Fina, swimming`s world governing body, votes to stop transgender athletes from competing in women`s elite races if they have gone through any part of the process of male puberty. Read...
World swimming`s governing body has adopted new rules for transgender athletes, only permitting swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women`s events.FINA members voted 71.5 percent in favour of the new `gender inclusion... Read...
Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air Sixteen-year-old Lanihei Connolly, a Māori swimming champion, will represent the Cook Islands at next month`s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Connolly follows in the... Read...
Champion Paralympic swimmer Dame Sophie Pascoe has tonight announced her engagement, revealing she said the biggest yes when the question was popped. A stellar year just keeps getting better for the woman regarded as a national... Read...
Red Bull driver Sergio Perez held on to win today`s rain-marred and chaotic Monaco Grand Prix.The race was red flagged after Mick Schumacher slammed into the barriers at the swimming pool area in a scary incident.Schumacher lost... Read...
Olympic star Kyle Chalmers is set to crush Cody Simpson`s dream of swimming for Australia — and the extraordinary situation has been clouded by reports of a love triangle involving Aussie queen of the pool Emma McKeon.Chalmers,... Read...
A male who hurled racial abuse at a Māori man during an unprovoked violent hate crime was on bail for bashing a retired man at a swimming pool, it has been revealed.Darrel Peter Britton punched his victim, who was walking his... Read...
Cody Simpson just made his dream a reality.The pop star has continued his remarkable transformation to elite swimmer by qualifying for the Australian team for the world championships and Commonwealth Games this year.Simpson finished... Read...
Rotting material in Christchurch`s fire-damaged wastewater plant will start to be removed from tomorrow. But there`s about the volume of 10 Olympic swimming pools worth to get rid of. Read...