An Asian Olympic chief said Sunday that more than 50 world records at the Games in Japan proved the event was a success, despite numerous complaints from disgruntled teams. The Asian Games in ...

Brazil’s Alison dos Santos broke the 400m hurdles world record, running 45.80 seconds at a Diamond League meet in Zurich, Switzerland. Race video is here. Dos Santos broke the world record of 45.94 ...

The oldest individual Winter Olympic gold medallist (female) is Elana Meyers Taylor (USA, b. 10 October 1984), who was aged 41 years 129 days when she won the bobsleigh women’s monobob in Cortina, ...

SHENZHEN, China -- Olympic and world champion swimmer Cameron McEvoy has broken the men's 50-meter freestyle world record which had stood for 17 years. The 31-year-old Australian posted a time of ...

North Korea's weightlifters will flex their considerable collective muscle when they return to the Olympics for the first ...

The Asian Games in Japan closed on Sunday after a fortnight lit up by record-smashing young stars but marred by mishaps, mediocre crowds and accusations of mismanagement.Also in the pool, Japanese ...

SHANGHAI, July 31 (Reuters) - The world swimming championships ended on Sunday and after almost 350 races and 40 gold medals, there were just two world records, a far cry from the 43 that were broken ...

Swedish pole vault star Mondo Duplantis set another world record by clearing 6.31 meters at the Mondo Classic in Uppsala. Pole vault sensation Armand Duplantis once again rewrote the history books by ...