As a journalist, I’m a creature of deadline. I signed up to participate in the challenge to swim 15 miles in June for the American Red Cross, and of course I waited until the very last day to ...

On a sunny afternoon at the YMCA swimming pool in Nairobi, a group of athletes treads water with unwavering determination.

Water pollution canceled the open water test on the Seine River Credit: Bertrand Guay (AFP) A year before the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, infrastructural delays represented a seemingly ...