Exclusive: A couple of hours in the water with some curious feathered friends - plus three sharks - have inspired British world champion Liam Tancock to work on his streamlining... more
Over the next three weeks before tickets go on sale, Standard Sport will guide you through the 16 days of competition and 26 sports involved in the greatest show on earth... more
After all the negative publicity, the action finally gets under way on Monday. Here Standard Sport picks out the best medal hopes for England and the home nations... more
Aaron Peirsol was the victim of the biggest shock of the World Championships so far when he failed to qualify for the final of the 100metres backstroke in Rome... more
Gemma Spofforth has the 100metres backstroke world record in her sights after coming within 0.01seconds of Kirsty Coventry's mark at the World Championships in Rome... more
After Michael Phelps picked up his sixth gold in the Water Cube with another world record time, it was almost inevitable that the subject of drugs would be raised... more
Rebecca Adlington broke the Olympic record to stay on track for double gold in Beijing as Mark Foster's fifth Games ended in less than 23 seconds... more
Tonight:
3°c
