Singaporeâs âBurger Kingâ nearly chokes on world record
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SINGAPORE - A Singaporean man broke the world record for stuffing the most hamburgers into his mouth at one time as part of a weekend competition to break 10 obscure Guinness World Records, press reports said Monday.
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ATHENS As they lunged and lobbed with astonishing skill on Thursday, it was difficult to know whose personal journey had made them the worthier Olympic women&#39;s badminton champion.
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SINGAPORE - From the fastest backward talking to stuffing the most hamburgers into their mouths, 20 Singaporeans are gearing up for a slew of wacky feats this weekend they hope will land them in the Guinness Book of World Records.   "Who can slurp down a bottle of tomato ketchup in the fastest time?" blared the news release announcing the two-day event...
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Ellen MacArthur slips behind record pace in her attempt to beat Francis Joyon's solo round-the-world mark of 72 days.
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Christine Ohuruogu leads a British one-two in the World Championships with a stunning victory in the women's 400m.
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New Zealand&#39;s Sarah Ulmer stormed to gold in the women&#39;s individual pursuit in a new world record time. Ulmer, fourth in Sydney four years ago, beat Australia&#39;s Katie Mactier in a time of three minutes 24.
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INDIANAPOLIS - Australia set a world record in winning the 400-meter medley relay at the Short Course World Championships on Saturday night.
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AKRON (Ohio) - Tiger Woods could not win the World Golf Championship Invitational yesterday morning (Singapore time) but he managed to keep his world No 1 ranking for a record 333rd week.
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Singapore crowned its first  transsexual beauty queen at the weekend -- an about-face for a  country renowned for its strict social controls.
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Ellen MacArthur faces strong gales as her round-the-world record bid nears its end.
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South African Retief Goosen rewrote the record books of the World Match Play Championship when he overran American Jeff Maggert 12 and 11 in their rain-hit first round showdown.
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PALM DESERT, Calif. -- While playing partners Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie grabbed most of the attention, Grace Park made history Thursday at the Samsung World Championship.
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BANGKOK, Thailand - With a clash of mallets and the stomping of jumbo feet that shook the earth, the game was under way. Tense commands were shouted by pith helmeted players tied firmly to their two-ton mounts...
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Hicham El Guerrouj shocks world record holder Kenenisa Bekele to win the 5,000m.
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Doing everything he could to buy time and beat exhaustion, Chile&#39;s Nicolas Massu got past American Mardy Fish 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in an error-filled Olympics men&#39;s singles tennis final last night that lasted four hours.
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Australia&#39;s Jodie Henry set a world record of 53.52 seconds for the women&#39;s 100 meter freestyle at the Athens Olympics Wednesday.
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Kenyan-born Saif Saaeed Shaheen - now representing Qatar - smashed the world 3,000 metres steeplechase record in Friday night&#39;s IAAF Golden League meeting in Brussels.