Le’Ezra Brown broke the world record in the men’s 110m hurdles with a time of 12.72 seconds, beating the 12.75 mark that ...

David Rush — who ran the marathon in 5 hours, 54 minutes and 50 seconds— overcame his body overheating from the layers of ...

British runners in particular have long tried to cross the finish line in less than 4 minutes, records show, sometimes running in the nude or trying to win a bet ...

BBC Sport looks at the team behind Great Britain 800m star Keely Hodgkinson's golden rise and pursuit of a world record.

Washington, D.C.'s 2026 Fourth of July display was the largest in world history. According to the officials at Guinness World Records, the Freedom 250 production set a world record ...

Josh Kerr won silver and bronze medals in the 1500m at the last two Olympics.

Kerr announced his bid to break the world record months in advance, and pulled off the plan in London on Saturday.

The pantheon of mile world record-holders has a new member. When Josh Kerr stormed over the finish line at the London Stadium ...

President Donald Trump promised a record-breaking fireworks display on social media that took place on July 4th in Washington ...

Hong Kong, CHINA: The Guinness World Record Champion of Hula Hoops, Kareena Oates from Australia, performs at a local shopping mall, in Hong Kong, 22 December 2006. Oates manipulates about 70 ...

As a child I loved Tom Thumb, the perfectly formed human who was only a couple of inches tall; he roamed the countryside while sitting on the back of a mouse or hitched a ride in the ear of a horse.