The 16 year-old American Katie Ledecky broke the world record in the women's 1,500 meters on her way to the gold medal in the World Swimming Championships currently being held in Barcelona.
Female high diving is a new event, with the first ever competition held in Malcesine on July 13, just two weeks before the first ever World Champion was crowned in Barcelona on Tuesday.
China's Sun Yang finished second on Tuesday morning heats of men's 800 meters freestyle at the FINA World Championships.
Peng Shuai made it four golds out of four at the Chinese National Games again when she made short work of her Tianjin teammate Duan Yingying to win the women's singles tennis title here on Tuesday.
When Michael Phelps walked away from swimming after the London Olympics, he was adamant that his career was over.
Brazil's Cesar Cielo admitted he was relieved to have retained his men's 50m butterfly title on Monday at swimming's world championships, just 10 months after surgery on both knees.
The Premier League's top teams swarm to Asia chasing the region's growing wealth and unquenchable thirst for English soccer, but they go home counting the fitness costs.
Christian Benitez, an Ecuador striker who scored the most goals in the Mexican league last season, died a day after playing his first game for his new Qatari club.
After four difficult years, Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu is going to have a golden wedding.
The failure of Olympic gold medalist Ye Shiwen to finish among the medals at the women's 200m medley in the world championships is one of the big shocks of the first two days of racing in the pool.
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai is dreaming of more success in future after having notched up her first Grand Slam title earlier this month at Wimbledon.
Italian champions Juventus will kick off their bid for a third successive Serie A title with a trip to Sampdoria, following the announcement of next season's fixtures in a ceremony in Milan on Monday.
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