Thorpe second on return to competition

Five-times Olympic champion Ian Thorpe declared himself relieved after finishing second in his heat of the 100 metre individual medley in his comeback race after a five-year hiatus on Friday. The......

Australia's 'Thorpedo' teams up with Popov's coach

Five-time Olympic champion Ian Thorpe will work with Gennadi Touretski, the former coach of Russian swimming great Alexander Popov, as he seeks to get back into peak form for next year's London......

Popov number one again

Past 30 and top of the world again, nobody in swimming could be a more popular winner than Alexander Popov.More than a decade after capturing his first Olympic titles at the 1992 Barcelona Games,......