US set world record; Scott helps Britain to gold

US set world record, claim women's 4x100m medley relay gold IMAGE: Team US reacts. Photograph: Antonio Bronic/Reuters The United States set a world record of three minutes and 50.40 seconds in the......

PHOTOS: Phelps's golden era on wane as records fall

The days when everything Michael Phelps touched turned to gold have now officially gone. At the London Olympics on Sunday, he did everything he could to win but suffered his second defeat in as......

Phelps passes Spitz with golden eight

Is Phelps the greatest Olympian? Have your say! Michael Phelps won an Olympic record-breaking eighth gold at one Games on Sunday in Beijing to beat fellow-American swimmer Mark Spitz's seven from......

Lezak saves his best for last

Jason Lezak's incredible anchor leg swim that gave the United States the gold medal in the men's 4x100 meters freestyle relay on Monday may have seemed like history repeating. Eight years ago,......

Phelps' gold hunt on in Beijing

American swimmer Michael Phelps needed a little help from his friends on Monday to keep alive the dream of an unprecedented eight Olympic golds. - Abhinav Bindra wins India's first gold But a......