Limbless Swimmer Reaches Milestone.

French swimmer Philippe Croizon (AFP Photo/Patrick Filleux ).

Quadruple amputee Philippe Croizon swam all the way from America to Asia in his quest to link every continent.

France Soccer Stars Ribery And Benzema To Face Prostitution Probe

Karim Benzema, right, with Franck Ribery during the Euro 2012 match against Sweden in Kiev on June 19.

Two of France's most high-profile football stars will face a court trial next year, being charged with allegedly soliciting an underage prostitute, the Paris prosecutor's office said.
Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema, who both played for France at the Euro 2012 finals in June, were first questioned two years ago about their alleged involvement in a prostitution ring.
"Some of the defendants will be prosecuted for 'aggravated pimping,' although I cannot disclose which ones at this time," the investigating magistrate Andre Dando told CNN on Tuesday.
"The trial is months away and will be well into 2013, I expect."
Ribery plays for German club Bayern Munich, while Benzema is at Real Madrid.
An official from Madrid, which won the Spanish league title last season, said the club could not comment as it had no information about Dando's statement.

OLYMPICS: Russian Athletes To Earn More Than Top Medal Winners.

Russian athletes at the Olympic games London.

Russian athletes may have failed to outperform the US and China in the number of gold medals won at the London Olympics, but they most certainly outplayed the two in the amount of cash they will get.
The Russian team will be paid more than $5.5 million in prize money for the medals won at the 2012 Olympic Games. Those who won gold will each get $135,000, silver medalists will receive $81,000 and bronze winners will be paid $54,000.

OLYMPICS: Mexico Break Scoring Record To Beat Favorites Brasil In Men's Soccer.

 

Mexican players celebrate clinching the Olympic gold after Brasil win.

 Mexico scored the quickest goal in Olympic football history to ensure five-time World Cup winners Brazil miss out yet again on an Olympic gold medal.

It was one of two simple goals scored by Oribe Peralta which allowed the Mexicans to command a game which was littered with defensive errors by the Brazilians.

The South American's could have pulled off a comeback when Hulk scored in injury time and Oscar missed the equalizer with seconds to go.

Azarenka And Sharapova Both In Doubt For U.S. Open

Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka is a big doubt for the U.S. Open, which starts on August 27. Image Credit CNN.

World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka is facing a race against time to be fit for the U.S. Open after succumbing to the frenetic schedule of women's tennis.
The Belorussian was forced to withdraw from the Montreal Cup with an injury to her left knee midway through the first set of her opening match against Tamira Paszek on Thursday.
With just 17 days until the start of the competition at Flushing Meadows, the Australian Open champion's hopes of adding to her sole grand slam triumph look slim.

OLYMPICS: Officials Strip American Cyclist Of Gold medal

U.S. cyclist Tyler Hamilton, center, won gold in the men's individual time trial at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Image credit CNN

The International Olympic Committee has stripped American cyclist Tyler Hamilton of his 2004 gold due to doping and ordered him to return the medal that he won in the Athens Olympics.

OLYMPICS: U.S. Women Blitz To Relay Record

Carmelita Jeter of the U.S. reacts as she wins the women's 4x100m relay final during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Image credit  Reuters/Lucy Nicholson.

The United States smashed a 27-year-old world record in the women's 4x100 metres relay on Friday, running a sizzling 40.82 seconds to win gold at the Olympics for the first time since 1996.

Bungled handovers had denied the Americans gold at the last three Games but there were to be no mistakes on a balmy London night as the Americans added the Olympic crown to the world title they won last year.

Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight and Carmelita Jeter functioned like a well-oiled machine in overdrive to win comfortably and beat the world mark of 41.37 set by East Germany in 1985.

The Jamaican team, led off by 100 metres individual champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, won silver in 41.41 seconds and the bronze went to Ukraine in 42.04 seconds, both countries setting national records in the process.

Jeter, the second fastest woman of all time over 100 metres, took the baton from Knight with a three-metre lead over the Jamaicans and extended it to five as she powered towards the line to claim her first Olympic gold.

The 32-year-old, runner-up in the 100 and bronze medallist in the 200, had time to look across and point at the trackside scoreboard as she crossed the line, giving a loud yell as she realised the record had fallen.

"I knew that we were moving, I knew we were running very well and I was so excited," she told reporters.

"It feels great. Everyone ran a credible leg and we were able to get the stick around, and we got the gold medal and the world record."

Silke Gladisch-Moeller, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange and Marlies Goehr had set the old mark in Canberra and, although discredited to some by evidence of systematic doping in East Germany, it stood for more than a quarter of a century.

Felix, who ended her quest for an individual gold by winning the 200m in London, said the American team had been bursting with confidence ahead of the race.

"It is a relief, it is a joy. it is everything," she said. "It is the most comfortable that I have seen this team. We were laughing, we were smiling ... we have never been like that.

"I think it was a combination of practice and we were comfortable with each other. Then just the speed. Everyone was having fabulous years."

Veronica Campbell-Brown ran the third leg for Jamaica between Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart to clinch her seventh Olympic medal.

"I am happy for the U.S. girls," she said. "They broke the record, that is good. I feel good as a woman, I feel females don't get as much respect as their male counterparts.

"We need to get more records. It was an excellent run by the USA ... the result was phenomenal."

Olesya Povh, Hrystyna Stuy, Mariya Ryemyen and Elizaveta Bryzgina combined to finish third for Ukraine and claim bronze.

"We felt really strong out there," said Povh. "We were willing ourselves to win. Bronze is great, but of course we wanted to hear our national anthem."

Manchester United Raises $233 Million In IPO.

Manchester United has a huge global fan base that they are seeking to capitalise on. Image credit BBC.

Manchester United and a shareholder who is selling off a stake in the company raised $233 million through an initial public offering that priced after Thursday's closing bell.
The 134-year-old storied British soccer team sold 16.6 million shares at $14 apiece -- below the range at which it planned to offer its shares. The Red Devils, as the club is known, had intended to sell its shares in the $16 to $20 range.

The current pricing values the team at around $2.3 billion.

OLYMPICS:David Rudisha Breaks 800m World Record To Win Gold.

David Rudisha after his record breaking win.

In a report by BBC, David Rudisha has become the first athlete to set a new world record on the track at London 2012 as he won 800m gold. The 23-year-old Kenyan stormed to victory in his debut Olympic final to become the first man inside one minute 41 seconds, clocking 1:40.91.

Botswana's 18-year-old Nijel Amos took silver, with another teenager, Kenya's Timothy Kitum, in bronze.
Britain's Andrew Osagie was in eighth place but still recorded a personal best of 1:43.77.
Reigning world champion Rudisha led from the off, running an opening lap of 49.28 seconds and storming further clear down the back straight to beat his own world record.

OLYMPICS: Usain Bolt Wins 200m To Make Olympic History

World No.1 Usain Bolt celebrates his finish in the Olympic 200m sprint final.

In a report by BBC, Usain Bolt has become the first man to retain both Olympic sprint titles as he led home a gold and green Jamaica clean sweep in the 200m.

BOXING: Floyd Mayweather Released From Jail.

World No.1 Boxer, Floyd Mayweather.

oxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was released from a Las Vegas jail early Friday after serving two months of a three-month sentence in a misdemeanor domestic battery case.

The undefeated boxer who goes by the nickname "Money" walked out of the Clark County Detention Center in darkness to resume a boxing career that his lawyers and personal physician warned in court documents might be at risk because jail food and water didn't meet his needs, and lack of exercise space in a cramped cell threatened his health and fitness.

Mayweather received about 30 days off his 90-day jail sentence for work time and good behavior. He didn't speak as he got into a blue Bentley sedan just after midnight and drove himself away.

OLYMPICS: Team U.S.A Break Points Record With 156.

Team U.S.A celebrates record breaking points win. Image Credit ESPN

 Carmelo Anthony and the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team rewrote the record books Thursday in a 156-73 romp over Nigeria, an epic blowout that answered the Americans' detractors after two opening routs that provoked criticism of their slow starts and outside shooting.

They led by 26 in the first quarter, had an Olympic-record 78 points in the first half and Anthony scored 37 points, going 10 of 12 on 3-point attempts, to break the U.S. single-game scoring record in less than three quarters.

OLYMPICS: Bradley Wiggins Becomes Britain's Most Decorated Olympian.

Bradley Wiggins poses with his Gold won at the Olympic cycling events. Image Credit CNN

Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins doubled Britain's gold medal tally, just hours after the host nation won its first event at the London Olympics on Wednesday.
With his seventh Olympic medal, four of them gold, Wiggins is now the most decorated British Olympian, while the morning's medal ensured Heather Stanning and Helen Glover became the first British female rowers to win an Olympic title.

OLYMPICS: Badminton Player Yu Yang Quits Sport After Disqualification.

Badminton player Yu Yang.

 One of the Chinese badminton players disqualified from the Olympics for trying to lose a match has said she is quitting the sport, accusing the badminton governing body of ruining her dreams.
"This is my last match," Yu Yang wrote on her microblog account late Wednesday. "Farewell Badminton World Federation, farewell my beloved badminton."

OLYMPICS: Badminton Players Disqualified For Trying To Lose.

Disqualified Chinese Badminton duo Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli.Image Credit CNN

Eight female badminton players were disqualified from the Olympics on Wednesday for trying to lose matches the day before, the Badminton World Federation announced after a disciplinary hearing.
The players from China, South Korea and Indonesia were accused of playing to lose so they could face easier opponents in future matches, drawing boos from spectators and warnings from match officials Tuesday night.
All four pairs of players were charged with not doing their best to win a match and abusing or demeaning the sport.

OLYMPICS: Michael Phelps Wins Gold, Breaks More Records.

Michael Phelps poses with his Gold after his 200m Individual Medley win at London 2012 Olympic games.

Michael Phelps beat arch-rival Ryan Lochte to win the men's 200m individual medley.

It was the 16th gold medal of his remarkable Olympic career, but his first in an individual event at the London Games.
The 27-year-old from Baltimore becomes the first man to win gold in the same event at three consecutive Olympics and extends his record breaking overall medals tally to 20.

OLYMPICS: China's Amazing Teenage Swimmer Wins 2nd Gold

Chinese Swimmer Ye Shiwen.

Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen's prowess has continued to boggle minds at the ongoing Olympic games.The Chinese swimming prodigy's extraordinary swims during the first few days of the Olympics may have drawn praise from across the sport, but they've also raised suspicions of drug doping.

OLYMPICS: Michael Phelps becomes greatest Olympian.

Swimmer Michael Phelps celebrating his legendary feat.

 World renowned U.S swimmer Michael Phelps On Tuesday became the greatest Olympian ever, setting a record with his 19th medal after anchoring the U.S. men's 4x200-meter freestyle team to gold.
The crowd at London's Aquatic Centre rose to its feet as Phelps churned home, well ahead of France's Yannick Agnel.

OLYMPICS: Jo - Wilfried Tsonga win longest Tennis Match

Jo -Wilfried Tsonga in his record setting Olympic match.

 Tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga entered the record books on Tuesday by winning the longest tennis match in Olympic history.
The Frenchman's second-round clash with Canada's Milos Raonic took three hours 58 minutes to complete, with the final set ending 25-23.

OLYMPICS: French win two golds and two world records broken in swimming events.

France's Clement Lefert, Amaury Leveaux and Fabien Gilot celebrate after winning the men's 4 x 100m freestyle relay final swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Park on July 29, 2012 in London. Image Credit CNN

 At the swimming events, two world records tumbled in the Aquatics Centre Sunday while France claimed two golds including a stunning upset in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay.
Dana Vollmer gave the United States a winning start on the second night of swimming finals with a commanding swim in the women's 100m butterfly, becoming the first woman under the 56 seconds barrier with 55.98 seconds.
The second world record of the night saw South African Cameron van der Burgh claim the men's 100m breaststroke gold with a 58.46 seconds clocking.