A Taiwanese pool team defeated Japan 4-0 Friday to clinch first place at the 2012 World Pool Team Championship in Beijing.

Michael Phelps easily beat Ryan Lochte in their last race Friday before the U.S. Olympic trials, yet that was still not good enough to win.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won the 2012 World Snooker Championship after beating Ali Carter 18-11 in the final at the Crucible Theatre on Monday.

Michael Phelps slashed more than four seconds off his season-best time in the 400-meter individual medley on Friday at the Indianapolis Grand Prix, and said he may reverse his earlier decision to skip the event at the London Olympics.

Missy Franklin took a break from studying for her high school exams to anchor a world-record time in the very first race of the night.

Five-time Olympic Games gold medalist Ian Thorpe finished 16th in the 100m freestyle at the Italian Winter Open meet on Friday in the Australian's first long course outing in six years.

Thiago Pereira was crowned king of the Pan American pool when his victory in the men's 200 meters backstroke earned him his fifth gold medal and seventh overall on Friday.

Pool player Wu Chia-ching (吳珈慶) still has to complete his military service in Taiwan, despite his naturalization in mainland China, Li Chung-ching, deputy director of the Conscription Agency under the Ministry of the Interior, said yesterday, calling the mandatory military service Wu's “unfulfilled obligation” to the country.

Having surpassed Michael Phelps as the top all-around swimmer this year, Ryan Lochte hopes to punctuate the fact with a Phelpsian performance this week.

South Korea's Park Tae-Hwan made it a sensational Asian Games freestyle treble on Wednesday, sprinting to victory in the 100 meters freestyle after taking gold in the 200m and 400m events.