On Sunday, the 23-time Olympic champion Michael Phelps, 32, took a challenge to race against a great white shark at the launch of the Discovery Channel’s annual Shark Week. The much-anticipated race called Phelps vs. Shark: Great Gold vs. Great ...

Terry Selwood, 73, had dropped a line at his “usual spot” at Evans Head in New South Wales when the animal launched itself out of the water, according to the BBC. He said the 2.7m (8.8ft) shark landed in the ...