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November 16, 2025
On Sunday, ten amateur crews participating in the fourth Stage of the 2025/26 Clipper Around the World Race left the safety of Cape Town and headed to the notorious "Roaring Forties". The race organizers acknowledge that the leg from Western…
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November 14, 2025
Ben Ainslie, a British sailing ace, expects to reveal within a few weeks who is funding his next America's Cup bid, and the team he will be bringing along for the event in Naples, Italy, scheduled for 2027. Ainslie has set himself the goal of "bringing the Cup home" from the United States…
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November 8, 2025
Tom Brady's Team Brady won the E1 World Championship for a second time in a row on Saturday, after holding off Rafael Nadal and Team Rafa's late challenge at the inaugural Miami Grand Prix. Sam Coleman, a British pilot, and Emma Kimilainen from Finland led the "Championship of the Water"…
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November 7, 2025
Tom Brady, with his Team Brady, is on the hunt for another championship. This time it's on water. They are aiming to win a second consecutive E1 title in Miami at Saturday's series finale. The seven-time Super Bowl champion said, "It would be a big deal for our team…
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November 7, 2025
The French sailors Jeremie BĂ©you and Morgan Lagraviere won the Transat CAFE L'OR Le Havre Normandie in 2025 with their powerful IMOCA monohull Charal, crossing the finish line on Martinique at dawn Friday morning after dominating the race from the start.
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November 6, 2025
After a close duel, Tom Laperche of France and Franck Chammas from Normandie won the ULTIM division in the Transat Cafe L'Or Le Havre Normandie 202025. The two crossed the finish in Fort-de-France Bay on Wednesday at 22:13.58 local time, aboard SVR-Lazartigue.
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November 6, 2025
World Sailing has named two offshore sailing stars its top achievers. French cancer survivor Charlie Dalin, and Swiss record-breaker Justine mettraux have won the prestigious Rolex World Sailor of the year awards in Ireland's Dun Laoghaire.
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November 1, 2025
Paddle UK has announced that British canoeist Kurts Adam Rozentals was given a suspension of two years and removed from the Olympic program after posting a video explicit on Instagram, and misinforming the media about the reason for his original ban.
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October 24, 2025
Mathieu Blahard, one the world's best ultra-runners is about to embark on an exciting new adventure by taking part in his first offshore sailing race – the Transat Cafe L'Or – alongside New Zealand's Conrad Colman. Blanchard said that the idea…
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October 22, 2025
Simon van Velthooven, a former international cyclist who is now a pioneering sailor and won his third America's Cup in 2014 with Team New Zealand has announced that he will retire from professional sports. Van Velthooven was a three-time world…
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October 21, 2025
After passing technical tests, Fitzroy River in Australia is one step closer to hosting canoeing and rowing events during the 2032 Brisbane Olympics. The waterway, which is 600 km north of Brisbane, was a controversial choice for the Olympic Games in March due to concerns over its currents.
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October 20, 2025
Los Angeles 2028 organizers celebrated 1,000 days before the Olympic Opening Ceremony with officials from Oklahoma City on Monday. They said that preparations were progressing to host softball and canoe-slalom competitions in the city. LA28 Chair Casey Wasserman…
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October 19, 2025
Two British women completed an 8 213 nautical mile nonstop row across Pacific Ocean. They arrived in Cairns, Australia after a nearly six-month journey from Peru. Miriam Payne, Jess Rowe and their crew spent 15 hours a day rowing to be the first female-only pair to accomplish this feat.
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October 9, 2025
Britain published on Thursday a list of mid-skilled occupations that may qualify for temporary visas as part of a new immigration scheme designed to address labour shortages. Keir starmer, the Prime Minister of Britain, is attempting to be more tough on immigration.
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October 8, 2025
Charlie Dalin, a French sailor, revealed that he had been undergoing cancer treatment while sailing to victory in the Vendee Globe. He completed the solo around-the-world racing despite the diagnosis which came just months before it began. Dalin…
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October 5, 2025
Dylan Fletcher's tactical sailing masterclass on Sunday saw Britain leapfrog from last to first place in Cadiz. The team is now in control of the SailGP Championship 2025. Britain overcame a penalty at the start of the race that had pushed them…
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October 5, 2025
On Saturday, the E1 World Championship made its African debut at Lagos, marking an important milestone in the global expansion of this series. The penultimate episode of Season Two takes the series to a fourth continent. Rodi Basso, CEO of E1…
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October 4, 2025
On Saturday, Britain's Joe Clarke won his fourth consecutive men's Kayak Cross title at the Canoe Slalom World Championships held in Sydney. He matched the record of all-time for men's individual world titles. Clarke, 32 years old, has taken…
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October 2, 2025
Jessica Fox, the canoeing champion of Australia, says she will defend her Olympic titles in Los Angeles 2028 despite undergoing surgery to remove an kidney tumour. After a health scare, Fox was forced to skip the World Canoe Slalom Championships in Penrith…
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September 21, 2025
The SailGP Team from Germany finally won their first event on Sunday at the Switzerland Sail Grand Prix, in light winds that made the waters of Lake Geneva barely cooperate with the high-tech race machines. In Sunday's high stakes final, Germany won the podium ahead Australia and Switzerland.
