For much of its 50 million year history, the English Channel—or La Manche if you are looking from the French side—would have looked less like the ocean and more like a shallow valley with ...

Sarah Thomas, an American ultramarathon swimmer, has just completed a swim that no other human on the planet has ever accomplished. The 37-year-old from Colorado plunged into waters off the shore of ...

A woman from the USA has set a new world record by swimming four times non-stop across the English Channel. Only four swimmers have swam three times in one go across the English Channel - that's the ...

Paris By plane, hot-air balloon, gondola or jet-powered wing: the English Channel has been crossed in many inventive ways, even if Frenchman Franky Zapata failed in his bid with a “flyboard” Thursday.

Getting into shape for an intense athletic endeavor doesn’t usually involve pizza and beer, but that’s just what endurance athlete Rob Lea turned to when preparing for the second leg of his “ultimate ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Raleigh teen Lorelei Schmidt trains for a 2026 solo swim across the English Channel Open-water swims test Schmidt's endurance with ...

Chances are if you are an American heading to Europe, your plans might well include a stop in either London or Paris, if not ...

France's Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez has highlighted a sharp fall in successful Channel crossings since the start of the year. View on euronews ...

A Roedean student has completed a solo English Channel crossing just days after receiving her A level results and has raised £6,361 for her chosen charity in the process. Finya Lang, 18, from Hove, ...