Egypt dominated chess at the 13th African Games in Ghana. Bassem Amin led the way with four gold medals, two of them with Wafa Shahenda in the Blitz Mixed Team and Rapid Mixed Team events, taking the country's total gold medal tally to five out of six (Algeria's Lina Nassr won in the Blitz Women's Individual event).

his first gold medal at the 13th African Games in Accra on Saturday 9th.Highlights from chess♟️ and swimming

Heavy rain could hamper efforts to make the Seine swimmable for Paris 2024. The French president assures that there will be no problems, but Cunha is calling for an alternative plan, just in case.

Doubts remain over whether the Seine will be fit for swimming during the Summer Olympics.

iconic French river, which will also host the triathlon events, five months before the long-distance swimming

GETTY IMAGESHowever, a sewage problem last summer led to the cancellation of a pre-Olympic swimming event

In the case of the Games, I think it also has to do with the structure: The Seine was not made for swimming

World Aquatics has announced that Bahrain will host the first stop of the highly anticipated High Diving World Cup in 2024. The event will take place from 21-22 September.

extend my sincere thanks you to the Bahrain Olympic Committee, the GFH Financial Group and the Bahrain Swimming

 "In the past, Bahrain has focused mainly on swimming, but as we know, World Aquatics is more than

just swimming.

To celebrate the centenary of Lithuanian athletes' debut at the Olympic Games, the National Olympic Committee of Lithuania has launched the 100th Anniversary Walking Challenge of the Olympic Movement. More than 11,500 participants have already registered via the #walk15 mobile app.

Other top choices include track and field athletics, cycling, swimming, and football.

The World Aquatics Masters Championships - Doha 2024 drew to a close as the final medal events were completed after 10 days of inspiring action across five aquatic sports in Doha.

nbsp;The World Aquatics Masters Championships saw more than 2,500 athletes aged 25 and over compete in swimming

, artistic swimming, open water swimming, diving and water polo as the all-encompassing nature of the

Doha 2024 brought together more than 2,500 athletes from a record 85 countries and 964 swimming clubs

to compete in the five aquatic sports of swimming, diving, water polo, artistic swimming and open water

swimming.

A "surrealist" and "overflowing" diptych, the poster for the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games at the Musée d'Orsay on Monday, before being displayed in various locations around the French capital this week. 

The artist, who studied swimming and wanted to be a professional swimmer, signed his first fresco after

The concept of the 'Enhanced Games', an Olympic-style event where doping would be allowed, has been rejected by the president of world athletics. Coe described the organisation of such events as "nonsense". WADA, for its part, said it was a "dangerous and irresponsible concept".

 The 'Enhanced Games' will include athletics, swimming, weightlifting, gymnastics and martial arts

Following the successful conclusion of the World Aquatics Championships - Doha 2024, the World Aquatics Masters Championships 2024, which runs until 3 March, continues to highlight the incredible dedication and diverse backgrounds of the volunteers who are at the heart of both events.

Harvey Norman Para Sport Champions are Paralympians and Para athletes who challenge perceptions of disability by sharing their lived experiences and Para sport journeys, while highlighting the Paralympic values of courage, determination, inspiration and equality.

-Hamish McLean: Para swimming (Auckland).-Holly Robinson: Para athletics (Otago).

The nominees for the prestigious Laureus Awards, selected by the 1,300 members of the Laureus Global Media Panel, have been announced. The awards ceremony will take place on 22 April. Lionel Messi, Novak Djokovic, Noah Lyles, Simone Biles and Aitana Bonmatí are among the nominees.

-Qin Haiyang (China), Swimming.

Para Swimming.-Danylo Chufarov (Ukraine), Para Swimming.-Luca Ekler (Hungary) Para Athletics.

of the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games are worried about their commitment to holding open-water swimming

Last August, the marathon swimming test events were cancelled because the water was too dirty, as were

the swimming legs on two of the four days of the triathlon and para-triathlon trials.

 It is also politically symbolic: swimming in the Seine has been banned since 1923, but successive

 The only contingency plan for the swimming events is to postpone them for a few days.

 "They are not going to take the risk of us swimming and someone catching something.

The World Aquatics Masters Championships - Doha 2024 kicked off on Friday 23 February with an inspiring Opening Ceremony that showcased the inclusivity and accessibility of aquatic sports.

than 2,500 athletes aged 25 and over from a record-breaking 85 different countries are competing in swimming

, artistic swimming, open water swimming, water polo and diving at the Championships between 23 February

Doha 2024 will bring together more than 2,500 athletes from a record-breaking 2594 countries and 964 swimming

clubs to compete in swimming, diving, water polo, artistic swimming and open water swimming.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended Para-powerlifting athlete Latifat Tijani for three years for an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) in breach of the IPC Anti-Doping Code.

Athletics, World Para Ice Hockey, World Para Powerlifting, World Shooting Para Sport and World Para Swimming

Former Olympic swimmer Duncan Goodhew MBE is encouraging people across the UK to take part in Swimathon 2024 to have fun, improve their fitness and raise money for charity partners Marie Curie and Cancer Research UK.

Swimming is rated as one of the most popular sports to participate in by a quarter of UK adults (25%)

and almost half (47%) of under 16s, with almost three in four (72%) believing that swimming is a sport

Some 45% of UK parents/guardians agree that swimming has brought them closer together as a family, while

I’ll see you there Swimming Fam!

Swimming is great for both physical and mental wellbeing, and participants will also be raising vital

The International Fair Play Committee (CIFP) has expressed its full support for the joint statement issued by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) condemning the possible introduction of the so-called ‘Enhanced Games’.

Former Australian swimming champion James Magnussen, who retired in 2018, is the first big name to take