Nick Hope

Two years after conclusion of the astounding Paris 2024 Olympic Games the best swimmers in Europe not only returned to the French capital but did so in astounding, record-breaking style.

History-making world champion Giorgio Minisini (ITA) departed Budapest ‘excited’ by the ‘fierce battles’ emerging within his sport after witnessing the next generation of artistic swimmers star during the 2026 World Aquatics Junior Championships.

Russia rounded off an outstanding competition by claiming all three titles and topping the medal standings on the final day of the World Aquatics Junior Artistic Swimming Championships in Hungary.

Spain’s Women’s Duet and Mixed Duet athletes produced two sublime performances to end Russia’s one hundred percent winning streak at the World Aquatics Junior Artistic Swimming Championships in Hungary.

Triple European champion Zakhar Trofimov (RUS) continued his stunning run of successes over the last six weeks by adding a second gold to his collection at the World Aquatics Junior Artistic Swimming Championships in Hungary.

European Junior gold medallists Kristina Chekhanova (RUS) and Anastasiia Sidorina (RUS) secured their maiden global honour as a pair, securing the Duet Technical title on the second day of the World Aquatics Junior Artistic Swimming Championships.

Championship title favourites Russia delivered a series of masterclass performances to secure all three titles on the opening day of the World Aquatics Junior Artistic Swimming Championships in Budapest.

The strongest young artistic swimmers from across the planet are set to go head-to-head in the battle for honours in Hungary’s capital during five days of competition at the World Aquatics Junior Artistic Swimming Championships.

The story of Cameroon Olympic medallist Madias Ngake's remarkable journey from sleeping rough and seeking asylum to competing for England at Glasgow 2026.

The story of Cameroon Olympic medallist Madias Ngake's remarkable journey from sleeping rough and seeking asylum to competing for England at Glasgow 2026.

Australia will once again be the team to beat in a Swimming programme that boasts more major medal winners than any other sport at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.

World Championship gold medal winners Lin Yanjun and Xu Huiyan rounded off an impressive debut season together by adding the Women’s Duet Free title to their Duet Technical title on the final day of the 2026 World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup Super Final in Toronto, Canada.

Olympian Audrey Lamothe secured host nation Canada their first honour of the 2026 World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup Super Final with a hard-earned silver, behind the outstanding Klara Bleyer.

Great Britain’s Ranjuo Tomblin provided further evidence of his now undoubted talent by securing two landmark titles on the opening day of the 2026 World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup Super Final in Toronto, Canada.

Olympic champion Matt Richards and Emma Funicane as well as reigning Paralympic gold medallist James Ball are among a 114-strong Welsh line-up who will compete for major Commonwealth Games honours at Glasgow 2026.

The 2026 World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup season will reach its climax with three days of high-class competition as the best athletes on the planet battle it out for honours at the Super Final in Toronto, Canada.

Australia will arrive in Scotland confident of a securing a major haul of major swimming honours after naming a host of reigning Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games champions in their line-up for Glasgow 2026.

Around 3,000 athletes from 74 nations and territories are expected to line up for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, with some of the biggest sporting names on the planet set to be on show in Scotland.

The parents of Schlosshan sisters Ciara and Leah will likely have a dilemma as to whether they don the blue and white of Scotland, or the red and white of England this summer, with their two daughters chosen to represent different Commonwealth Games

Veteran judoka, mother and two-time Commonwealth medallist Moira de Villiers will return to the scene of her first major international success, 14 years after she claimed silver at Glasgow 2014.