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What is the halo in Formula 1?
Our Ask Me Anything team explain what the halo is on a Formula 1 car and when it has worked.
Ariarne Titmus retires just as she swam – at the top of the sport and uniquely herself | Kieran Pender
Stepping away from swimming as current two-time world and Olympic champion at only 25 is another distinctively Titmus thing to do Ariarne Titmus has always done things her own way. So it was when she first blazed to glory in 2019 – a teenager unheralded outside Australia, upstaging American swim queen Katie Ledecky on the world stage. So it was in 2022 when, as reigning world and Olympic champion, Titmus decided to skip the world titles. “I’ll definitely be asleep,” she told me at the time – the
‘People’s opinions aren’t going to pay me’: Ireland’s Shane Ryan on his decision to join Enhanced Games
Swimmer who represented Ireland at three Olympics says controversial event provides chance to set up financial future When Shane Ryan agreed to participate in the Enhanced Games – where performance-enhancing drugs are encouraged – he did not agonise: “I was like, you know what, let me do something for me for once. Let me make some money.” The swimmer represented Ireland at three Olympics, in 2016, 2020 and 2024, but all those years of training and sacrifice were not paying the bills, so this we
Australian Olympic swim star Titmus retires at 25
It was a tough decision but one she is happy with, Titmus wrote on Instagram.
Four-time Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus announces retirement from swimming
Titmus became first Australian woman since Dawn Fraser in 1964 to win back-to-back gold medals in the same event Swimming great steps away as the current 200m freestyle world record-holder Four-time Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus has announced her shock retirement from swimming, saying the seed was sewn by her cancer scare before the Paris Games. The 25-year-old, who grew up in Tasmania, will retire as one of the greatest distance swimmers of all time. Continue reading...
Next Generation 2025: 60 of the best young talents in world football
From PSG’s Ibrahim Mbaye to Brazil’s next hope, we select some of the most talented players born in 2008. Check the progress of our classes of 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 … and go even further back. Here’s our Premier League class of 2025 Continue reading...
Irish Olympian Ryan joins Enhanced Games
Three-time Irish Olympian Shane Ryan announces he will join the Enhanced Games.
Next Generation 2025: 20 of the best talents at Premier League clubs
We pick the best youngsters at each club born between 1 September 2008 and 31 August 2009, an age band known as first-year scholars. Check the progress of our classes of 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 … and go even further back. Here’s our 2025 world picks Continue reading...
GB win three medals and Peaty returns at World Cup
Abbie Wood wins two of Great Britain's three medals at the first event of the Swimming World Cup in Carmel, Indiana.
Swimming Australia moves to shut down Mollie O’Callaghan ‘fake quotes’ about transgender athlete
Quote falsely attributed to star swimmer posted on Facebook and X World Aquatics rules bar Lia Thomas from competing in female category Swimming Australia has moved to shut down “fake news” and “fabricated quotes” linked to swimmer Mollie O’Callaghan about transgender athlete Lia Thomas. A comment attributed to O’Callaghan but not posted from her social media account has appeared in posts on Meta platform Facebook, as well as on X, and suggested the swimming star would not participate in the 2
This club could be the future of Australian swimming – and it looks very different | Kieran Pender
The sport is falling behind when it comes to diversity. But at one pool in Melbourne’s west, people are working hard to change that It is 6am on a crisp Friday morning at Broadmeadows aquatic centre in Melbourne’s north-west, and members of the Western Melbourne Propulsion Swim Club are doing laps under the watchful eye of their coach. It is a scene repeated every morning at pools across Australia. But at Broadmeadows, something is different. The composition of many of Australia’s favourite spor
What are 'papaya rules' in Formula 1?
Our Ask Me Anything team explain what 'papaya rules' are for F1 team McLaren.
Captain, player, manager, Mister, number one - Davids at Barnet
BBC Sport remembers Edgar Davids' 15 months as Barnet player-manager in League Two and the Conference.
'Sewage, spilled pasta and fight for change'
World bronze medallist Hector Pardoe explains how he is using open water swimming challenges to push the message of sustainability.
Hampstead Heath swimming ponds considering limiting transgender users’ access
Trans swimmers currently able to use a mixed pond or either of the segregated ponds for the gender they identify as A consultation has been launched on transgender swimmers’ access to Hampstead Heath ponds, which could result in them being banned from using the pools for the gender they identify as. The Kenwood Ladies’ and Highgate Men’s ponds are gender-segregated, with trans people currently able to swim in whichever they feel most appropriate, or use the heath’s mixed-gender pond instead. Co
Sign up to the Sport in Focus newsletter: the sporting week in photos
Our editors’ favourite sporting images from the past week, from the spectacular to the powerful, and with a little bit of fun thrown in Continue reading...
Boulter loses to Pegula as GB out of BJK Cup
Watch the best shots, as the United States' Jessica Pegula fights back from a set down to beat Katie Boulter and knock Great Britain out of the Billie Jean King Cup at the semi-final stage.
GB's Kartal runs Navarro close in BJK Cup semi-final
A battling Sonay Kartal falls to the United States' Emma Navarro, as Great Britain go 1-0 down in the semi-finals of the Billie Jean King Cup.
Boulter win puts GB into BJK Cup semi-finals
Watch the best shots, as Katie Boulter's win over Moyuka Uchijima sees Great Britain secure a 2-0 win over Japan, setting up a Billie Jean King Cup semi-final with the United States.
GB's Kartal dominates Shibahara in BJK Cup match win
Watch the best shots, as Sonay Kartal beats Ena Shibahara of Japan to give Great Britain a 1-0 lead in their Billie Jean King Cup quarter-final tie.
Borg will fight cancer 'like it's a Wimbledon final'
Tennis legend Bjorn Borg says "I hope I'm gonna be OK" after being diagnosed with "extremely aggressive" prostate cancer.
How will GB cope without Raducanu in BJK Cup?
Emma Raducanu is missing the Billie Jean King Cup to focus on the WTA Tour.
‘I’m here to help people, which gives me a superpower’: one man’s challenge to swim 10 Swiss lakes
Neil Gilson is undertaking a huge mental and physical task to raise awareness of a neuropsychiatric condition that affected his son Jack The physical effort as he battles currents, coldness and wind is massive, but the mental challenge of ploughing on alone for hours on end is even more testing. Neil Gilson, a father of three from Devon, is about to set off on the next leg of his attempt to become the first person to swim the 10 largest lakes in Switzerland, a total of about 230 miles. Continue
Ben Proud admits ‘huge financial incentive’ is behind decision to join Enhanced Games
Swimmer is first British athlete to sign up for event Proud: ‘These are opportunities I cannot pass by at 30’ The Olympic silver medallist Ben Proud, the first British athlete to sign up for the Enhanced Games, has accepted he risks sullying his reputation and admitted he is chiefly motivated by earning money in the twilight of his career. He 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. It would take me
Olympic medallist Ben Proud becomes first British athlete to join Enhanced Games
Swimmer won silver for GB in Paris last summer Event allows athletes to take performance-enhancing drugs The Olympic silver medallist Ben Proud has become the first Briton to join the Enhanced Games, an event that allows athletes to take performance-enhancing drugs. The 30-year-old, who came second 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
What is a super licence in Formula 1?
Our Ask Me Anything team look at what a Super License is in Formula 1 and how a driver can obtain points.
What is US Open prize money?
BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team looks at how much prize money is on offer at the US Open.
Efe Acikalin: Delighting Turkish snooker fans
Shabnam Younus-Jewell talks to the creator of Turkey’s snooker portal Red Black Snooker.
Mike Ganley: 'It’s all about respect'
Shabnam Younus-Jewell talks to WST tournament director Mike Ganley about his key role behind the scenes.
The Crawl review – madcap swimming comedy performed by synchronised duo
Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Alexander Burnett and Ellie Whittaker dive into multiple roles in a bubbly show with plenty of audience participation This highly physical comedy about two competitive swimmers begins at the beginning – not with a referee’s whistle but a stand-alone aquatic opus racing through humans’ evolution from fish. In caps, goggles and bathing suits, Alexander Burnett and Ellie Whittaker recount our abiding passion for the water, from the earliest forms of life to Napoleon diving