Račice will host the first World Rowing Championships since 2019 in September, after organisers confirmed the event will go ahead.

Nominations have opened for the World Rowing Athletes' Commission, which for the first time is set to have five of its members elected by athletes.

Amsterdam, Shanghai and Varese are set to battle it out for the right to host the World Rowing Championships in 2025.

World Rowing has asked National Federations (NFs) to come forward and apply for the Women in Sport High Performance Pathway (WISH).

Cambridge and Oxford won the women's and men's University Boat Races respectively, as the contests returned to their traditional home on the River Thames in London.

The Varese Organising Committee has accepted the proposal of hosting the 2022 European Rowing Under-19 Championships set to be held from May 21 to 22, after the withdrawal of Italian coastal town Sabaudia. 

Ward Lemmelijn successfully defended his open men's 2,000 metres title at the World Rowing Indoor Championships, which were held virtually instead of in Hamburg, Germany, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Russia's Alexander Vyazobkin will be one of the key challengers to Belgian Ward Lemmelijn's bid to defend his open men’s title when the World Rowing Virtual Indoor Championships takes place on Friday (February 25) and Saturday (February 26).

Duvall Hecht, an Olympic gold medal-winning rower, has died in California aged 91.

Ward Lemmelign, the 2021 open men’s world champion, will defend his title at the 2022 World Rowing Virtual Indoor Championships (WRVICH) after qualifying for the finals ended.

Olympic gold medallists Fintan McCarthy and Paul O'Donovan of Ireland have been named World Rowing Men's Crew of the Year while China's champion quadruple sculls line-up won the women's title at the 2021 World Rowing Awards.

Rowing great Hamish Bond has announced his retirement from the sport, leaving a legacy of era-defining success.

Paul Stannard has been named head coach of British Rowing's men's Olympic team, stepping up from being in charge of the sculling team at the last two Olympic Games.

Successful rowing coach Jürgen Grobler insists France "shouldn’t be scared by other nations" as he aims to steer the national team to success on home water at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Annamarie Phelps has been elected as chair of European Rowing Board at its General Assembly.