Paolo Barelli, the former vice-president of FINA, ex-head of the European Swimming League (LEN) and current president of the Italian Swimming Federation (FIN), has been suspended for two years by...

Katie Ledecky has made short-course swimming a rarity during her illustrious career. With each passing 25m World record set in women’s distance freestyle, her absence always felt more ‘when’ than...

Adam Peaty has described the demon of fourth place at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham last summer as the “poison in my veins” fuelling a relentless pursuit of a pioneering...

A decade after her international breakthrough at the start of a stellar career as one off there all-time swimming greats, Katie Ledecky added a different kind of first to her...

Li Bingjie stunned the world of swimming this week with a 3:51.30 Word short-course record in the 400m freestyle at Chinese nationals, a day before two others, Summer McIntosh and...

On this day, as each October 2 each year since his passing in 2012, we remember Nick Thierry. Today marks the tenth anniversary of his death. The Father of World Rankings and...

Swimming Canada has confirmed that 15-year-old world champion Summer McIntosh has withdrawn from the 200m butterfly at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where six days of racing gets underway on...

The University of Birmingham has a fine team of world-leading experts in sports performance and psychological wellbeing lined up to talk to media during the Commonwealth Games in Britain’s second-largest...

Today is World Drowning Prevention Day, a good moment to noted that drowning is one of the leading causes of death globally for children and young people aged 1-24 years:...

In The Vortex – Ariarne Titmus heads into the Commonwealth Games in pioneering form, plus: Isaac Cooper says wellbeing issues, not banned substances, behind return home before start of commonwealth...

“My health began to deteriorate drastically – my strength, my athleticism – was being taken away from me and I couldn’t do anything to stop it!” – Michael Klim Michael...

Four-times Olympic medallist Duncan Scott will not race for Great Britain in 2022, having missed the World Championships as a result of a Covid infection last month and now having...

The Vortex is SOS’ weekly digest and soak of swimming news, views and links to big events. Craig Lord is currently on writing retreat and taking break from usual coverage...

Mary-Sophie Harvey, the Canadian medley ace, says she was drugged on the final night at the World Championships in Budapest last month, leaving her with a concussion and rib sprain...

Editorial & Essay On Reform – Let’s exchange the experience, sings Kate Bush in her Deal with God that’s Running Up That Hill to the top of music charts the...

FINA is being called on to drop what has been described as a plan to force national federations to send elite teams to a World Championships in Doha at the...

Great Britain was forced to reset its summer 2022 competition plans as a result of Budapest World Championships being “parachuted in” on a “crammed” calendar, Bill Furniss, head coach, acknowledged...

What a fortnight for Gregorio Paltrinieri, what a World Championships for Europe’s top distance swimmers, the Italian joined bay Florian Wellbrock, Mykhailo Romanchuk, Domenico Acerenza and others making open water...