Swimming-Exhausted Sun opts out of 1500 freestyle race

Coasting through the water with methodical ease, Sun Yang hardly looked like a man carrying the weight of an expectant Chinese nation.

Australia's Mack Horton, the men's 400 metres Olympic freestyle champion, reignited his feud with Chinese rival Sun Yang on Friday, two days before they face each other at the start of the world championships in Budapest.

By Angus Berwick and David Lague MADRID (Reuters) - In Spain's Chinese community, Gao Ping was the ultimate immigrant success story. He was a young man when he arrived more than two decades ago and took a job as a cook in a Chinese restaurant. By 1997 Gao had ...

MADRID: A few minutes before 8 p.m. on Aug. 8, 2012, two Chinese living in Spain - a banker and her client - held a blunt phone conversation. Wang Jing was a senior officer at the Madrid branch of the state-controlled Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.

Hamilton can equal pole record, take F1 lead in Hungary IMAGE:  Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP celebrates. Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images If all goes to plan for Lewis Hamilton in Hungary this weekend, the Mercedes driver will equal one of Michael Schumacher's all-time records and head into Formula One's summer break as sole leader of the championship. Hamilton remains a long way off Schumacher's record 91 race wins but Saturday's qualifying at the Hungaroring could ...

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday IMAGE: Bernard Tomic said he felt 'trapped' in the sport and had no regrets about his Wimbledon admission of being 'bored'. Photograph: Chris Hyde/Getty Images. Under-fire Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic has boasted of his 'amazing' achievements in the sport and winning millions of dollars in prize money despite not really trying hard throughout his career. In a candid interview with Australian broadcaster The Seven ...

All eyes and hopes are on National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval to ease tensions with China at the tri-junction of India, China and Bhutan in Sikkim, as he is scheduled to visit China to attend a meeting of NSAs from BRICS countries in Beijing on July 27 ...