Africa will get a big improvement on its availability of Olympic pools, with four to be built on the continent in the coming years. The project, announced Friday and first reported by Inside the Games ...

For years swimming was a skill that was not embraced by African Americans and Hispanics, according to a 2010 study conducted by the U.S. Swimming Foundation. However, the value of swimming was ...

Passages: Joan Harrison, South African Olympic Gold Medalist, 89 Joan Harrison, who won the women’s 100-meter backstroke at the 1952 Olympics for South Africa, has died on May 20 at age 89. Harrison ...

The organisation recently announced that construction of the spaces is already underway in four African countries: Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda and Lesotho. The four facilities are expected to be completed ...

Left to right, actors Nasha Shandri and Sunnee Goodwin in the SwimCap production. There are few better feelings on a hot summer day than dipping into the cool water of a pool or a lake — no matter the ...