Bangladesh swimmers Sagor, Himel eye crossing English Channel
Bangladeshi swimmers Mahfizur Rahman Sagor and Nazmul Haque Himel will attempt to cross the English Channel with two Indian swimmers between July 22 and 25.
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Swimming Fed to host talent hunt programme
Bangladesh Swimming Federation is set to host 鈥楤angladesh in search of best swimmers鈥�, a talent hunt programmme, which will begin at the Syed Nazrul Islam National Swimming Complex in Dhaka on Saturday.
Rafi wins first int鈥檒 gold
Bangladesh national champion Samiul Islam Rafi won his first international gold medal by clocking 26.68 seconds in the men鈥檚 50-meter backstroke event at the Malaysia Open Swimming Championships 2025 in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
Rafi claims silver, bronze medals in Thailand
Bangladesh swimmer Samiul Islam Rafi made waves at the Arena Thailand Age Group Swimming Championships 2025, winning silver and bronze medals in the open segment of the men鈥檚 50 and 100-metre backstroke events, respectively, at the Aquatics Centre in Thailand...
Australia's most decorated Olympian McKeon retires from swimming
Swimmer Emma McKeon, Australia's most decorated Olympian and an eight-time world-record holder, retired from the sport on Monday aged 30.
Navy emerge champions in Nat鈥檒 Swimming聽
Samiul Islam Rafi created three new individual records as his team Bangladesh Navy emerged champions in the 33rd National Swimming, Diving, and Water Polo Competition that ended at the...
Rafi sets two more records
Samiul Islam Rafi set two more national records as Bangladesh Navy continued their dominance for the second successive day of the 33rd National Swimming, Diving, and Water Polo Competition...
4 new records in Nat鈥檒 Swimming
Four new national records were set on the opening day of the 33rd National Swimming, Diving and Water Polo Competition, which began at the Syed Nazrul Islam National Swimming Complex in...
Nat鈥檒 swimming begins Saturday聽
With the malfunctioning electronic scoreboard at the centre of discussion, the 33rd edition of the National Swimming, Diving, and Water Polo Competition begins at the Syed Nazrul Islam...
Van Rouwendaal wins 10k marathon swimming gold
Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands made a late surge to win gold in the women's 10k marathon swimming at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
China shrug off doping controversy to win 12 swimming medals
Pan Zhanle and stalwart Zhang Yufei spearheaded China to 12 Olympic medals in the Paris pool, shrugging off intense scrutiny over a doping controversy that engulfed the team ahead of the Games.
Birthday boy Pan leads China to men鈥檚 4x100m medley relay gold
World record-holder Pan Zhanle celebrated his birthday Sunday with a storming final leg to hand China gold in the men's Olympic 4x100m medley relay.
US win women's 4x100m medley gold with world record
The United States set a new world record time as they powered to Olympic gold in the women's 4x100m medley relay on Sunday with Australia taking silver and China bronze.
Ledecky relishes prospect of four more years in pool
The records keep piling up for American swimmer Katie Ledecky and the bad news for her challengers is that she has no plans to relinquish her throne.
McKeown in dreamland after swimming 'double-double'
Australia's Cameron McEvoy admitted Friday he thought gold had eluded him after three previous Olympic campaigns, but tweaking his technique paid off big time in Paris.
McKeown in dreamland after swimming 'double-double'
Australia's Kaylee McKeown admitted Friday that 鈥榥ot in a million years鈥� could she have dreamed of completing the Olympic backstroke double -- twice.
'Perfect' Marchand emulates Phelps with fourth gold
Leon Marchand called it a 鈥榩erfect week鈥� after winning his fourth gold of the Paris Olympics with an emphatic victory in the 200m individual medley on Friday in front of an ecstatic home crowd.
Australia 'redemption' with Olympic freestyle relay gold
Ariarne Titmus said Australia earned 鈥榬edemption鈥� Thursday by soaring to the women's Olympic 4x200m freestyle relay gold in the second-fastest time ever.
McIntosh 'not done yet' after fastest 200 fly in 15 years for gold
Canadian sensation Summer McIntosh declared she's 鈥榥ot done yet鈥� after storming to Olympic women's 200m butterfly gold on Thursday with the second fastest time in history and the quickest since 2009.
Pan鈥檚 100m record 'not humanly possible': Australian swim coach
Australian Olympian-turned swimming coach Brett Hawke Thursday questioned the legitimacy of Pan Zhanle's stunning 100m freestyle world record, but silver medallist Kyle Chalmers said the Chinese star deserved to win.
Superstars Marchand and Ledecky light up pool
French superstar Leon Marchand added to his legend with a dazzling and historic performance in the Paris pool Wednesday as Katie Ledecky became the first woman swimmer to win gold at four Olympics.
McKeown delivers more Aussie gold as Ireland's Wiffen makes history
Kaylee McKeown won back-to-back gold in the women's 100m backstroke while Daniel Wiffen made history as he became the first Irishman to win a swimming gold as he swept to victory in the 800m freestyle at the Paris Games on Tuesday.
McIntosh sets herself up for superstardom
Canadian prodigy Summer McIntosh answered the call and lived up to the hype by winning a breakthrough Olympic gold medal in Paris, with the teenage swimming...
O'Callaghan spoils Titmus party as McIntosh rises to the top
Rising star Mollie O'Callaghan upstaged fellow Australian Ariarne Titmus to clinch the Olympic 200m freestyle gold Monday as Canadian prodigy Summer McIntosh blitzed the field to be crowned 400m medley champion.
Pallister pulls out of 1500m freestyle after Covid test
Australian medal hope Lani Pallister has tested positive for Covid at the Paris Olympics and pulled out of the women's 1500m freestyle on Tuesday.
Marchand 'goosebumps' after breaking French swimming gold drought
Leon Marchand said he had goosebumps after romping to France's first Olympic swimming gold since 2012 in front of a packed and raucous Paris crowd on Sunday.
Peaty says his tears were of joy, not sadness
Adam Peaty insisted he had neither regrets nor rancour about his loss despite narrowly missing out on a third straight Olympic 100m breaststroke gold medal on Sunday to Italian Nicolo Martinenghi.
Nadal v Djokovic lights up Olympics as Titmus eyes more pool gold
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will do battle once more when they meet at the Paris Olympics on Monday while Australia's Ariarne Titmus is hotly tipped to win her second swimming gold of the Games.
USA's Torri Huske wins Olympic women's 100m butterfly gold
Torri Huske stunned American teammate and world record-holder Gretchen Walsh to clinch the women's 100m butterfly gold medal on Sunday.
Martinenghi pips Peaty in thriller as Biles shines on Olympic return
Nicolo Martinenghi stunned Adam Peaty to win the Olympic 100m breaststroke gold medal on Sunday, denying the British great a third straight title.