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With much of the sporting world shut down due to the coronavirus outbreak, Swimming World continues to reach out to those areas struggling against what the World Health Organization (WHO) has now labeled a pandemic. In the past week, Spain has seen a spike in Covid-19 infections, with Wednesday's co...

In what may be a precursor of greater success at the 2020 Olympics, Spain has again pulled of a rare double feat in a top water polo tournament. With wins by its men and women at the semifinals of the 34th LEN European Water Polo Championship, starting later today the Spaniards will be in position f...

In an anti-climactic finish in what has been a tournament filled with drama and upsets, Italy captured its first men’s World Water Polo Championship since 2011, silencing the Cinderella-run of Spain with a 10-5 win in the finals of the 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships. The Spaniards, who shock...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor Despite fierce national and personal rivalries, the sport of water polo remains a tightly-knit world of friendships, relationships and prior experiences. Such are the multiple worlds in which Gavin Arroyo—head coach for the Long Beach State men’s and w...

Tomorrow will see an unexpected conclusion to the men’s water polo bracket at the 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships, as Spain and Italy will compete for gold. By virtue of advancing to the title match, both teams have already been booked for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics—there were two berths availab...