Piglet racing is proving to be an emerging top sport. Russian piglets are widely being trained for competition by personal coaches. The new trend is spreading the sport around the country. There is even a training facility at the Sport Pig Centre in Moscow, where the little porkers can hone their skills in running, swimming, and 'pig-ball competitions'.

Sydney, Australia (AHN)-A zoo spokeswoman in Sydney says a woman found a small crocodile in her backyard swimming pool, just weeks after another crocodile was found in a nearby pond.

A teenager in eastern Australia needed eleven stitches after a small shark bit his leg. It happened in the area where some beaches were closed over the weekend because of a feeding frenzy involving more than 100 sharks. The teen was standing in about a foot of water when he was bitten. The attack follows the weekend closure of Gold Coast beaches after scores of sharks were seen swimming close to the shore.

A Buffalo, N. Y. , man has been reunited with his 1958 Sloan High School class ring that had been on the bottom of Lake Erie for 47 years. Ron Witkowski lost his 1958 Sloan High School ring in an embarrassing fashion. Witkowski -- then 17 -- and a buddy were swimming at Sherkston-Elco Beach in Ontario when his friend lost his contact lenses. A week later, the two teens decided to drop Witkowski's ring in the water in the same spot to track where the current might have carried the lenses. They never found the ring or the lenses.