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Dakar 2026 mural featuring Africa's top athletes proving to be big hit

  • Dakar 2026

A mural featuring some of Africa's leading sportsmen and women to celebrate Dakar hosting the 2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games is proving to be a popular attraction nearly six months after it was unveiled.

last year's FIFA World Cup in Qatar.Also featured on the wall are images the Zimbabwe’s double Olympic swimming

Commission.She attended the opening of the mural along with IOC President Thomas Bach.Double Olympic swimming



Mike Rowbottom: McIlroy’s Masters message will take some deciphering

  • Inside the Blogs

Philippe Wahl, chief executive of the La Poste Groupe that has just become an official supporter of Paris 2024, points out that the first marathon runner, Pheidippides, who reputedly brought news to Athens in 490BC of the Greek victory over Persia at Marathon before dropping dead, was a postman.

Vastly illuminating.Or imagine swimming: "Turning now and...blubbulbublb..."


Two Egyptian swimmers banned by World Aquatics after failing drugs tests

  • Swimming

Egyptian swimmers Mohamed Samy and Shahd Abdallah have been banned by World Aquatics for failing drugs tests last year.

year-old will be unable to compete until December 19 this year.Shahd Abdallah, who competed in artistic swimming

revealed that it collected 5,835 samples from 1,428 individual athletes, representing 101 countries across swimming

, water polo, diving, artistic swimming, open water swimming, and high diving in 2022.World Aquatics



African Games hosts launch tenth Ghana Fastest Human event at Accra Stadium

  • Ghana 2023

Accra Sports Stadium, due to play host next year for Ghana’s staging of the 13th African Games, has seen the launch of the tenth edition of the Ghana Fastest Human (GFH) initiative.

of Ghana, Legon where athletics and rugby would be held, and Borteyman, where an aquatic centre for swimming


World Aquatics President states body "committed to clean sport" with latest figures

  • Aquatics

World Aquatics President Husain Al-Musallam has claimed the anti-doping testing samples from 2022 are an example of the organisation's "commitment to ensuring clean sport".

total of 5,835 samples collected from 1,428 individual athletes, representing 101 countries across swimming

, water polo, diving, artistic swimming, open water swimming, and high diving.Samples included 3,766


Swimming Australia chief executive steps down with Paris 2024 looming

  • Swimming

Swimming Australia chief executive Eugenie Buckley has resigned from her position with just over 15 months

through the significant challenges of a corporate restructure and improving our financial position," said Swimming

Buckley's resignation came after a group of swimming stakeholders in Australia sent a letter to her and

the Swimming Australia Board of Directors calling for an urgent and independent governance review.There

Prospecting chief executive Gina Rinehart pulled funding ©Getty ImagesThe letter was signed by every state swimming

the country as well as the national swimmers' union.The resignation furthers the state of disarray of Swimming



Russian skiing head Vyalbe slams plan for neutral flags as "betrayal of motherland"

  • Paris 2024

Russian Ski Association President Elena Vyalbe has insisted that any move to use a neutral flag in international competition would offend Russian soldiers and constitute a "betrayal of the motherland".

encouraged Russians to fight in the war, described the IOC's measures as "unfair and unacceptable".Russian Swimming


Olympian and Paralympian art goes on display at Olympic House

  • Collecting and Heritage

An exhibition of work by five Olympians and a Paralympian artist has gone on display at Olympic House in Lausanne for the first time.

retreat where I can re-balance myself," she said.American Gregory Burns, a double gold medallist in swimming


Clean-up of River Seine underway prior to Paris 2024 deadline

  • Paris 2024

A €1.4 billion (£1.2 billion/$1.5 billion) clean-up of the River Seine has begun with the goal of having it ready in time for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games later this year.

around 10,000 athletes for the Olympic Opening Ceremony.It is also set to serve in triathlon, marathon swimming

, and Para triathlon events.With a few exceptions, swimming in the Seine has been off limits since 1923

addition to the Opening Ceremony, the River Seine is set to stage triathlon, Para triathlon, and marathon swimming

facility is being dug next to Paris' Austerlitz train station and will hold the equivalent of 20 Olympic swimming


USA Judo sign deal with hotel provider

  • Judo

USA Judo have signed a deal with accommodation experts Team Travel Source (TTS) to arrange living quarters during tournaments and competitions.

Bryant added.TTS already have similar deals in place with the United States' governing bodies for swimming