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International Swimming League Announces Return with All-Star Match The International Swimming League (ISL) has today announced its long-awaited return with the hosting of the ISL All-Star Match, a one-night team competition featuring some of the world’s best swimmers, to be held at the London Aquati...

International Swimming League (ISL) Confirms Geographic Teams for All-Star Match Just days after the International Swimming League (ISL) announced it will return with an All-Star Match in December in London, the league has revealed its planned format for the meet. The ISL website indicated that the ...

ISL Match 11: Bottom Four Clubs Battles for Two Playoff Spots In a new wrinkle for the third season of the International Swimming League, the final match of the regular season will feature a play-in day. The teams sitting seventh through 10th in the standings – Team Iron, Tokyo Frog Kings, DC Triden...

What Happened to the International Swimming League? Across the late-2010s, the world of swimming was dominated by discussions surrounding the idea of an International Swimming League (ISL). The Olympics consistently attract new fans to swimming, but the sport has struggled to keep fans' interest wit...

Natalie Coughlin, Cody Miller To Lead D.C. Trident Into ISL Battle Natalie Coughlin, the 2004 and 2008 Olympic champion who was the first woman ever to break the minute over 100m backstroke, back in 2002, will be the team Captain for D.C. Trident in International Swimming League racing. Fellow Ameri...

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. The International Swimming League finalized its schedule for the bubble, which begins this coming weekend in Budapest as the swimmers have descended on Margaret Island for the second season of the league. The league has also finalized its broadcast deal with ...

Aqua Centurions booked their place in the play-offs of the International Swimming League (ISL) as they claimed victory in Match 10 in Naples, Italy. Aqua will join Cali Condors, Energy Standard, London Roar, Toronto Titans and LA Current in Eindhoven, Netherlands, next month. Key to the outcome was ...

Over the coming three days, the Swimming World writing team will bring you its collated thoughts on the first season of the International Swimming League. The exercise takes a look at what we perceive as pros, cons (Pro et contra - for and against) and solutions that we recommend the League takes in...

Before Emre Sakci goes out to compete for Team Iron in the ISL at the Duna Arena, the Turkish swimmer writes Izmir in big, black letters across his heart. Following his race - and regardless of the outcome - he turns, sits on the lane rope and makes the heart gesture with his hands in tribute to the...

International Swimming League Planning Return in 2026 The International Swimming League is planning a relaunch in 2026, it said in an exclusive interview with Reuters. The league is working with a “reshaped commercial model” that it hopes will capitalize on the momentum being built toward the 2028 O...

What's Next For the International Swimming League? The 2022 international swimming calendar has been extremely busy, and there are still a number of high-level competitions before the year draws to a close. The FINA World Cup starts in October and has three stops in Berlin, Toronto and Indianapolis....

The International Swimming League has announced a rights deal with beIN SPORTS to broadcast the upcoming 2020 season across France, Turkey, the Middle East, North Africa and Asia Pacific. The second season of the ISL is to be held in Budapest, Hungary, starting on 16 October and lasting five weeks, ...

Live stream for International Swimming League's London Debut & European Derby BBC Sport will provide live-streaming coverage of the International Swimming League's European derby at the London Aquatics Centre this weekend. The match between London Roar, Energy Standard, Team Iron and Aqua Centurions...

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. This week, we learned that 10-time Olympic medalist Katie Ledecky will move her training base to Gainesville, Florida, and she will serve as a volunteer assistant coach for the swim teams as she prepares for the 2024 Olympic cycle while training with coaches ...

Swimmers from around the world have spoken out against the world's governing body of the sport, FINA, especially in recent weeks. But a lawsuit filed by Tom Shields, Michael Andrew and Katinka Hosszu, along with the International Swimming League (ISL) has elevated the issue to more than talk. More a...

By Mark McCluskey, Swimming World Intern. With the FINA Short Course Swimming World Championships occurring right now, there has been a lot of buzz about the growing rivalry between FINA and the newly-created International Swimming League. Some star swimmers, such as Chad le Clos and Adam Peaty, hav...

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. Legendary coach Eddie Reese announced his retirement Monday after winning his 15th national title at the University of Texas, as he will step down after the Tokyo Olympics this summer. Long-time Minnesota coach Terry Ganley also announced her retirement this ...

Emre Sakci was just 0.04 off the 50m breaststroke world record, Energy Standard topped the leaderboard and Toronto Titans and Team Iron were locked in a tussle on the first day of match seven at the International Swimming League. Sakci had set a new European mark of 25.50 last time out but he lowere...

Abbey Weitzeil clocked in at 51.26 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle at ISL Match 10 on Tuesday, taking the American record in the event. It erases, by a huge margin, the standing record of 51.63 set by Mallory Comerford, dating to the 2018 Short-Course Worlds in Hangzhou, China. Weitzeil went out ...

ISL Grand Final, Day 1, Session 1: Energy Standard Out to Repeat For the second straight season, the same four clubs are in the hunt at the ISL Grand Final. Just as in the International Swimming League’s first season, the title will be decided among the Cali Condors, Energy Standard, LA Current and ...