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Canada is still looking for its first medal at the World Aquatics Championships

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Men to compete in Olympic artistic swimming for 1st time next summer in Paris

Snicker if you wish. Guffaw for good measure. Bill May and other male synchronized swimmers, now called artistic swimmers, have heard the putdowns before.

PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth Restart Quest For 1st Title Of Season In Pre-Olympic Year

PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth will look for consistency in their quest for the season's maiden title when they begin their campaign at the Korea Open, which lost a bit of sheen following the withdrawal of some key players, including Lakshya Sen. A title has eluded Sindhu this year with more than half the season already over. She has not been able to string together a series of wins in a week after returning from a five-month long injury lay-off following a stress fracture on her ankle. The two-time Olympic medallist had reached the final of the Madrid Spain Masters, her best finish this season. She showed sparks when she reached the semifinals of Canada Open but made a quarterfinal exit in the next event after going down to China's Gao Fang Jie in the US Open.

Bulls assistant coach Russell Winter joins Kubota Spears in Japan

Bulls assistant coach Russell Winter will leave the Pretoria-based franchise and join Japanese side, the Kubota Spears.

Italy state TV suspends two sports commentators for sexist remarks

ROME : Italian state broadcaster RAI said on Monday it was suspending two of its journalists over sexist and racist remarks during their commentary of the World Aquatics Championships in Japan.