15 h. ago Olympic swimming legend marks ten years in Stirling as he brings back latest medal

Duncan Scott added to his glittering career accolades with his World Championship gold in Singapore - with the swimming legend back in training in the Stirling pool.

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33 h. ago Gordon Ramsay's daughter slips into teeny bikini to flaunt jaw

Gordon Ramsay's daughter, Holly, 25, recently shared a series of drop-dead gorgeous selfies in the run-up to her Christmas wedding to Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty

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37 h. ago Ben Proud admits ‘huge financial incentive’ is behind decision to join Enhanced Games

Swimmer is first British athlete to sign up for eventProud: ‘These are opportunities I cannot pass by at 30’Olympic swimming silver medallist Ben Proud, the first British athlete to sign up for the Enhanced Games, has accepted he risks sullying his reputation but admitted he is chiefly motivated by the potential huge financial rewards in the twilight of his career.The swimmer told the BBC Today programme on Thursday: “There’s a huge financial incentive with this and I would be lying if I said it didn’t matter. If you look at the facts it would take me 13 years of winning world championship titles just to earn what I can win at one competition at the Enhanced Games. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago Former Team GB swimmer Ben Proud reveals ‘the only reason’ he joined Enhanced Games

Former Team GB Olympic swimmer Ben Proud has explained his decision to join the controversial Enhanced Games.

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54 h. ago The Chase's Mark Labbett on hunt for 'friend with benefits' after bachelor fear

EXCLUSIVE: The Chase legend Mark Labbett has exclusively opened up to Daily Star about his love life, romance woes and his biggest dating turn off

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59 h. ago Olympic medallist Ben Proud becomes first British athlete to join Enhanced Games

Swimmer won silver for GB in the Paris pool last summerEvent allows athletes to take performance-enhancing drugsThe Olympic swimming medallist Ben Proud has become the first British athlete to join the Enhanced Games, an event that allows athletes to take performance-enhancing drugs.The 30-year-old, who won silver in the 50m freestyle in Paris last summer, does not believe the event undermines clean sport. “I think [the Enhanced Games] opens up the potential avenue to excel in a very different way,” he told BBC Sport. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Olympic medallist Ben Proud becomes first Briton to join Enhanced Games

Proud won a silver medal at Paris 2024 in the 50m freestyle

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7 d. ago Pollution awareness swim by Olympians in the Thames is interrupted... by raw sewage in the waters

Athletes from across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland set off on the Thames Swim Against Sewage on Monday in a bid to highlight the crisis affecting the UK's waterways.

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8 d. ago Giorgio Armani: The master of the power suit’s boldest celebrity looks from Julia Roberts to Adele

Italian fashion legend, who died aged 91, left an indelible mark on red carpets and runways alike

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8 d. ago Comedian Susie McCabe to bring new show to Stirling as part of 2026 tour

The Glasgow comic will hit the road next April and May following her successful run at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.

Culture

1 week ago I longed to swim the Channel, until an Olympic swimmer sent me off in a different direction | Gareth Roberts

I was too skinny to realise my dream, she said – but then I got the chance to help others overcome their fear of the waterIn my youth, I secretly harboured a dream of swimming the Channel. When I was 20, I worked as a lifeguard and swimming teacher at the council-run swimming pool in Cambridge. There were some intriguing regulars. Prof Stephen Hawking would watch poolside as his nephews swam. There was also a smattering of ex-Olympic swimmers, including a Maltese guy who moved through the water with such precision and power that he barely made a ripple. Watching him was hypnotic.One of the city’s swimming club coaches had competed at the Munich Olympics. I confided in her that I planned to swim the Channel. I knew it would take at least two or three years of hard training, I told her, but I was committed and time was on my side – I was only 21. She looked me up and down and told me that there were not enough geese in the world to render the fat required to insulate my skinny legs fr...

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4 w. ago Michael Phelps is right. USA Swimming’s failure runs deeper than medals

The 23-times gold medallist warns of drift and weak leadership. Governance failures, and a troubled safeguarding record, could cost the US more than podium places at LA 2028In three years’ time, the swimming programme for the Los Angeles Olympics will unfold over nine days and nights on the grandest stage the sport has ever known. A purpose-built pool inside SoFi Stadium in Inglewood will be the centerpiece of a 38,000-capacity open-air natatorium, transforming the $5bn home of the NFL’s Rams and Chargers into the largest swimming venue in modern history. For the United States, a rare Summer Games on home soil should be a coronation, a chance to showcase the depth of its talent in the country’s most spectacular arena. Yet Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of them all, fears the US swimming program is in no shape to seize the moment.Phelps has launched a withering attack on USA Swimming’s leadership, accusing it of “weak” stewardship, “poor operational controls” and presidi...

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4 w. ago Michael Phelps is right. USA Swimming’s failure runs deeper than medals | Bryan Armen Graham

The 23-times gold medallist warns of drift and weak leadership. Governance failures, and a troubled safeguarding record, could cost the US more than podium places at LA 2028In three years’ time, the swimming programme for the Los Angeles Olympics will unfold over nine days and nights on the grandest stage the sport has ever known. A purpose-built pool inside SoFi Stadium in Inglewood will be the centerpiece of a 38,000-capacity open-air natatorium, transforming the $5bn home of the NFL’s Rams and Chargers into what’s said to be the largest swimming venue in history. For the United States, a rare Summer Games on home soil should be a coronation, a chance to showcase the depth of its talent in the country’s most spectacular arena. Yet Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of them all, fears the US swimming program is in no shape to seize the moment.Phelps has launched a withering attack on USA Swimming’s leadership, accusing it of “weak” stewardship, “poor operational controls” ...

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4 w. ago This Morning star says 'we need to talk more' as she opens up about suffering two miscarriages

The admission came during an interview with Olympic swimming champion Rebecca Adlington

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4 w. ago Michael Phelps launches scathing attack on ‘failing’ USA Swimming

Olympic champion writes lengthy Instagram postAmerican says he would hesitate to let sons competeMichael Phelps has launched a scathing attack on USA Swimming’s leadership, with the 23-times Olympic gold medallist branding the body weak and demanding sweeping reforms after what he sees as years of organizational decline.“I’ve watched too many teammates struggle to compete in a sport they love without the support they need,” Phelps, who retired from competitive swimming in 2016, wrote in a lengthy Instagram post. “I’ve also seen the sport struggle to return its membership numbers to pre-pandemic levels, and I’m done pretending this system works just because it produces medals. Continue reading...

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