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She wanted an individual world record and an individual gold medal. Dana Vollmer didn’t even need 56 seconds to accomplish both feats. The former University of California swimmer and reigning world champion had the Aquatics Centre buzzing when she became the first woman to break the 56-second barrier, winning gold in the 100-meter butterfly in 55.98 seconds, a world record.

One diaper at a time, a world-record was changed as parents gathered at Sweet Cheeks Diaper Company to take part in the second annual Great Cloth Diaper Company on Saturday.

Ryan Lochte has set the first world record since high-tech body suits were banned in swimming, breaking his own mark in winning the 200-meter individual medley at the world championships.

586. 2,850. 5,400. 789,349. These are all world-record numbers. But they aren't weights, distances or speeds. They are achievements in video gaming.

Zeke Iddon, an eccentric from the UK, attempted a marathon run on Guitar Hero for a Guinness World Record. This is how he got on. The world record was for the longest ever continuous play by a single participant, a new title for which Guinness set a minimum time of 24 hours.

A man who is only 22 inches tall left his home country of Nepal on Sunday in a quest to be recognized as the world's shortest living man.

A life-size bronze sculpture of a man by Alberto Giacometti was sold Wednesday at a London auction for $104.3 million - a world record for the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction, Sotheby's auction house said.

Beaten the night before in the 200 freestyle, he sets a mark in the 200 butterfly. For Michael Phelps, the 200-meter butterfly was almost like coming home, and if you want to keep that domestic theme intact, he called it his "bread and butter."

Manchester United have accepted a world-record $130 million offer for Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid.