Russian Olympic gold medallist swimmer Evgeny Rylov has been banned from the sport for nine months for appearing at a rally in support of President Vladimir Putin and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

In the world of competitive swimming, streamlined bodies and shaved limbs are practically sacred. But in 1972, one American swimmer defied tradition — and accidentally ignited a follicular frenzy that ...

SAINT PETERSBURG — Russian swimming star Kliment Kolesnikov is all about winning Olympic medals — but not at all costs. The world record holder in the men’s 50m backstroke has vowed to sit out the ...

SAINT PETERSBURG: Russian swimming star Kliment Kolesnikov is all about winning Olympic medals — but not at all costs. The world record holder in the men’s 50m backstroke has vowed to sit out the ...

The world record holder in the men's 50m backstroke has vowed to sit out the Paris Games over the "unacceptable" conditions imposed on Russian competitors due to the assault on Ukraine. The ...

The Russian-controlled Supreme Court of Crimea sentenced a 40-year-old resident of St. Petersburg to six years in prison. The man attempted to swim from Crimea to Odesa to join the war on Ukraine’s ...

Russian swimming star Kliment Kolesnikov is all about winning Olympic medals -- but not at all costs.

The high-profile Trojan Swim Club will suspend participation by international athletes after the International Swimming Federation barred two Russian swimmers who train with the USC-based group from ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Russian synchronised swimming stars Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina's near-flawless routines have long had fans joking they are secretly mermaids or have gills. In ...

Yekaterina Nekrasova swam 279 feet beneath the ice of Lake Baikal in Siberia. She wasn't allowed to use a wet suit or flippers — just a regular bathing suit. It took her about a minute and a half.

PARIS — Signaling at least part of its Cannes line-up, Vivendi-owned Studiocanal, Europe’s biggest film group, will introduce “The Tracking of a Russian Spy,” from Nima Nourizadeh (“Project X”), at ...