Swimming | Athlete tries for record breaking swim in Bahamas

An Australian endurance athlete has started an attempt to achieve a world-record 128-kilometer swim in the open waters of the Bahamas. Chloe McCardel started her solo swim yesterday morning from Eleuthera island. She hopes to finish some 48 hours later in Nassau, the capital of the sprawling archipelago off Florida’s east coast. The 29-year-old athlete from Melbourne is making the attempt under Marathon Swimmers Federation rules, which means she can’t intentionally touch her support boat or hold on to anything. McCardel last year gave up her quest to swim from Cuba to Florida because of painful jellyfish stings.

Rugby |Steroids in Kenya sevens team supplements

An investigation has found steroids in supplements given to players on Kenya’s national rugby sevens team. A report by an anti-doping task force set up by the government says Kenya’s sevens head coach Paul Treu of South Africa and five members of his coaching staff should be called to anti-doping disciplinary hearings over the discovery. The report also called for the head coach and assistant coach of the 15-a-side national team to face disciplinary proceedings. The report, which has been handed over to the Kenyan government, says “there were strong suggestions” that the coaches violated anti-doping regulations after they introduced supplements to the players.

Football | MP & Silva keeps Serie A world TV rights to 2018

MP & Silva has won the vote to distribute Serie A TV rights internationally for another three seasons. The London-and Singapore-based company will pay 172 million euros (USD219 million) for the first year of the deal, 185 million euros ($236 million) for the second year and 200 million euros ($255 million) for the final year. It’s a big increase from the average annual fee of 117 million euros (nearly $150 million) for the previous deal with MP & Silva. MP & Silva president Riccardo Silva says it’s “a considerable investment considering the crisis of Italian football,” adding that he’s confident in Serie A’s ability “to bounce back competitively.”