Michael Phelps claimed a record seventh gold medal at the FINA World Championships in Melbourne to stake his claim to swimming immortality.

Israeli-born actress Natalie Portman admires Steven Spielberg for making Oscar-nominated movie Munich, but admits she doesn't "agree with half" of the film.

THE 1972 Olympics are featured in a controversial Steven Spielberg movie called Munich later this month - but pentathlon athlete Margaret Murphy was there at the real games.

Movie-maker Steven Spielberg is promising film fans and critics his new movie about the 1972 Olympics will hit cinemas on time next month, even though composer John Williams is struggling with the score.

Steven Spielberg has been criticised by the only surviving Palestinian terrorist behind the massacre at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany, because the director failed to consult him over his new movie dramatisation of the tragic events.

British actor Daniel Craig was left awestruck by his meeting with superstar director Steven Spielberg.

United States Olympic hero Mark Spitz has raised the spectre of an American withdrawal from this summer’s Athens Games due to security concerns.

Hollywood heavyweight Steven Spielberg plans to bring the tragedy of the 1972 Olympics in Munich Germany to the silver screen.

A massive earthquake rocked Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido today, injuring hundreds but amazingly only two people were feared to have died.

The US Secret Service is investigating the discovery of thousands of forged dollars in the home of Olympic gold medallist Olga Korbut and her husband.