Water Sports
Phang Nga Bay 'Fun Regatta' gets underway today
PHANGNGA : Thailand's rapidly growing sailing season gets underway in spectacular fashion today when a big fleet of almost 50 boats sets sail to contest the annual Phang Nga Bay Regatta in picturesque southern Thailand.
Sponsors required for Youth World Championships in Pattaya
PATTAYA : In a world clouded with doom and gloom, there is a bright ray shining at least for Thailand over the Sattahip-Jomtien-Pattaya Eastern Seaboard region. It is an event far removed from the outside turmoil. It is clear skies, sparkling wate...
Australia, China, Hong Kong and Thailand qualify for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games
Australia, China, Hong Kong and Thailand all secured qualification in the Techno 293 windsurfer events to be held at the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.
Thailand voted favourite sailing venue in Asia
Phuket - Thailand was voted the favourite sailing venue in Asia and the Phuket King’s Cup Regatta best regatta in Asia, according to a recent survey. The survey found also that the Regatta generated approximately 40 million baht for the Island eco...
Singapore Top YOG Asian Qualifiers In Thailand
Singapore won both boy's and girl's YOG qualification events at the Byte CII Asian Championships, whilst Thailand, Malaysia and China all secured their places at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games.
Court takes Dutch teenage girl from parents to block her solo voyage
Laura Dekker, a 13-year-old Dutch girl, has been taken into the custody of child protection officers after a court blocked her bid to make a solo sailing voyage around the world.
A Dutch Court will decide the fate Friday of 13-year-old Laura Dekker, either making her a potential world-record-breaking sailor, or returning her to school.
In Turkey to Catch the Wind
ALACATI, Turkey — Once, this was a sleepy fishing village overlooking a bare bay, swept with a consistent wind that eventually caught the eye of a sport that longed for its northerly breezes. Once Alacati was discovered, the bay became a windsurfe...
Icap Leopard repeats Fastnet feat
Icap Leopard, which was the first boat over the line in the 2007 Fastnet Race, has repeated the feat in the 2009 race.
Phelps Outshines Those Dressed For Success In Rome: US swimmer bags five gold medals
Triumphant Michael Phelps did not need to rely on hi-tech swimsuit wizardry to reaffirm his worth at the world aquatics championships.
Phelps Rebounds Amid Boycott Threat
The suit had to go. Michael Phelps made the decision Wednesday night after warming up for the final of the 200-meter butterfly at the swimming world championships.
Super suits making a mockery of swimming record books
Five more world records yesterday took the tally to 11 in two days at the World Championships here and had it not been for the timing of events, Gemma Spofforth, of Great Britain, would have made it 12. Her 58.74sec in the second semi-final of the...
Records Fall, and It’s Only Day 1
Despite the wishes of swimming purists, world records were dropping faster than coins in the Trevi Fountain on Sunday.
A Southern California teenager has serious bragging rights: After docking back in his home state late Thursday morning, Zac Sunderland, 17, from Thousand Oaks, can claim to be the youngest person to sail around the world alone.
Miss GEICO Sets World Kilo Record
Three-time World Champion Miss GEICO powered by AMF Offshore Racing, LLC ("AMF") added to its staggering collection of racing records by shattering the World Record Kilo Run in Sarasota, Florida.
Michael Phelps breaks 100-meter butterfly record
Phelps posts a time of 50.22 seconds, finally passing the mark of 50.40 set by Ian Crocker in 2005.
Swimmer flashes her bum in embarrassing wardrobe malfunction
Poor Italian swimmer Flavia Zoccari found herself in a tight spot when her bathing suit split before a showpiece event.
New yacht race may start from HK
Hong Kong will likely be the starting point of a new world-class yacht race series bringing together 10 teams that will run parallel to the America's Cup competition, organisers say.
U-turn on new performance-enhancing suits leaves British swimmers fuming
Great Britain’s gold-medal chances at next month’s World Championships have been hit after sportswear firms forced a U-turn on plans to ban a new generation of performance-enhancing suits.
Swimmer Competes Again After Failed Bid for Beijing
Seated between the 2008 Olympians Mark Gangloff and Peter Vanderkaay in a news conference Thursday, Mary DeScenza might have endured it with a sour face, disappointment rising in her throat like bile, as they talked about the Olympics and their af...