For some of the crew members battling it out in the Volvo Ocean Race there is an additional motivation, they are in the running to …

Ambling across his vast Volvo Ocean 65 racing yacht, Dongfeng Race Team’s French skipper Charles Caudrelier carries Chinese expectations on his shoulders.

Swimmer Ian Thorpe, Australia’s most decorated Olympian, has called on national bodies to stop setting gold medal targets as it puts too much pressure on …

The Volvo Ocean race will be under new ownership when the next edition of the round the world event starts in 2021 and could also …

When Ben Lecomte stepped onto land for the first time after swimming across the Atlantic Ocean in 1998, he told himself ‘never again’.

Brazilian Filipe Toledo delighted his home crowd with an almost perfect tube ride to win the Oi Rio Pro and move into second place in …

Surfing rides into a new era this weekend as the world’s best compete on artificial waves in the World Surf League (WSL) Founders’ Cup team …

Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa was named a ‘world record holder’ at the weekend after the judging panel at the World Surf League (WSL) Big Wave …

Ben Ainslie has secured 110 million pounds ($153 million) from British petrochemicals company INEOS to fund Britain’s latest bid to win the America’s Cup.

Spanish team MAPFRE won the Itajai In-Port Race in Brazil on Friday after an intense battle with team AkzoNobel for the lead.

Australia’s two-time world champion Tyler Wright put a nearby shark attack to the back of her mind as she progressed to the women’s quarter-finals of …

Michael Phelps will not be tempted out of retirement to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Games but the most decorated Olympian of all time is …

Georgia Sheehan and Esther Qin jumped from fourth to first with their final effort in a women’s three-meter springbroad synchronized diving competition beset by technical …

Australia’s Commonwealth Games 400m freestyle champion Mack Horton said he is unlikely to put as much focus on the 1,500m going forward after laboring to …

Australia’s Ariarne Titmus overcame some of the worst nerves she had ever experienced on her way to clinching a second individual gold medal at the …

Commonwealth Games 100m freestyle champion Bronte Campbell has been selected ahead of older sister Cate to anchor Australia’s team in the women’s 4x100m medley relay …

Double Olympic rowing champion Hamish Bond has reinforced his successful transition to cycling by claiming a bronze medal in the individual time trial at the …

Australia’s Bronte Campbell finally stepped out of her sister Cate’s shadow at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre as she overtook her in the final few …

Highlights on day four of the Commonwealth Games on Monday (times GMT):

Ariarne Titmus assumed the mantle as the best long-distance freestyle swimmer in the Commonwealth when she won the women’s 800m title at the Gold Coast …

Chad le Clos completed a sweep of butterfly titles at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games on Monday to cap a three-gold performance for South Africa …

Australia’s dominant swimming team were given a shock at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday when Scotland’s Duncan Scott upset Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers, before the …

England’s Adam Peaty swam well within his capabilities to clinch the men’s 100m breaststroke at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games on Saturday.