Spain's Aschwin Wildeboer Faber has set a world record in the 100-meter backstroke with a 52.38-second leg in the 4x100 medley relay final at the Mediterranean Games.
Japan's Ryosuke Irie set a world record in the men's 200-meter backstroke Sunday in a meet against Australia.
Anastasia Zueva has set a new world record in the women's 50-meter backstroke by clocking 27.48 seconds at the Russian summer swimming championships.
French swimmer Frederick Bousquet has set a world record in the 50-meter freestyle, becoming the first person to break the 21-second barrier.
Tennessee's Lady Volunteers have set a world record in the rarely contested 6,000-meter relay at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia.
Alain Bernard of France broke the world record in the 100-meter freestyle at the French championships Thursday, becoming the first swimmer to go under the 47-second mark.
Sweden's Therese Alshammar broke her own 50-meter butterfly world record at the Australian swimming titles Tuesday, but the mark may be in doubt due to a possible breach of rules governing swimsuits.
Jo Jackson has set a world record in the 400-meter freestyle at the British swimming championships.
Olympic champion Federica Pellegrini has lowered her world record in the 200-meter freestyle at an Italian swim meet.
Japanese teenager Shiho Sakai set a short-course world record in the women's 100-meter backstroke on the final day of Japan's national championship Sunday.
Yelena Isinbayeva has broken her own indoor world pole vault record, first clearing 16 feet, 3 1/2 inches and then 16-4 3/4 at the Pole Vault Stars.
France set a world record in the men's 4x50-meter freestyle relay at the European short-course championships, breaking the mark it set in an earlier heat.
Stanislav Donets of Russia set a world record in the men's 100-meter backstroke at the European short-course championships.
France set a new world record Sunday in the men's 4x50-meter freestyle relay at the European short-course championships.
Amaury Leveaux of France set a world record Sunday in the men's 50-meter butterfly — his fourth at the European short-course championships and fifth in nine days.
Amaury Leveaux of France set a world record Thursday in the 50-meter freestyle at the European short-course championships, finishing the semifinal in 20.48 seconds.
Russia's men's relay 4 x 50 meters medley team has set a new world record in qualifying at the European short-course swimming championships.
Alain Bernard has set a world record in the short-course 100-meter freestyle at the French swimming championships.
Britain has broken the world record for team pursuit in Olympic track cycling.
Kosuke Kitajima of Japan has defended his 100-meter breaststroke title at the Beijing Olympics, smashing the world record by 0.22 seconds.
Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has set a world record in the 100-meter backstroke semifinals at the Beijing Olympics.
The United States has set a world record in the men's Olympic 400-meter freestyle relay preliminaries.
Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva has broken her own world record in the women's pole vault with a leap of 16 feet, 6 1/2 inches.
Francisco Javier Fernandez set a world record in the 10,000-meter race walk Sunday, with a time of 37 minutes, 53.09 seconds at the Spanish nationals.
Just when it seemed someone might challenge Yelena Isinbayeva, the Russian responded with her first pole vault world record in nearly three years.
Did someone finally do it? Looks like a tie at the very least. Unbelievable. The George Perry record has always had doubters... this fish may be the undisputed King...
"Swiss adventurer Bertrand Picard is set to unveil a prototype of the solar-powered plane he hopes to fly around the world one day." A lot of obstacles have to be overcome at once to achieve this goal.
Some dogs in London "set a new world record for the loudest collective bark."
The world record for the largest number of people dressed as Smurfs has been smashed in Swansea.
World record breaker Mark Beaumont is cycling from Anchorage, Alaska to Ushuaia in Southern Argentina. He'll also climb the two highest peaks on the continent, McKinley and Aconcagua.
Booms and tunes once again will rise above Warner Park for Madison's annual Fourth of July celebration, Rhythm & Booms. This time, not only will police be more visible, but hugs will be too.
More than 3000 students from Swansea University hope to set a new world record by staging the largest gathering of Smurfs.
The "Lawsuit Zeus," also known as "Johnny Sue-nami," filed a lawsuit this week in federal court seeking an injunction to stop the Guinness Book of World Records from naming him as the person who has filed the most lawsuits in the history of mankind.
Demonstrating further commitment to the cause, Bethune underwent liposuction and donated enough to produce 100ml of biofuel, while two other, larger volunteers also had the procedure, making a total of 10 litres of human fat. This in turn produced seven litres of biofuel, which …
Porn star Sexy Cora bit off more than she could chew when she tried to break the oral sex world record for a new blue movie.
Michael Phelps is not unbeatable. Not when he's going against Aaron Peirsol. The world-record holder and two-time Olympic champion handed Phelps his first defeat in almost a year, winning the 100-meter backstroke at the Charlotte UltraSwim on Saturday night...
Operation Quittman - the inside story of the south Georgia feud over the Quittman Special.
Excerpt: It's been a hair-raising year for Eric Hahn.
.......and the 68-year-old Guiness world record holder would get married again.
An American woman listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the world's longest fingernails has had them broken off in a car crash.
Bravo! What sprit and determination, and truly American in ideal.
"One thing is you are always under the watchful eye of everybody," Bolt said. "You can't really do what you want to do sometimes and that is the only downside for me.
Monte Carlo:Jamaica's triple Olympic Games gold medallist, Usain Bolt, The Gleaner Man of the Year, is set to collect another illustrious award and multimillion-dollar bonus tomorrow.
In May, a Brit and a Frenchman snuck on to the under-construction Burj Dubai and BASE jumped from it at 650 meters up. Now, there's video available of their infiltration, jump and subsequent escape.
It cost him his life savings. It ended a relationship. But Marcelo da Luz's passion for solar-powered cars culminated in a Guinness World Record. For a guy who hasn't burned a whiff of gasoline in five months, Marcelo da Luz spends a lot of time pleading with traffic cops.
* Ayele Abshiro captures an impressive victory in Nijmegen Nijmegen, The Netherlands - Ethiopians Mestawat Tufa and Ayele Abshiro were the winners of the 25th edition of the Fortis Zevenheuvelen loop (Seven hills run), an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, in Nijmegen.
A German woman has attempted to set a new world record by carrying 21 beer mugs at once.
G. Larry James, who won gold and silver medals in track in the 1968 Olympics, died Thursday of cancer. He was 61.
"After I have proved myself on the track and the cross I will now take a first serious step on the road," confirmed Bekele. "I look forward to this race on the proven fast course.''
"The doctors suggested surgery, but we will see more doctors in the US and collect more opinions," Sun said in an interview during a Houston Rockets NBA game on Sunday. "If it is possible to treat the injury without surgery, we will choose (that option)."