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A breakthrough at the World Championships has earned Kaylene Corbett Swimming World's African Female Swimmer of the Year ...

For the second consecutive time, Tunisia's Ahmed Jaouadi has been named Swimming World's African Male Swimmer of the Year.

Cameron van der Burgh's and Chad le Clos's stunning swims to clinch Olympic gold medals at the London Games have been hailed in some quarters as a springboard for swimming in South Africa to go on to ...

Buoyed by their dominant display at the Africa Aquatics Zone 3 Championships, Kenyan swimmers now have their sights on further success at the Africa Youth Games in Angola from December 10 to 20. The ...

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CAPE TOWN, March 31 (Reuters) - South African swimmers, including Olympic gold medallist Chad le Clos, will have to pay their own way to compete in the FINA World Championships in Barcelona later this ...

Lewis Pugh has followed an unspoken rule during his career as one of the world’s most daring endurance swimmers: Don’t talk about sharks. But he plans to break that this week on a swim around Martha’s ...

The South African broke two world records in the process. PRETORIA, South Africa -- A South African swimmer has splashed his way into history by swimming across Lake Malawi during the tropical cyclone ...