Chloe McCardel began her 35th English Channel swim on Saturday evening.

Swimmer sets off on record-breaking 35th Channel attempt

Sun Yang, 28, has been slapped with an eight-year ban after allegedly interfering with efforts to drug-test his blood samples.

China's Sun Yang, three-time Olympic champion, gets eight-year doping test ban

Sarah Thomas completed her task a year after she completed treatment for breast cancer.

Hundreds were at the event in the southern city of Gwangju when the collapse occurred.

Sun Yang has been accused of being a "drug cheat" by Australian Mack Horton, who refused to share the podium with him earlier this week.

Plenty of people have braved the cold to take the plunge on the first day of 2019.

Extreme sportsman Ross Edgley is aiming to become the first man to swim the coast of the British Isles.

Swimming between continents sounds an epic challenge, but these open water swimmers all achieved it in Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait race.

Adam Peaty won the 100 metres breaststroke at the World Championships and set a new world record over 50m

100 metre breaststroke winner Lily King, 19, delivered a scathing message to her Russian rival at the Olympics Games in Rio.

Michael Phelps has, for the first time, declared his intention to compete at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro

The new report released by the Amateur Swimming Association shows that 20% of men and 22% of women aged over 14 in England cannot swim.

After several deaths as people try to avoid the heat - a look at why swimming in quarries and open water is so dangerous.

ITV News at Ten is profiling individual British athletes competing at London 2012. Hannah Miley will be competing on day one of the Games.