France welcomes Marchand back into action at national championships in St Etienne as Popovici plans more Rome heroics
France’s Leon Marchand will compete in his home country for the first time since winning four golds at the Paris 2024 Olympics when he takes part in the French Championships that start in Saint Etienne tomorrow. The 24-year-old from Toulouse is entered for six events in the meeting that will run until Thursday, July 2 […]
Popovici, Radulescu and Potec earn national Sports Gala awards on “remarkable” evening for Romanian aquatics
Romania’s Olympic 200m freestyle champion David Popovici was one of three nominees representing the national swimming federation to win awards at the National Sports Gala. Popovici, 20, was named Male Athlete of the Year for 2024 in the ceremony organised at the National Opera in Bucharest by the National Sports Agency and broadcast live on […]
Marchand nominated for Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award
Leon Marchand has been named as one of five nominees for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award. Winners of the 2025 Laureus World Sports Awards will be announced at a ceremony in Madrid on April 21. The five other nominees in Marchand’s category are Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, Swedish pole vaulter Mondo […]
Sweden’s double Olympic champion Sjostrom announces pregnancy – and sets her sights on Los Angeles 2028
Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom, a double gold medallist at the Paris 2024 Games, has announced on Instagram that she is expecting a baby in August. Credit: Mike Lewis/World Aquatics Double Olympic champion Sarah Sjostrom has announced that she is pregnant – and that she still dreams of competing at a sixth consecutive Games in Los Angeles […]
Paris 2024: Serbia down Croatia to complete Olympic three-peat
Serbia took a third consecutive Olympic men’s water polo title to copy Great Britain (1908, 1912, 1920) and Hungary (2000, 2004, 2008), as they replicated their wins in Rio and Tokyo. The Serbs defied all the odds: even though they haven’t won any international medals since that title in 2021, they bounced back in Paris […]
Paris 2024: Great Britain and Netherlands win historic medals in Artistic Swimming Duet event
By Christina Marmet European nations had a fantastic showing in the artistic swimming duet competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, held over two days in the Olympic Aquatic Centre of Seine-Saint-Denis. The pairs of Great Britain and the Netherlands claimed silver and bronze respectively, with only 0.1404 separating them in a thrilling final. Kate […]
Paris 2024: Spain’s women take maiden Olympic water polo title
European sides dominated the last day, winning all classification matches. After two lost finals, Spain claimed the gold medal as they beat Australia in the final with a fine performance. The Netherlands took the bronze with a miraclous comeback against the ex-title-holder US team. After the semi-finals yesterday, there was something in the air that […]
Paris 2024: Noah Williams wins 10m Platform bronze to claim Great Britain and Europe’s fifth medal as diving wraps up
Noah Williams rounded off the diving programme at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with a bronze medal in the Men’s 10m Platform final to make it five medals for Great Britain and Europe after two weeks of incredible competition. With all three previous individual diving events yielding no medals for European athletes, there was a […]
Paris 2024: Croatia and Serbia set up gold medal showdown
Serbia played smartly and quite effectively to beat the US team in the semis with relative ease, and with the 10-6 win they have reached third Olympic final in a row. They will clash with their arch-rivals Croatia, which edged out Hungary 9-8 in the other semi. The result means that the Croats have reached […]
Paris 2024: Kristóf Rasovszky leads home all-European podium as Hungary enjoy 1-3 finish in open water
Kristóf Rasovszky added the Olympic open water title to his world crown as he led home an all-European podium with Hungary teammate David Betlehem claiming bronze in the River Seine. The 27-year-old was in the top two throughout and traded the lead with reigning champion Florian Wellbrock until the latter stages of the fourth of […]
