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The 22-year-old Olympic bronze medallist has been banned from leaving the country while police investigate the incident at a bar in Gwangju, around 330 kilometres (200 miles) south of Seoul, at the weekend. (Photo: AFP)

‘Sorry,’ says Hungarian swimmer on being arrested for Touching Nightclub Dancer

Tamas Kenderesi has admitted making contact with his accuser but denies charges of sexual harassment.

29 Jul 2019 1:43 PM

According to the police, Joshi, 21, hanged himself from the ceiling in his house on Friday afternoon when his parents were away. (Representational Image)

21-year-old Pune based national-level swimmer commits suicide

The incident came to light when Joshi's father tried to contact his son from office, but his calls went unanswered, he said.

02 Jun 2019 9:21 AM

Edgley, who had hoped to finish in 100 days, told family members who gathered on the beach to greet him: "Sorry I'm late." (Photo: Facebook Screengrab/ @rossedgleywriter)

Adventurer becomes first person to swim around coast of Great Britain

British endurance athlete Ross Edgley completes 157-day, 1,791-mile swim around Britain.

05 Nov 2018 8:42 AM

Gold medal winners Srihari Nataraj, Swadesh Mondal, Md. Rehan, Kiara Bangera and Sohan Ganguly

Swadesh Mondal, Srihari Nataraj make giant strides to break national records

Mondal elevated the benchmark of excellence earlier by winning his third gold medal with a national record breaking time of 02:10.93.

28 Jun 2018 12:34 AM

Last month, a Navi Mumbai college student in Nashik died after drowning in the Waldevi dam while trying to take a selfie. (Representational image)

Selfie costs 20-yr-old his life

According to the Badlapur police, the youngsters were on a three-day holiday to celebrate Christmas.

26 Dec 2017 6:12 AM

World 10K international ambassador Stephanie Rice with the Elite runners. (Photo: Shashidhar B.)

Mentally decided London would be my last Olympic: Stephanie Rice

Stephanie Rice was all this and more by the time she was 20.

20 May 2017 2:22 AM

Stephanie Rice named World 10K event ambassador

The medal of the Order of Australia awardee announced her retirement from competitive swimming in 2014.

11 May 2017 4:48 AM

Swimming against the tides

Braving the Arabian sea and his own disability, swimmer Shams Aalam created a record for the longest open-water swim by a paraplegic person.

18 Apr 2017 12:08 AM

Gaurvi Singhvi swam a similar route to practice on March 21 from the Governor’s House to the Gateway of India in a record time of 3 hours 58 minutes and 12 seconds. (Photo: Facebook)

Girl swims 36km from Bandra Worli Sea Link to Gateway of India

The 14-year-old swam the route in 6 hours and 30 minutes

27 Mar 2017 2:19 PM

Stroke of true enterprise

Agnishwar started swimming at the age of three — it came to him naturally.

16 Feb 2017 5:37 AM

Police question two suspects in nat’l swimmer’s suicide case

The two men allegedly knew Dhara separately and had met her through some mutual friends.

29 Jan 2017 1:59 AM

National level swimmer commits suicide in Parel

The deceased had won a silver medal in the 1m springboard at the 70th National Aquatics held in September 2016.

28 Jan 2017 4:27 AM

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