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The Latest Breaking News from Yao Ming

How large is Yao Ming’s wine glass, anyways?

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Verstappen Dominates Chinese Grand Prix With Fourth Victory

Max Verstappen's dominant win at the Chinese Grand Prix sets the stage for an exciting F1 season ahead.

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Chinese Legislators Kick Off Annual Gathering In Chilly, Grey Beijing

China's parliament opened its annual meeting with subdued pageantry on Tuesday as sleet and cloudy skies left delegates shivering under umbrellas.

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Yao Ming Sat Courtside at a Nets Game and Everyone Made the Same Joke

NBA fans all cracked the same joke after a photo of Yao Ming sitting courtside went viral.

Sports Illustrated

What’s Victor Wembanyama’s height? It’s complicated

We dig in to find out the real answer.

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Chinese basketball legend Yao Ming steps down as head of national league

Former Houston Rockets star Yao Ming has stepped down as head of China's struggling national basketball league

The Independent UK

The last time each NBA lottery 2023 team actually won the No. 1 pick

Not every team has had the luck of the ping pong balls with them.

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Every NBA team’s last No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft

A few teams have never even had the No. 1 overall NBA Draft pick.

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Chinese Basketball Association Expels Two Teams From Playoffs

CBA president Yao Ming announced the punishment Monday.

Sports Illustrated

Chinese team with a suspended Eric Bledsoe disqualified for ‘fixing’ multiple playoff games

Yao Ming, the CBA's president, called it a "saddening" week for the league.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Chinese basketball investigates suspicious game result

The Chinese Basketball Association has ordered an investigation into a championship round game that ended with a last-minute, come-from-behind win following a series of turnovers

The Independent UK

Chinese football stars and officials held in Xi’s corruption crackdown

Stadiums are reopening but detentions of major football figures overshadow the sport, as scandal engulfs basketball

The Guardian - UK

In the land of the giants: does size really matter in the NBA?

Height confers obvious advantages in basketball. But super tall players are often more susceptible to injury and smaller stars have thrived at the top

The Guardian - US

Kobe Bryant’s top 100 games: No. 21

Midway through the 2002-03 season, Kobe scored 52 points in a win over the Rockets while serving up a memorable dunk over Yao Ming.

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Opinion: Eileen Gu’s Mission for Unity Shows the True Meaning of Sports

People should respect the champion Olympic skier’s contributions to Chinese athletics and her commitment to bridging the gap between China and the United States

Asharq Al-Awsat

Olympics Torch Begins COVID-Shortened Trek Past Beijing Landmarks

Beijing kicked off its Winter Olympics torch relay early on Wednesday, with Chinese basketball great and Olympian Yao Ming among the first to carry the flame on a journey that will last just three days due to COVID-19 curbs. The relay will carry the flame past landmarks including the Great…

Reuters

Olympics-Beijing torch begins COVID-shortened relay

Beijing's COVID-shortened Olympic torch relay began on Wednesday with basketball great Yao Ming and a Chinese soldier wounded in a bloody 2020 border clash with India among the first to carry the symbolic flame on a journey that will last only three days.

Reuters

Yao Ming says he and Peng Shuai 'chatted merrily' at event last month

Chinese basketball legend Yao Ming said on Monday that tennis star Peng Shuai, who became the subject of concern after she accused a former senior politician of sexually assaulting her, was in good spirits when they appeared at an event last month.

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Former NBA Great Yao Ming Addresses Peng Shuai, Olympics

Former NBA great Yao Ming said Monday he and others had a pleasant talk when they met last month with Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, whose disappearance after making a sexual assault allegation against a former government official raised international concern. He also said it is unfortunate that Novak Djokovic…

The Independent UK

Former NBA great Yao Ming addresses Peng Shuai, Olympics

Former NBA great Yao Ming says he and others had a pleasant talk when they met last month with Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai

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