Amber Bourke stands on the ocean floor, facing away from a black abyss while holding her breath. Slowly, she crouches down and pushes off, arching her back gracefully and spinning down into the ...

Details: The Ukrainian plunged 82 metres deep, beating her previous record by two metres. She had set that record at the World Freediving Championships, where she won gold. This is Sadurska’s sixth ...

In many sports, there is an inherent risk. That’s part of the allure. We often are perfectly content to watch people attempt feats we would never try ourselves. We marvel and applaud those who put ...

As cricket continues to hog the sporting limelight, diver Dinesh Saundappa is quietly making history for India. He made a new national record in freediving, achieving a depth of 34.5 metres in the ...

Santa Monica freediver Jana Strain (center) set a new Pan American Women's freediving record Monday, diving with a no fins to 53 meters (174 feet) in 2 minutes and 3 seconds. (photo by Mike Wells) ...

Three days after blacking out on the point of equalling one freediving world record, Alexey Molchanov broke another at the World Championships off Corsica on Tuesday.

NASSAU (Reuters) - A record-holding diver died during a freediving competition in the Bahamas on Sunday in what officials said was the first fatality in the sport's 21 years of official competition.