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Olympic champion Stephanie Rice reasserted her dominance in the 200 metres individual medley at the Commonwealth Games selection trials in Sydney on Tuesday.
Rice, backing up from finishing fourth behind Blair Evans in the 200m freestyle less than an hour earlier, sealed her spot on the team for New Delhi by clocking 2 minutes and 10.07 [...]

Melbourne, Sep 19 (ANI): Australian swimming beauty Stephanie Rice is all set to celebrate her 21st birthday today-almost two months after her actual birthday-in a grand bash.

The Olympic star had to postpone festivities because of the world champ meet in Rome in July.

But, today, she will start her birthday celebrations at the Marriot Hotel, and [...]

Melbourne, Sep 4 (ANI): Aussie swimmer Stephanie Rice has shed her clothes for Who magazine’s Bodies Issue.

And despite her hour-glass figure, the sexy lass has said that she is a hearty eater who doesn’t deny herself good food.

Featuring alongside a pregnant Toni Pearen and a slim Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Rice has even revealed her solution to [...]

Melbourne, Sep 1 (ANI): Olympic swimmers Stephanie Rice and Eamon Sullivan might have parted ways, but the former couple showed a remarkable chemistry when they had to strip down to their undies for a photo shoot.

The couple, who had a very public pre-Olympics split, claimed that there was no animosity between them.

And now, the ‘friendly’ [...]

Bhopal, June 27 (ANI): A 12-member team of physically challenged swimmers is practising hard in the recently organised swimming camp here ahead of Commonwealth Games 2010.

The second coaching camp for the physically challenged swimmers was jointly organised by the National Paralympic Association and National Paralympic Committee.

BK Dabas, [...]

Melbourne, May 17 (ANI): Michael Clarke and Lara Bingle have ditched their clothes….. for underwear campaigns.

Speedo girl Bingle and her Bonds ambassador fiance peeled off layers of clothing for their respective brands’ spring/summer ranges.

The sizzling images of stunning Bingle were shot on [...]

Washington, May 16 (ANI): Olympic golden boy Michael Phelps has returned with a bang after three-month suspension following the pot scandal.

The 23-year-old swimmer easily qualified for the finals of two events at the Charlotte Ultraswim with a record time.

Phelps was second in the last heat of the 200-meter freestyle [...]

Washington, May 13 (ANI): After winning seven Olympic medals in 2008 and making it to the glossy pages of magazines like Playboy and People, Amanda Beard has double good news to share – she has got married and is expecting a baby soon.

In an interview, the swimmer has revealed that she got married to [...]

London, May 10 (ANI): Michael Phelps has had his fantasies with a pair of strippers, boasted about taking dope and cries a lot after getting drunk – these are some of his secrets spilt by a lapdancer.

Theresa White claimed the Olympic swimming star is far from the all-American boy everyone thinks he is.

The 25-year-old, [...]

Melbourne, May 03 (ANI): Swimming sensation Stephanie Rice has been named the sexiest sportswoman in the world.

Rice came in at No.30 in FHM magazine’s 100 sexiest women in the world in 2009, pipping Serbian tennis starlet Ana Ivanovic (32) for sport’s top spot.

The men’s mag says Rice has [...]

Melbourne, May 2 (ANI): Triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice is the best known swimmer in the world without a personal swimwear sponsor, and would be in a winning position during the world championships in July.

The International Swimming Federation’s newly formed commission assembles in Lausanne next week [...]

London, Apr 29 (ANI): Olympic Games champion swimmer Rebecca Adlington has revealed how swimming can help one to stay slim.

Adlington, 20, who swims four miles every morning, is eager to share the benefits of swimming just a few times a week.

“Swimming does everything,” the Mirror quoted her as [...]

New York, Apr 24 (ANI): American swimmer Michael Phelps was recently seen donning an eye loupe as he made an attempt at deconstructing an Omega timepiece.

Phelps, 23, who is the ambassador for Omega, was at the flagship opening of OMEGA New York [...]

New York, April 20 (ANI): Jay-Z has defended Olympic gold medallist Michael Phelps’s pot smoking incident, saying it was a young mistake.

Phelps, who has won 14 career Olympic gold medals, the most by any Olympian, had been keeping himself at bay from the [...]

George Town (Penang), April 15 (IANS) An Indian couple’s pleasure cruise ended in tragedy when the man fell off the ship and his wife dived into the choppy sea in a failed rescue attempt.
Kasturi Shetty, 47, dived off the Star Cruise Virgo Monday to save her husband Noojady Nithyanand, 49, after the latter slipped on [...]

New York, April 9 (ANI): Drunk Michael Phelps gave onlookers an eyeful after getting in to a steamy session with his girlfriend at a New York City club, according to reports.

The ace swimmer, who had remained at bay from the party scene since his controversial marijuana pics surfaced in January, purportedly returned to the floor [...]

London, Mar 26 (ANI): Megan Fox recently appeared wearing a grey cardigan over a pair of revealing tights, making the simple ensemble look quite sexy.

The ‘Transformers’ actress was pictured leaving her dentist’s in Hollywood, donning a long, grey cardigan and a pair of almost [...]

Sydney, Mar.26 (ANI): Triple Olympic medallist Eamon Sullivan was left red-faced following a drunken argument with a short-changed cabbie.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Sullivan left the driver short of his ten dollar fare after being driven home from a pub crawl at Kings Cross [...]

Wellington – Pam Dickson, a 55-year-old grandmother, has become the oldest person to swim the 26-kilometre Cook Strait separating New Zealand’s North and South Islands, a news report said Saturday.
She completed the crossing from north to south on Friday in 9 hours and 23 minutes, Radio New Zealand reported.
Her guide, veteran Strait swimmer Philip [...]

London, March 17 (ANI): Analysis of the fossilized remains of a huge dinosaur, dubbed ‘Predator X’, has indicated that it boasted a bite up to 11 times as strong as that of Tyrannosaurus rex, making it the most fearsome animal ever to swim the oceans.

According to a report in The Times, the fossil [...]