World aquatics championships - in pictures
A selection of the best images from the second and third days in Shanghai, including performances from Tom Daley and the British synchronised swimming team Continue reading...
View ArticleGB swimmer Keri-Anne Payne wins gold – and qualifies for 2012 Olympics
• Payne wins 10km open-water race at World Championships• 23-year-old becomes first British athlete to qualify for GamesJust over a week short of the one-year countdown to the Olympics, the swimmer...
View ArticleTonia Couch finishes ninth in 10m platform at World Championships
• Plymouth diver seals British quota place at London Olympics• Couch finishes one place lower than in Rome in 2009Tonia Couch finished ninth in the 10m platform final at the Fina World Aquatics...
View ArticleTom Daley and Pete Waterfield in final at World Championships
• Britain's champion and team-mate earn Olympic places• Organisers criticised for holding 25km race in 'dangerous' heatDefending champion Tom Daley and Pete Waterfield both reached the final of the...
View ArticleRebecca Adlington wins 400m freestyle silver at World Championships
• Adlington overcomes poor qualifying time to clinch second• Chinese diver Qiu Bo succeeds Tom Daley as 10m championBritain's double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington has won silver in the 400 metres...
View ArticleLizzie Simmonds seventh as Jo Jackson and Rebecca Adlington fail in heats
• Simmonds finishes seventh in 100m backstroke final• Jackson and Adlington miss out on 200m freestyle semisBritain's Lizzie Simmonds matched her result from Rome two years ago when she finished...
View ArticleGemma Spofforth reveals she came close to quitting swimming
• 23-year-old decides to continue despite disappointments• Spofforth finishes 13th in 50m backstroke in ShanghaiGemma Spofforth has revealed she was on the verge of quitting swimming in the wake of her...
View ArticleFran Halsall into 100m freestyle semi-finals at World Championships
• Olympic hope ninth quickest in qualifying• 'I feel a lot more positive, a lot better now'Fran Halsall has progressed to the semi-finals of the 100m freestyle at the World Championships in...
View ArticleEllen Gandy claims 200m butterfly silver in the World Championships
• 19-year-old second in Shanghai final• Gandy claims Britain's second medal in the poolEllen Gandy powered to a silver medal in the women's 200 metres butterfly at the world championships in Shanghai,...
View ArticleRebecca Adlington wins 800m freestyle at World Swimming Championships
• Olympic champion overcomes Danish rival Lotte Friis• Michael Phelps wins third gold in ShanghaiRebecca Adlington added the world 800 metres freestyle title to her Olympic crown when she produced a...
View ArticleLiam Tancock wins gold at World Championships in Shanghai
• Liam Tancock triumphs in 50m backstroke• Sun Yang breaks long-standing 1500m recordLiam Tancock and Hannah Miley brought Great Britain's campaign at the world championships to a positive close with a...
View ArticleYe Shiwen's extraordinary Olympic swim: a statistical analysis
Ye Shiwen swam the last 50m of her 400m individual medley final quicker than the winner of the men's race. How 'unbelievable' is this in statistical terms?• Get the data• More London 2012 Olympics data...
View ArticleUS to seek death penalty for Boston Marathon suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Attorney general Eric Holder authorises prosecutors to seek the maximum possible punishment against the 20-year-oldThe US attorney general, Eric Holder, has authorised prosecutors to seek the death...
View ArticleMississippi scheduled to execute first woman in 70 years
Michelle Byrom to die by lethal injection for killing her husband in 1999, despite her son having repeatedly confessed to his murderMississippi is planning to execute a woman for the first time in 70...
View ArticleGunman takes hostages at Paris kosher supermarket
Police identify hostage-taker as Amedy Coulibaly, wanted in connection with killing of policewoman in Montrouge on Thursday A police operation was under way in the east of Paris after a gunman took...
View ArticleIndia's legendary Royal Enfield motorcycle to expand production
Iconic Indian bike company will open new factory in Chennai as well as new technology centre in the United KingdomFresh from an endorsement by US president Barack Obama, India’s motorcycle manufacturer...
View ArticleKerry: Hillary Clinton emails to be released 'as rapidly as possible' – video
US secretary of state John Kerry told a news conference in Saudi Arabia that Hillary Clinton's emails will be released 'as rapidly as possible.' The growing controversy over Clinton's use of personal...
View ArticleFamily of Michael Brown to file wrongful death lawsuit – video
The parents of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, who was shot dead in August by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, will file a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, a family attorney said....
View ArticleClinton defends use of personal email as secretary of state
Likely Democratic candidate for president deleted half the emails - which she says were personal - and insists her private server ‘will remain private’Clinton is now directly referencing her speech to...
View ArticleVW diesel emissions investigation widened to include other brands
German regulators to run tests on possible ‘unusual pollutants emissions’ on other models including BMW, Mercedes and FordGerman car regulators are expanding their investigation into suspected diesel...
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