Germanwings A320 crash: Investigators begin examining black box

French air investigators are examining one of the black boxes of the doomed Germanwings plane to find out why the aircraft crashed into a mountain in the French Alps, killing the 150 people on......

The desi roman clef

"I read Glenarvon too, by Caro Lamb/ Goddamn!" In 1816, when the Lady Caroline Lamb published her infamous roman clef, Glenarvon, Lord Byron's response summed up his dismay at discovering the......

Cielo Filho breaks 47 seconds in record flood

Brazil's Cesar Cielo Filho sliced through the 47-second barrier to triumph in the men's 100 metres freestyle final amid another torrent of swimsuit-aided records at the world championships in Rome......

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......

Japan's Kitajima reigns, Bernard takes sprint

Phelps the Phenom Asia's greatest swimmer Kosuke Kitajima stole the spotlight from Michael Phelps on Thursday with an unprecedented double-double in the Olympics breaststroke. France's Alain......

Phelps planning London 2012

A man on a mission or a glutton for punishment? Whatever the answer, the swimming world has not seen the last of Michael Phelps by a long way yet. After winning an unprecedented eight golds medals......

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,......