Swimming

Across Merseyside, people are continuing to meet throughout the winter months to take part in cold water plunge sessions, despite freezing temperatures. The sessions involve brief immersion in cold water and are less about performance and more about shared experience,...

Surf lifesaving dived into action this week at the Wavertree Aquatics Centre, where the RASCALS swim meet marked the first pool competition of the national season. Hosted in the 50m Olympic pool, the event brought together some of Britain's...

Two West Lancashire pools look set to remain open after councillors voted against the council's recommendation to close them.  Nye Bevan Pool and Park Pool were initially earmarked for closure after West Lancashire Council said it would cost more than £1 million in the next year if they were to remain open.

A Liverpool swimmer aims to complete an ultra-long 21.1 kilometres next week to raise awareness and funds for men's health. Joseph Sadler is taking on the challenge on behalf of the Movember campaign, which specifically raises awareness for cancer, mental...

Jamaica's team captain at the Paris Olympic Games was not from track and field, a sport the country is known for, but from diving. Yona Knight-Wisdom is aiming to inspire the younger generation of his country to follow in...

Some of the world's best swimmers are vying for medals as the World Cup splashes down in Shanghai this weekend. The three-stop competition series serves as a post-Paris stepping stone ahead of December’s Short Course World Championships in Budapest, as...

From making the journey from Guyana as a 14 year old, to being the first black man to have a street named after him in Liverpool; meet James Clarke. A secret sports star whose gift for swimming made him a...

A deaf swimmer is continuing his campaign to raise more awareness for the Deaflympics as he strives for better equality. Nathan Young, from Wallasey, says the Covid-19 lockdowns gave him time to think and re-evaluate, seeing other athletes reaping the...

Liverpool Students are bidding raise £25,000 for Movember. The charity is clebrating its 20th anniversary this year with a dramatic rise in members. Founded by a group of friends in Australia in 2003, a staggering nearly 7 million have pledged...

The City of Manchester Aquatics Swim Team (COMAST) blew their competitors out of the water to take the lion’s share of success at the Swim England NW Winter Regionals held in Liverpool. After taking 19 finals medals on the first...