China’s Yang Liwei gets past France’s Sarah Michel, left, during their quarterfinal game at the women’s Basketball World Cup in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022.

Yang, 28, is coming off of a season with Inner Mongolia of the Women’s Chinese Basketball Association in which she averaged 13.5 points, 5.2 assists, 2.4 rebounds and 1.9 steals in 19 games.

This past fall, Yang helped China collect a silver medal at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. She had 18 points and four assists in the semifinals to help spur an upset of host Australia.

Yang, 28, is coming off of a season with Inner Mongolia of the Women’s Chinese Basketball Association in which she averaged 13.5 points, 5.2 assists, 2.4 rebounds and 1.9 steals in 19 games.

Yang, 28, is coming off a season with Inner Mongolia of the Women's Chinese Basketball Assn. in which she averaged 13.5 points, 5.2 assists, 2.4 rebounds and 1.9 steals in 19 games.

Yang, who recently helped China to a silver medal in the 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup, previously played 10 seasons in Guangdong, including two with current Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike.

Yang, who recently helped China to a silver medal in the 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup, previously played 10 seasons in Guangdong, including two with current Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike.

LOS ANGELES — The Sparks have signed veteran guard Yang Liwei, who has spent her career playing in China. Yang, 28, is coming off of a season with Inner Mongolia of the Women’s Chinese Basketball ...