Fresh-faced Tom Daley hosts Splash!

Tom Daley has suffered a setback in his World Championships preparations after he was forced to pull out of today's grand prix event in Fort Lauderdale with an elbow injury.

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Christine Keeler by Stephen Ward, pastel, 1961

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Sport's biggest villain was signed up to take part in a swimming race with no drugs testing, but pulled out after concerns were raised

Lance Armstrong fails to make a splash as he pulls out of swimming event

The disgraced drugs cheat turfed out of Texas swimming meet

Lance Armstrong said his life ban was like being 'publicly lynched' and wants 'equal treatment'

Lance Armstrong's pulls out of return to competitive sport as swimmer

American was due to compete in the Masters South Central Zone Swimming Championships in Texas

It won't get you clean, Lance: Armstrong returns to competition as a swimmer

This disgraced sportsman should let go of his addiction to racing

The Boat Race: Oxford honours are enough to get Light Blues' goat

Oxford won the 159th Boat Race yesterday by a length and a third, closing the gap on Cambridge in the head-to-head tally, which now stands at 81 wins to 77 in Cambridge's favour. In distinctly wintry conditions, the Oxford crew took control early on, eventually winning by four seconds in 17:28 – the quickest time since 2009.

Oxford comfortably beat Cambridge in 159th Boat Race

Oxford University beat Cambridge by a length and a half to win the 159th BNY Mellon Boat Race.

The Oxford crew look on as protester Trenton Oldfield swims in the water

Rowing: Boat Race calls in the Marines to prevent any more protests

Service boats will patrol Thames as review of last year's chaos prompts greater security presence

Simon Usborne after sampling the 3.9C water at Brockwell Lido, near Brixton, when it opened to the public yesterday

The Lido opens for springtime - pity it still feels like winter

With Britain caught out by unseasonable bad weather, Simon Usborne takes a dip

Police in inflatable rubber boats shoot at a shark off Muriwai Beach near Auckland as they attempt to retrieve a body following a fatal attack

Award-winning film-maker Adam Strange killed in shark attack off New Zealand beach

Police fired gunshots at huge predator before it disappeared

Australia's Leisel Jones competes in the women's 100m breaststroke heats swimming event at the London 2012

Australian swimmers were crippled at London 2012 Olympics by 'toxic culture'

In a stinging report, culture and leadership consultant Dr Pippa Grange said the London Olympics represented almost the perfect storm of factors

Scores missing as ferry collides with boat and sinks in Bangladesh

A rescue operation is underway for dozens of people said to be missing after a ferry carrying around 100 passengers sank in a river in Bangladesh after colliding with another boat. The incident took place in the same spot and in similar circumstances to an accident last year that left more than 145 people dead.

Swimming: British Olympic hope Chloe Waddell, 16, dies after cardiac arrest

The 16-year-old schoolgirl had been targeting a place at the Rio Olympics

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