Michael Phelps Saturday broke the world record in the men's 100m butterfly to win world championship gold in the Foro Italico in Rome.
Phelps said that it was like a show-down between him and Serbian Milorad Cavic, which he managed to win in a time of 49.82 seconds.
American-born Cavic had said ...

The first day of the swimming competition at the world championships in Rome on Sunday saw a flood of world records, as three of the four gold medals on offer were won in world record time.
 
German Paul Biedermann and Italian local favourite, Federica Pellegrini respectively won the men's ...

Michael Phelps, the 14-time Olympic gold medal winner, has set a new world record in the men's 100-metre butterfly at the US swimming championships.
His time of 50.22 seconds on Thursday in Indianapolis, Indiana set a new mark in the event. 

The Olympic star, who holds eight world ...

After winning 8 gold medals in the Beijing Olympics, US swimmer Michael Phelps is now focussing on World Championship trials. He said that he had an unfinished task to complete. He has won a total of 14 Olympic gold medals and is looking to add a few more in 2012 Olympics in London. 
His ...

Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan, who is widely touted to marry her girl pal DJ Samantha Ronson sometime soon, is of late heard to be begging Beijing Olympics superstar Michael Phelps out for a date. Lohan is leaving no stone unturned to land the opportunity, says sources.
 
However, one ...

Crushing all rumors, the United States swimming champion and model, Amanda Beard has denied that there is romance brewing between her and star Olympian Michael Phelps. She even described the thought as downright ‘nasty’. Ever since Phelps created history by winning eight Olympic ...

The winning of a phenomenal eight gold medals at the ongoing Beijing Olympic Games by 23-year-old American swimmer Michael Phelps has brought him praise, adulation in tow with endorsement offers worth approximately 100 million dollars. At least, that is the figure which his agent Peter Carlisle ...

Swimming sensation Michael Phelps of United States won his 8th gold medal in Beijing Olympics when he won Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay final on Sunday, August 17. This time, however, he attained the feat with some assistance from fellow swimmers.  
 
Apart from Phelps, the ...

Perhaps sky is the limit for the American champion, Michael Phelps, who is resolute to win eight gold medals from the Beijing Olympic Games 2008.  Phelps has won his seventh gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, after winning the Men’s 100m Butterfly at the National Aquatics Center. To get ...

Michael Phelps, the defending champion, is on the precise path to win all the golds in the Olympics. Again the American lad proved himself when he grabbed the gold medal in the 200-Meter Individual Medley after touching the wall in 1:54.23 min. With that time-taken, he has broken his own record of ...

The determined Michael Phelps is geared up to take eight golds from the Beijing Olympics. On the way to realize his dream, the unconquerable Phelps grabbed the gold medal in the Men’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay. With this medal, Phelps has got his 11th gold at the Olympics to date. The US team ...

It seems that the world champion Michael Phelps is determined to get all the gold medals from the Beijing Olympics. He has won gold in the Men’s 200m Butterfly with a new world record time of 1:52.03. It is the fourth gold medal won by the defending lad at the Beijing Olympics 2008. He ...

After getting two gold medals, Michael Phelps (USA) is incessant on his way to win more and more gold and set his own remarkable record in the Olympics. Phelps won gold medal in the Men's 200m Freestyle final at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing. This is the third gold medal won by Phelps at ...

Michael Phelps, along with Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones, and Jason Lezak, fetched the gold medal in the Men’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay and created a world record for second time in a row. The yesterday’s prelim record of 3:12.23 set by Jones, with the teammates Nathan Adrian, Ben ...

Day two of the Beijing Olympics on Sunday, August 10, proved lucky for Michael Phelps of United States, who won the gold medal in the men's swimming 400m individual medley. It was Phelps’s first event at the Beijing Olympics and he clearly dominated it, breaking his own world record and ...