Alice Dearing, one of Great Britain's top female marathon swimmers, looks at the barriers to swimming.

Don't mistake Beijing's restraint for weakness, China's Hong Kong affairs office warns demonstrators.

UMG's parent company Vivendi is in talks with the Chinese tech group over the deal.

England bowler James Anderson to miss next week's match at Lord's due to the calf injury that curtailed his involvement in the Ashes opener.

Alf Clausen, who composed the show's music for 27 years, claims he was sacked in 2017 due to his age.

Germany's Fiona Kolbinger beats more than 200 men to become the first woman to win the Transcontinental Race, riding more than 2,485 miles across Europe.

Derby County chairman Mel Morris is "confident" ex-England captain Wayne Rooney will join the Championship club as player-coach.

An underwater temple in Thailand has emerged as water levels drop in a reservoir.

Russian military planes water-bomb a Siberian depot to stop more shells exploding.

At least 622 people have died so far this year - a 98% rise on the same period in 2018.

Women's Super League matches will be streamed live on a new platform dedicated to women's football from the start of the 2019/20 season.

The new measures include an asset freeze and a ban on transactions with the Maduro government.

Another man mocked recycling as he filmed the fridge rolling down a ravine in southeast Spain.

The R&B singer is now facing criminal charges in three US states.

Young Chelsea footballers were targeted for years by a "prolific and manipulative sexual abuser" who was able to operate "unchallenged", says a damning report.

The solar power system is available on the hybrid versions of the Korean car maker's Sonata vehicle.

As the motorised vehicles become increasingly popular, cities are struggling to regulate their use.

Former England captain Wayne Rooney will leave MLS side DC United in January to join Derby County as a player-coach.

Centre Ben Te'o and full-back Mike Brown are not in the 33-man squad for the first World Cup warm-up match against Wales this weekend.

The US novelist was the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Clauvino da Silva was found dead in his cell in Rio three days after his elaborate escape bid was foiled.