Two-time world champion Junya Koga's doping ban has been halved from four to two years after a contaminated sample was blamed for his positive test, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced today.
Lithuania’s Danas Rapšys won the men’s 400 metres freestyle event in an International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Cup record-breaking time as action begun today at the season opener in Tokyo.
Founding World Anti-Doping Agency President Richard Pound has criticised Australia's "holier than thou" stance on doping after Commonwealth Games gold medallist Shayna Jack revealed she had failed a drugs test.
The 2019 International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Cup season is set to begin tomorrow in the host city of next year’s Olympic Games, Tokyo.
American star Dana Vollmer, five times an Olympic champion, is to retire from competitive swimming following this week’s US National Championships.
The International Swimming League (ISL) has banned Australia’s Shayna Jack after she tested positive for banned anabolic agent Ligandrol.
Hungarian swimmer Tamás Kenderesi has been charged with sexually harassing an 18-year-old woman at a South Korean nightclub.
Olympic bronze medallist Tamás Kenderesi has been referred for prosecution in South Korea after being accused of sexual harassment during the World Aquatics Championships.
International Swimming Federation (FINA) executive director Cornel Marculescu has described the podium protests against Sun Yang at the World Aquatics Championships as "unfortunate".
United States topped the medal table at the 2019 International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, with another world record set in the final race.
Olympic bronze medal winning swimmer Tamas Kenderesi has been arrested in South Korea and barred from leaving the country after an allegation of sexual assault.
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Shayna Jack has confirmed her 'A' and 'B' samples tested positive for banned anabolic agent Ligandrol as Swimming Australia defended its handling of a case which has sent shockwaves through the World Aquatics Championships.
Dutchman Marcel Schouten and France's Morgane Dornic won the men's and women's races respectively at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) UltraMarathon Swim Series in Lac Saint-Jean in Canada.
The United States completed a stunning night in the pool at the 2019 International Swimming Federation World Aquatics Championships with a world record in the mixed 4x100 metres freestyle relay final for their fifth gold medal of the day. (July 27).
Australian Commonwealth Games gold medallist Shayna Jack has failed a drugs test, admitting that was the reason she mysteriously left the World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju earlier this month "for personal reasons".
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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