Baetzold remembers breaking the butterfly record at his alma mater, North High, years ago. When later swimming for Iowa State ...

"Exhausting and emotional" is how one man has described taking part in a 16-hour swim relay across the English Channel. Mark ...

A swimmer is preparing to cross the English Channel to demonstrate how building mental stamina can help in overcoming ...

On 6 August 1926, Ederle swam out into the English Channel again. This time she was wearing a swimsuit of her own design – a silk two piece, which left her midriff bare and allowed her to propel ...

Nearly 36,000 people trying to reach Britain were the subject of search-and-rescue operations in the English Channel in 2023, according to a report by the French maritime authorities, down from ...

Migrants push an inflatable boat into the English Channel from a beach near the town of Wimereux, on the far northern French coast - one of the narrowest points between France and the southern ...

The English Channel, a waterway just over 20 miles (32 km) at its narrowest between Britain and France, is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.

Europe At the English Channel, plans and prayers before perilous final leg in migrants’ long journeys November 27, 2021 More than 3 years ago ...