It was a sensational opening Saturday night at the Olympic Park Aquatics Centre in London: an American swimmer Michael Phelps, the most successful Olympian in the history of the Games, did not win a medal in the 400-meter individual medley. He strugg...
Due to the heavy rain forecast for the London Olympics, changes are having to be made to some of the events. This has meant that Usain Bolt will no longer be competing in the hundred metre sprint, and will instead be competing in the hundred metre bu...
Maintenance crews repairing the hairline fracture in Dorking Swimming Pool have discovered a large trapdoor leading to previously undiscovered underground chambers.
"The pool was constructed originally in 1870," said pool manager, Captain Jeremiah...
London - The 2012 Olympic Games may be weeks away, but they are already feeling the effects of the European debt crisis.
A long list of austerity measures is being implemented to help the international competition survive in an atmosphere of econ...
A man on horseback was shooed from Dorking public baths today, after he interrupted a local school's swimming lesson. During a backstroke race, he rode from the changing rooms into the pool brandishing a waterpolo stick.
The man was later identifi...
Casey Anthony, the controversial Tot Mom that was recently found innocent of Murder in the death of her 2 year old child Caylee Anthony has announced to the world what the future will hold for her, if she gets her wish.
She has applied for a permi...
Millicent Cattermole, a retired biscuit maker from Wensleydale, claims she has taught her 3 year old budgerigar to swim.
In a letter to her local newspaper this week, Miss Cattermole reports that she has taught Genghis not only the front crawl but...
Crazy evolutionists are spinning a new yarn. The latest in a long line of improbable tales follows the adventures of the Crocodile.
Evon Hekkala of Fordham University in New York and colleagues are responsible for this latest spellbinding fable, i...
When a reporter heard Nina Dobrev and some of her friends giggling just after a session in which the crew of "The Vampire Diaries" answered some questions about the television program and if there will be a movie soon, he cornered the group of four l...
A missing South Australian abolone diver has been found alive and well this morning. The sudden disappearance of the man on Thursday sparked a massive search and rescue operation lasting an agonising five minutes.
A morning beach walker found the...
After a series of mishaps in public swimming pools, the government have decided to step in and bring the public swimming baths rule sheet up to date.
No longer will it display No Running, No Bombing, No Petting and No Food or Drink.
Instead, H...
Yes, 'cheeky burglars' abound in part of England. So far they have struck four times. Each time they have made a "clean" getaway.
Police are said to be looking for three 'squeaky-clean' men in their early 20s, according to forensic expert, Luk...
A local swimming pool has banned children's floats on grounds of health and safety. Following an incident where a young child almost choked, having taken a bite out of one of the polystyrene floats, the floats have now been removed from use.
Pool...
We can exclusively reveal that it's not money or the attraction of another club that is pulling Wayne Rooney away from Manchester United.
He wants to perform in Britain's synchronised swimming team at the 2012 Olympics in London!
The shocking n...
Stomach cramps, diarrhoea and vomiting is sweeping across the swimming squads at this year's Commonwealth games in Delhi. Team doctors have identified several different bacteria responsible and have concluded that they are picking up the strains from...
There were calls for the Commonwealth Games swimming pool to be emptied and cleaned tonight, after investigations by games officials found that it was full of urine.
The investigation took place after several swimmers complained of stomach upsets...
Bournemouth - (Deep End Mess): Police are probing the death of a young man found at the bottom of a Bournemouth swimming pool.
Twenty five year-old Luke Barnes' lifeless body was found on Saturday following a rowdy Friday night party at a house wh...
The US black population cannot swim, don't want to learn and have never bothered, WHY?
A US survey has discovered that Blacks just don't like water (swimming in it) and tend to avoid swimming pools and lessons like the pest.
A Professor at Yale...