton, Sun Clash Gets World Swimming Champs Off To A Bang
Australia's Mack Horton and China's Sun Yang will resume their bad-tempered rivalry in the pool when the swimming section of ...
Brazil Court Dismisses Lochte Lying Charges
A Brazilian court dismissed charges of lying filed against Ryan Lochte after the US swimmer claimed that he was robbed ...
Dressel Takes Third US Title With 50 Free Win
Caeleb Dressel captured his third title of the US Swim Championships by winning the 50-meter freestyle Saturday in the final ...
Ledecky Captures 400m Freestyle For Third Win At US Meet
Five-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky won her fourth US 400-meter freestyle title Friday at the US Swim Championships while Kevin ...
China Swim Star Ning Zetao Fails To Qualify For World Title Defence
Chinese swim star Ning Zetao will not defend his 100m freestyle world title next month after failing to qualify for ...
Ledecky Sizzles In 1,500m Freestyle In Santa Clara
World record-holder Katie Ledecky blazed to victory in the women's 1,500m freestyle at the Santa Clara Pro Swim on Thursday ...
India Says No Commonwealth Shambles At U17 Football World Cup
India has promised that this year's U17 football World Cup will avoid the errors of New Delhi's 2010 Commonwealth Games, ...
Australian Olympians Miss Drug Tests
Olympic silver medallist Madeline Groves and two other Australian Olympic swimmers are facing possible two-year bans for missing drug tests, ...
Thousands of Revelers Celebrate Easter Holiday At Beaches
Ghanaians climaxed the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ with recreational activities as more than 1000 of revelers thronged the ...
Pressure On Japan’s Swimming Champ Hagino After Loss At Home
Olympic champion Kosuke Hagino faces a fierce challenge from close to home in the 400 metres individual medley at this ...
Expectant Mom Vollmer To Race In Mesa Swimming Competition
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 ...
Afghan Women Swimmers Defy Threats For Olympic Dream
There are just 30 pools in Afghanistan, only one which welcomes girls -- and it is facing militant threats for ...