Fran Crippen lost his life in a FINA World Cup race off the coast of the United Arab Emirates with no official USA Swimming staff present 10 years ago this...

Adam Peaty wants pools and leisure centres should be kept open ‘at whatever (financial) cost’ in Britain, in the face of a UK Government plan to close down facilities in...

As many nations contemplate water safety the dangers of a second wave of the novel Coronavirus COVID-19, swimming and the home of swimmers, the swimming pool – and with them...

Sebastian Coe, the president of World Athletics and a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), said on a site visit to Tokyo 2020 Olympic facilities, that athletes should have...

Alex Di Giorgio, the Italian 200m free specialist, has tested positive for a banned substance in an out-of-competition check by agents from the national anti-doping agency Nado Italia. The test...

Thame Swimming Club in England has had no reply to a September 9 letter written to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pleading for Government help in the struggle for survival...

In this latest edition of ‘Spotlight’, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) looks at the role of whistleblowers in anti-doping and how the Agency’s independent Intelligence and Investigations (I&I) Department “ensures...

The United States  House of Representatives has matched the Senate’s unanimous vote in passing (in just eight minutes) transformative Olympic reform legislation – the Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athlete Act...

“I kept a book of all the records of 9-, 10- and 11-year-old boys in my bedroom. I wanted to be the best at every age. There were a lot...

Valentin Balakhnichev, the ex- head of the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) and former treasurer of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and Papa Massata Diack, the son of convicted...

Lamine Diack, the former president of the IAAF, now renamed World Athletics, has been jailed for two years for corruption after being found guilty of accepting bribes from Russia to...

Seán Kelly to start role as Spain’s National Performance Director as Ricardo Barreda becomes Programs’ Director to work alongside Head Coach Fred Vergnoux as RFEN completes strategic restructuring Seán Kelly has been appointed National Performance Director to Spain....

A tribute to Cecil Healy – This week marked the 108th anniversary of the Stockholm 1908 Olympic 100m freestyle final in which American Duke Kahanamoku claimed gold because of an...

Lance Larson turns 80 today in the same week in which, sixty years ago, he became the first swimmer to race inside the minute over 100m butterfly. The American, better known...

Sunday Essay: Anniversaries are usually celebrated not for the loss but the gain of something but this day is different, one that marks a 40th milestone graced with the name Tracy Caulkins on...

What a day 1 at World Championships in Gwangju. Adam Peaty’s “Project 56” is history. The Olympic champion confined the days of 57 seconds as the global standard over 100m...

The gender debate rarely mentions the androgenisation of girls and the waking nightmare for women in sport embedded in a book of Olympic history that shows us why male advantage...

Triple Olympic champion Katinka Hosszu, of Hungary and American national-team swimmers Tom Shields and Michael Andrew have filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all swimmers against FINA in the...