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Four Serbian water polo players were attacked on Saturday, Feb. 9 in the city of Split, Croatia. The incident occurred before a league water polo match between Serbia's Red Star Belgrade and Croatia's Mornar Split. According to ESPN, three suspects who are linked to the attack have been detained. It...

BUDAPEST, Hungary. After a positively unbelievable, uplifting and frankly exhausting evening of water polo at the Alfréd Hajós Swimming Complex, it seemed ideal to start piecing together some of the pieces of what is both an intricate puzzle as well as a concrete reality: Croatia has beaten its arch...

World champions Croatia beat Russia in Zadar (CRO) on the opening game of the European preliminaries of the FINA Men's Water Polo World League 2018, while Olympic champions and World League title holders Serbia gave no chance to Romania in Zrenjanin (SRB). Group A's Serbia stamped their authority ri...

By Dan D'Addona The U.S. men's water polo team earned its first victory at the 2016 Rio Olympics on Wednesday, topping France 6-3 in a rain-filled match and green pool water. McQuin Baron, who had seen some action in goal off the bench, earned his first start and led the U.S. to victory with 11 save...

Retirement of Andro Buslje Continues Generational Change for Croatia Men’s Water Polo Croatia men’s water polo captain Andro Buslje has announced his international retirement, one of several key veterans to end their international careers after the Tokyo Olympics. Vice-captain Maro Jokovic and cente...

By Dan D'Addona The U.S. men's water polo team's chance of advancing to the quarterfinals at the 2016 Rio Olympics was all but excluded when an exclusion penalty decided its match against Montenegro. Early in the fourth quarter, Alex Roelse was ejected for a match exclusion and Montenegro took full ...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor BROOKLYN, NY. After a respite to take in all that I experienced in Berlin at the FINA Men’s World Water Polo Cup 2018—and to finish transcribing an interview with Andrey Kryukov, Bureau Liaison for FINA’s Technical Water Polo Committee—here’s a stab at...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor What a difference a year—or a decade—makes. When the U.S. Men’s Senior National Team was last in Budapest for the 2017 FINA World Water Polo Championships, they were soundly beaten by a Croatian squad that went on to claim the title of “World Champions...

Behind a blistering attack that saw them connect on more than 50% of their shots—with four players recording hat tricks—defending champion Croatia continued its impressive run at FINA Worlds, beating an over-matched USA men’s squad 17-7 on Day Four of the 18th FINA World Water Polo Championships. Hr...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor As I wend my way across the Atlantic by air returning to Brooklyn, it seemed appropriate to wrap up my experience of Budapest and the 2017 FINA World Water Polo Championships. First, my congratulations to the winners—Croatia for the men and USA for the...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor BUDAPEST, Hungary. It was a tough World Cup in Budapest for the world’s greatest water polo player. Filip Filipovic, Swimming World’s 2016 men’s water polo player of the year, was very frustrated by the officiating at the 2017 FINA World Championships....

By Dan D’Addona After winning the European and world championships, Serbia’s men’s water polo team finally etched itself into Olympic history, winning the country’s first gold medal on Saturday at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Serbia defeated the defending Olympic champion Croatia team 11-7 to cap a s...

Niksa Dobud, a member of the Croation Water Polo National Team, has been suspended for four years for an attempt to evade a FINA drug test. Dobud's official suspension will run from April 13, 2015 to April 12, 2019. This suspension comes on the heels of another four-year suspension by FINA regarding...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor The recent FINA Men’s Water Polo World Cup 2018, held two weeks ago in Berlin, saw the much-anticipated introduction of rule changes, some minor, some radical, in matches involving players from senior national men’s teams. Applying the new rules in mea...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor BUDAPEST, Hungary. On a positively brilliant night in Budapest, an almost indescribable program of water polo took place at the Alfred Hajos Pool. In front of an adoring crowd of over 7,000 fans, the Hungarian men’s team suffocated a frustrated Greek t...

The European water polo teams met last night on Tuesday March 20 for their fifth round game of the FINA Men's Water Polo World League 2018. Playing at home in Podgorica, Montenegro beat Serbia 11-8, leading right from the start of the game but letting the Serbians come back in the last two quarters ...

By Dan D’Addona The Australian men’s water polo team needed a win and needed some help to reach the quarterfinals at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The Aussies got the first in the final round of group play and are moving on. Australia defeated Greece 12-7 to reach the first part of the equation. The n...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor BERLIN, Germany. At Europasportpark a burgeoning dream of German polo success took a major hit Saturday with a shootout loss to Australia. The 11-10 defeat—decided by 3-2 in penalty shots—ended Germany's thrilling run towards the title match of the FIN...

By Dan D’Addona The Croatia men’s water polo team got an offensive boost and is one win away from claiming two consecutive gold medals. Meanwhile, Serbia overcame a horrendous start to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, especially shocking as the pre-tournament favorite — and is stunningly headed to the fi...

The six-day FINA Men's Water Polo World League Super Final is kicking-off on Monday June 18 in Budapest (HUN), with the eight best teams from the Inter-Continental Cup and the European preliminaries. Still fresh from Budapest World Championships' thrilling final in Margaret Island, current World cha...