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Water polo could be nearing historic changes. A more up-tempo game appears imminent as FINA informed its federations on Tuesday about new rules that were approved, via postal mail vote, by the FINA Bureau following a proposal by the Technical Water Polo Committee. Those rules will be broadly applied in 2015, and in a targeted fashion
FINA Men’s Water Polo World Cup Schedule and Streaming
The men of Team USA will face South Africa in their opening round match of the 2014 FINA Men’s Water Polo World Cup in Almaty, Kazakhstan. That relatively easy opening game is followed by far more challenging tests against Montenegro and tournament favorites, Serbia. All the matches are to be
Tokyo Unveils Plans for Massive Aquatic Center, Spacious Water Polo Venue
SwimSwam.com recently highlighted the stunning capacity at the aquatic center proposed by the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Committee. The purpose-built Olympic Swim Centre will hold 20,000 swim fans, a nearly 3,000 seat improvement over London’s well attended building. Water polo spectators won’t find the same spaciousness at their sport’s venue in
FINA Publishes New Rules for International Play
Fina Executive Director Cornel Marculescu distributed via email today an update to the organizing body’s water polo rules for 2013-2017. The changes, many of which are rules interpretations more than actual new regulations, were decided at the FINA Congress held in Barcelona in July. The new rules went in to effect
Why Wrestling’s Rejection Matters
Olympic wrestling’s last showcase will be in Rio in 2016, after which it will become another ex-Games sport a la baseball and softball. The IOC yesterday decided to drop the ancient sport after it received low scores for TV ratings, global popularity, media coverage, and attendance at the London Olympics.
Stanford, Home to World’s Best Female Player
FINA has announced that the Stanford Cardinal women’s team is home to the best player in the world, Maggie Steffens (her currently-empty bio on the Stanford site should be easy to fill). Croatia’s Josep Pavic earned the mens’ award for 2012. Waterpolo World’s recent piece on European recruits to American college
