3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (545+ words) Keanna MacInnes won silver in the 200m butterfly at this year's Commonwealth Games Swimmer Keanna MacInnes believes the extra measures the Scottish and British teams have taken to ensure their competitors stay healthy has been a big factor behind her own…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (208+ words) A 19-year-old man died after getting into difficulty while swimming across a lake, a coroner has said. Apprentice electrician Charlie Ellis Saw, from Boston in Lincolnshire, entered the water at Grasmere in Cumbria on Saturday 8 August, with the aim of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (204+ words) 'I'm stronger and faster than I've ever been before' - Grant. Video, 00:01:05'I'm stronger and faster than I've ever been before' - Grant Up Next. BBC Wales accolade 'means everything' to Pritchard. Video, 00:02:18BBC Wales accolade 'means everything' to Pritchard Goodburn pleads for…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (644+ words) A former horse events rider is preparing to represent Great Britain at the para-canoe world championships, two years after a fall changed her life. Saffron Cresswell, 25, from Malvern in Worcestershire, fell from her horse in 2024 and suffered a spinal cord…...

3+ week, 31+ min ago   (715+ words) Scott is preparing for the World championships in Amsterdam Olympic champion Hannah Scott says she will arrive at the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam on the back of her "most successful winter of training so far". The Coleraine sculler says…...

3+ week, 23+ hour ago   (428+ words) The organisers of Sydney Marathon have laughed off a mistake which saw a German stadium etched on to medals for participants, saying "we're not going to run from it". Questions arose after the event's official social media account unveiled the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (345+ words) A nineteen-year-old swimmer has said he will win "3,000 gold medals" in the Special Olympics Great Britain. Sam Craddock, from Dorchester in Dorset, has Down's syndrome and will be competing in the 50m freestyle, 50m breast stoke and 100m individual medley. The event in…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1015+ words) A man who lost his leg after being hit by a car as a 10-year-old has said he wants to thank the driver for changing his life "for the better". Mark Williams went on to become a world champion swimmer…...

4+ week, 2+ hour ago   (420+ words) 'Very last stroke!' - GB win dramatic relay gold Great Britain finished top of the medals table at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris after Keanna MacInnes helped them win two golds on Sunday's final day of competition. The 24-year-old sealed…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (344+ words) Penguins at a zoo are making a splash with their new wave machine after a fundraising campaign by local children. The feature at Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, Hampshire, otherwise known as a flow cannon, was powered up on Saturday morning....