Sports Record

After playing a basketball match for 120 hours straight, Alan Morris's side had finally broken a world record. Or at least the players thought they had until a paperwork bungle held up official recognition.

Alan Morris played in the newly recognised world record for the longest continuous basketball match back in 1972.

Her toenails are already black and blistered but the ultra-runner is determined to make it from Perth to Sydney in record time. She will listen to ABBA along the way, hoping to raise $1 million for domestic violence awareness. 

Ahead of game 400, the ABC explores whether Scott Pendlebury’s reputation for being the AFL’s most consistent and effective player is supported by the data.

Some Finke Desert Race competitors are chasing glory, personal bests, or the ultimate prize. Others, such as Jason McMillan, take on the gruelling event for the sense of pride it brings. 

Rhiannan Iffland will dive in Athens this weekend as the Red Bull world series begins. She says she'll challenge herself with new dives as she fights for her eighth title.

A Sydneysider swims for 31 hours without stopping to complete a journey that long-distance legends Des Renford and Susie Maroney were both forced to abandon.

Melbourne runner, Donna Urquhart is halfway through her 13-hundred kilometre run and the global scrub choir from the Royal Melbourne Hospital sent her some much needed motivation to keep on her journey.
Donna just spoke with ABC News Breakfast about the challenges she’s facing and her motivation to create the World Record.

A Kiwi shearer who learnt her craft in Australia powers her way to a new women's world record by training seven days a week in the gym.

NSW south coast golfer Tony Riches has hit four holes-in-one at Hole 7 of the Club Catalina Golf Course at Bateman's Bay, making him a Guinness World Record holder.

Tony Riches once believed he would never get a hole in one, but after 46 years of trying his dream came true. Now, luck has struck four times and he's a world record holder.

A crew member says island residents laughed when told of the 250-kilometre attempt but at no point did the rowers think they would come up short.

Free diver Michaela Werner sets a new world record by swimming 101 underwater laps of a 25-metre pool in under an hour.

Laura Enever used to compete on the World Surf League Championship Tour before quitting to try big wave surfing. Now she's a world record holder.

Heather Ostler's training gym is five-hour journey from her home in regional New South Wales. But that hasn't stopped the mother of four from claiming three gold medals in the sport she loves.

New Zealander Mike Heard jumped 941 times off a bridge in Auckland, in 24 hours.
The Kiwi has claimed the world record for most bungee jumps and has in the process raised thousands of dollars for the Mental Health Foundation.

A 17-year-old West Australian takes out the Guinness World Record for the fastest time solving a rotating puzzle cube, while freefalling at 200 kilometres per hour. 

Brett Cavanough believes 14 years as a shearer helped him develop the mental toughness required to reach the heights of success, with his six-year-old horse, Burdekin, claiming a big win at the weekend.

Six years ago, a shattered hand meant Phoebe Knell was looking at the end of her football career. Her determination kept her in the game and now she's reached a major milestone.

Fifty-three-year-old Lesa Ashford becomes the first woman to set a record for cycling around Australia solo. She wants other women to break her record, but to talk to her first.