Japan made the quarterfinals of the World Aquatics Championships for the first time, and Italy squeaked by China in women’s water polo.

Singapore's women's water polo captain says the World Aquatics Championships serves as a good stepping stone for the team. It helps to finetune things leading up to December's SEA Games. The team's campaign is winding down after an 18-9 defeat to Argentina in the 13th-16th classification match.

Hosted in Singapore, the global water sports competition event features swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming and water polo.

Fans from Canada will be able to watch the contest on CBC. Local distributors who will be making the action available to fans across Asia and Europe can be found here. As mentioned, Singapore is the host nation for this year’s World Aquatics Championships.

China have topped the medal table for artistic swimming at the 2022 and 2024 World Aquatics Championships. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Open water swimming at the World Championships in Singapore has been postponed again because of 'water quality levels exceeding acceptable thresholds,' the governing body World Aquatics said in a statement Tuesday.

Security at the various competition sites of the World Aquatics Championships is being ramped up, with large crowds expected in the coming weeks. Local organisers have put in place a suite of measures,