WADA says 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive before Tokyo Olympics but it accepted contamination finding

The World Anti-Doping Agency accepted China's findings that 23 swimmers tested positive for a banned drug due to substance contamination. Read More

WADA confirms it cleared Chinese swimmers to compete at Tokyo Games citing contaminated samples

The world’s top anti-doping regulator says 23 Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for a banned heart medication because it agreed with Chinese ... Read More

Record-breaking swimming pools around the world, from Dubai to London

When it opens, the pool at Neom's Treyam will join a handful of other record-breaking swimming ... which holds the world title of having the most swimming pools in a resort. The luxury getaway ... Read More

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By Lara Jakes Horses Run Loose Through Central London in Surreal Spectacle Having a team in the world’s richest sports ... Borneo compete to build them the most luxurious accommodations: safe ... Read More

March marks yet another record in global heat

BRUSSELS, April 9 (Reuters) - The world just experienced its warmest March on record, capping a 10-month streak in which every month set a new temperature record, the European Union's climate ... Read More

Special Sets: The Training That Made Katie Hoff a World Champion and World-Record Holder

Heading into the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Hoff held the American record in the 200 IM (2:09.71) and the world standard in ... golf and swimming writer. His critically acclaimed coming-of-age ... Read More

Most rescue efforts suspended at Russian gold mine due to collapse risk -TASS

MOSCOW, March 27 (Reuters) - Most rescue efforts have ... Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people ... Read More

British man claims the crown of the world's oldest man at age 111

has been confirmed as the world's oldest man by Guinness World Records. It follows the death of the Venezuelan record-holder, Juan Vicente Pérez Mora, who died weeks before his 115th birthday. Read More

The world's giant, record-breaking foods

There have certainly been some crazy and creative Guinness World Records set, but a good chunk of them are solely based on taking normal things and making them much, much bigger. When it comes to ... Read More

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To lure swiftlets, whose saliva-built nests fetch high prices in China, people in Borneo compete to build them the most luxurious accommodations: safe, clean, dark and with pools for bathing. Read More

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Schmidt and Tariq Panja Rebel fighters have handed Myanmar’s army defeat after defeat, for the first time raising the possibility that the military junta could be at risk of collapse. Read More