The 18-year-old from Toronto beat Ledecky in the 400-metre freestyle on opening day for the first of her three gold medals, which is the most by a Canadian at a world championship. McIntosh was also ...

Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen won the inaugural Esports World Cup chess tournament on Friday, defeating Alireza ...

The gold medals were spread around Friday at the swimming world championships, thanks to the absence of stars Léon Marchand ...

Great Britain's Matt Richards, James Guy, Jack McMillan and Duncan Scott won gold in the 800 free relay over China, Australia ...

Last summer, Kate Douglass won the Olympic 200m breaststroke title in the absence of world record holder Evgeniia Chikunova.

Kate Douglass lowered her own U.S. record Friday to win gold in the women's 200-meter breaststroke, the Americans' fifth title of the week.