Following the successful conclusion of the World Aquatics Championships - Doha 2024, the World Aquatics Masters Championships 2024, which runs until 3 March, continues to highlight the incredible dedication and diverse backgrounds of the volunteers who are at the heart of both events.

The World Aquatics Masters Championships - Doha 2024 kicked off on Friday 23 February with an inspiring Opening Ceremony that showcased the inclusivity and accessibility of aquatic sports.

Two years after Great Britain's great performance in Aveiro, Portugal, South African student-athletes dominated the medal table with three gold medals at the FISU World University Cross Country Championships held in Muscat, Oman, over the weekend.

The World Aquatics Championships - Doha 2024 drew to a close after two weeks of exhilarating competition as athletes hailed the record-breaking event, which was held in Qatar for the first time.

The Asian giant topped the medals table at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar, after 17 days of competition in a tournament that awarded many Olympic tickets for Paris 2024. The United States finished second and Australia third.

12 countries will compete in the men's category and 10 in the women's. The last qualifying event for Paris 2024 was the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, where Croatia and the United States were crowned world champions.

Israeli swimmer Anastasia Gorbenko, who won the silver medal in the 400 freestyle final at the World Swimming Championships in Doha on Sunday, was booed by the crowd at the end of the event.

Husain Al-Musallam, president of World Aquatics, may have awarded a multi-million dollar contract to a company owned by his wife and children. Kuwait's sports authority has referred the case over to the public prosecutor. This comes after the facts that Insidethegames revealed last week.

His Excellency (HE) Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani today met with World Aquatics Refugee Team athletes Mohamad Eyad Masoud and Alaa Maso and World Aquatics Championships - Doha 2024 Ambassador and former refugee athlete Yusra Mardini at the Qatar Olympic Committee.

Doha 2024 ambassadors have been visiting schools across Qatar to inspire the next generation, as the first-ever World Aquatics Championships to be held in the Middle East aims to create a legacy of participation in aquatics in the region.

Beijing will host the 2029 World Aquatics Championships, becoming the second Chinese city to do so after Shanghai in 2011. As previously announced, Singapore and Budapest will host the 2025 and 2027 editions respectively.

Former Australian swimming star James Magnussen is set to use performance-enhancing drugs to break a world record and collect a US$1 million prize, according to AFP.

A major scandal is engulfing the Asian Swimming Federation (now Asia Aquatics) over alleged mismanagement of funds, according to a well-placed insider. Recent revelations directly implicate Sheikh Khalid B. Al Sabah, the current president of Asia Aquatics, and a sum of $7 million provided by the Kuwaiti Public Authority for Sport (PAS) from 2009 to 2016.

Tamas Gyafas was sentenced by a Budapest court on Thursday. He was convicted of ordering Jozef Rohac to murder businessman Janos Fenyo in 1998. The judge sentenced him to seven years in prison.

To promote the World Aquatics Championships - Doha 2024, the Local Organising Committee has worked with ambassadors, including former World Champions, Olympic medallists and star athletes who will be competing from 2-18 February 2024.