When I was a small child, my mother often brought me along when she taught physical education at a small women’s college, run by nuns who were happy to have a young married woman to handle fencing ...

Chen Mei Qi Stephanie and Yap Yu Hui Crystal compete in the Southeast ASian Swimming Championships this year. Image: Singapore Sports In 1985, Martin Short and Harry Shearer took to Saturday Night ...

Prior to my synchronized-­swimming lesson, I’d imagined something serene: delicate flapping of arms, elegant surface glides, a single leg raised in the air. Then I hopped into the pool at the Silver ...

Some say watching the sport is like watching the Rockettes on ice. But synchronized skating is more complicated, dangerous, and requires incredible strength and hours of training, said members of the ...

This is the Morning Win. For the next couple of weeks, we’ll be writing each weekday morning about the Tokyo Olympics. Subscribe to get irreverent and incisive sports stories, delivered to your ...