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Olympic champion Schooling fined by Singapore NOC for cannabis use

  • Swimming

Olympic gold medallist Joseph Schooling has been fined by the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) along with two other swimmers after they admitted to using illicit drugs.

undertake.Schooling had previously been given deference from his national service to represent Singapore in swimming




Serapinaitė stars at UIPM Biathle-Triathle World Championships

  • Modern Pentathlon

Ieva Serapinaitė starred at the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) Biathle-Triathle World Championships, winning the senior women's triathle title and helping Lithuania to win the mixed relay in Machico.

triumphed in 18min 30.90sec in the senior triathle race at Machico Beach, which featured 200 metres of swimming

than France's Léa Fernandez and Paolo Singh.The mixed relay required each athlete to complete 100m of swimming


Olympian Bu Areesh recovers from defeat to become Saudi Games champion

  • Latest

Tokyo 2020 Olympian Yousif Bu Areesh overcame the disappointment in missing out on a Saudi Games gold medal two days ago by winning the men's 50 metres butterfly at the SAOC Complex in Riyadh.

defeat Natheer Al-Hamoud by 0.96.Hassan Al-Youssef timed at 26.55 to seal bronze.This was one of five swimming



First Saudi Games champion hopes to become "example" for other sportswomen

  • Weightlifting

Rahma Alkhawahr has said she is aiming to capitalise on her landmark Saudi Games success by becoming an "example" for other women athletes in the country.

equestrian, fencing, indoor rowing, judo, golf, jujitsu, karate, padel, Para athletics, sport climbing, swimming

women can compete.In some cases, sports have more men's events than women's, with one example being swimming


Kennedy to follow Dalrymple as Bowls Australia chief executive

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Matthew Kennedy has been appointed as the chief executive of Bowls Australia following a "thorough recruitment campaign".

Most recently, Kennedy served as chief of sport performance at Swimming Australia from 2018 to 2021,



Bach travels to Senegal for visit to Dakar 2026 site

  • Dakar 2026

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has visited Senegal prior to the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games to take part in environmental programmes, training sessions, and see a local festival.

presented, featuring a colourful creation from local artists portraying Olympians including Bach and double swimming


Al-Radhi overturns deficit to win spectacular gold at Saudi Games

  • Multi-Sport Games

Hassan Al-Radhi marked the final day of the weightlifting events with a spectacular turnaround in the men's over-102 kilogram category at the Saudi Games here in Riyadh.

145kg.Hanan Bagas registered 141kg to claim silver and Wafa Gumra consolidated bronze with 124kg.In the swimming

5.77 seconds.Hashim Ridha Al-Alawi collected the third-place medal after registering 2:36.57.The final swimming



Ledecky smashes short-course 1500m freestyle world record in Toronto

  • Swimming

has smashed the women's 1500 metres freestyle world record by almost 10 seconds at the International Swimming

Federation (FINA) Swimming World Cup in Toronto.

15:08.24#swimming #SWC2022 pic.twitter.com/ZO0OC8AeDJ— FINA (@fina1908) October 29, 2022Ledecky has

also won silver medals in the 200m and 400m freestyle at the FINA Swimming World Cup so far.She is the


Ever-changing Olympic programme set for new makeover at Los Angeles 2028

  • The Big Read

Paris 2024 is the next Summer Olympics on the calendar but the first competition for Los Angeles 2028 has already begun.

An obstacle race is poised to join fencing, swimming, running and shooting.The new format has been piloted

Nautical sports" included swimming, rowing and sailing, which were all due to be held in the sea at Piraeus

In the end, only swimming was possible due to bad weather."


Al-Jaber and Al-Hazmi crowned road race champions at Saudi Games

  • Latest

Mohammed Al-Jaber and Mishael Al-Hazmi were crowned champions of men's and women's road races during a busy day of gold medal events at the Saudi Games here in Riyadh.

Monirah Al-Draiweesh and Martinez Erika following 10sec and 18sec after.The first four Saudi Games swimming

Emad Aldeen Basim Zaben defeated Tokyo 2020 Olympian Yousif Habib Bu Areesh by just 0.03sec at the swimming

aladalahclub pic.twitter.com/W7jhgUgpGb— دورة الألعاب السعودية (@SaudiGames2022) October 29, 2022In the final swimming