Kirsty Coventry, the new chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), started her four-year official term on the ...

Coventry detailed her vision for an IOC presidency in her candidate manifesto published last December (soon after she gave ...

Following the performance, a training session brought together athletes and coaches from the three teams for in-depth exchanges with Open participants on techniques, performance styles and training ...

With many municipal pools across South Africa falling into disrepair, finding a proper 50-metre facility to train and compete ...

A nearly 20-meter-long dragon boat "raced" from its birthplace in Lanxi town, in Hunan province's Yiyang, to the lake of Beijing's Olympic Forest Park to celebrate Dragon Boat Festival. Its 52 ...

At the unveiling of a new sports complex built to FIFA and UEFA standards, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko suggested adding a statue of Chi ...

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She became the first swimmer to break three different individual long-course world records in one meet since Michael Phelps.

Australia's top swimmers admit they have faced the "Olympic Blues" post-Paris, and are having to work out what they actually ...

In the quest to conquer uncharted waters by Australian swimmers in the modern Olympic era, golden girls Kaylee McKeown and ...

Simone Biles is that kind of star. Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps were those kinds of stars. They are defined by the Games, ...