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......

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......

CL qualifiers: Panathinaikos knocked out by Odense

Greek soccer, already plagued by match-fixing and crowd violence, suffered more misery on Tuesday when Panathinaikos lost 4-3 at home to Odense and were knocked out of the Champions League......

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......

Swimsuits row refuses to sink ahead of worlds

If swimming fans thought the row over revolutionary bodysuits was over, they can think again. Top male swimmers are so frustrated by the controversy that they are even threatening to whip out......

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......