'Mermaid' Liu swims world record time to win 50m backstroke gold

It was the first world record to fall in the Asian Games pool since Japan's Kosuke Kitajima improved the 200m breaststroke mark in Busan in 2002. IMAGE: Liu Xiang competes in the women's 50 metres......

When Saina matched up to Serena, Sharapova

IMAGE: Saina Nehwal celebrates after winning the badminton gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters India's badminton ace Saina Nehwal has found a place in......

China blame 'fierce' competition for worst slump in 20 years

IMAGE: Chinese women's basketball team in Rio. Photograph: Christian Petersen/Getty Images. China blamed fierce competition for their Rio flop and promised to examine......

Reflective China braces for diminished haul at the Rio Olympics

IMAGE: Xiaoxia Li, Shiwen Liu and Ning Ding of China pose before the Women's Table Tennis Team Gold Medal Team Match between China and Germany. Photograph: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images. Defeats in......

Rio Olympics: China questions gold medal obsession

  IMAGE: Silver medalist Chad le Clos of South Africa, gold medalist Yang Sun of China and bronze medalist Conor Dwyer of the United States pose on the podium during the medal ceremony for the......