1. Made the finals of the 100m freestyle and 100m butterfly at the 1998 world championships but failed to win a medal in either event.
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2. At the national championships Wu complained of fatigue after finishing third in the 100m butterfly and said he found it tough racing in the morning.
3. Over 2 million households in the Kanto area of Japan are tuning in every night to watch the action from the women's volleyball World Championships.
4. Rowers prepare to race during the World Rowing Junior Championships at Shunyi Rowing and Canoeing Park in Beijing last week.
5. He has led Beijing to six league championships and has been the starting catcher on the national team since 2002.
6. Isinbayeva left the championships perplexed after unexpectedly crashing out of a second consecutive global championship without a medal.
7. Steven Lopez wrote a new chapter in taekwondo history by grabbing his fourth consecutive world championships title yesterday in Beijing.
8. Radcliffe's hopes of returning at last month's world championships in Osaka were scuppered by a stress fracture of the sacrum related to childbirth.
9. Juggling rather than throwing his mobile phone, a teenaged circus performer won the freestyle gold medal at the world championships on Saturday.
10. Sullivan expects to clash with Phelps in the 50 and 100 freestyles at next year's world championships and warned the American of stiffer competition ahead.