Chinese basketball prospect Yang Hansen has been urged to embrace comparisons with the legendary Yao Ming as he awaits his fate in this month’s NBA Draft. The towering 19-year-old centre last ...

Yao Ming, Carmelo Anthony, and the pickup game that never was Ming and Anthony go a long way back, and not only because of their taste for wine. Back in 2003, hip-hop legends Jay-Z and Fat Joe ...

The new Asian University Basketball League hopes to bring together the top colleges across Japan, China and Korea and beyond -- and also to produce the NBA's next Asian superstar.

Yao Ming the Center By Jeff Pan (Chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2007-03-01 16:38 "Because basketball is bigger than golf ball! I am lucky to get this job." -- Yao Ming explained why he enjoys more ...

Former Houston Rockets and Hall of Fame center Yao Ming pauses as he speaks during a halftime ceremony where his number 11 jersey was retired at Toyota Center on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, in Houston.

Injury woes have haunted many of the NBA's most promising talents. In this video, we dive deep into the careers of five NBA stars—like Yao Ming, Greg Oden, and Isaiah Thomas—whose injuries ...

Li Qiang was speaking in parliament - a day after Washington slapped another 10% tariff on Chinese goods. Beijing has responded with 10% to 15% tariffs on US food and agricultural products.

As China gears up for its most important political event of the year, Beijing is playing host to thousands of delegates for the annual ’two sessions’ that begin on Tuesday. These high-profile ...

The meetings, known as the "Two Sessions", are concurrent gatherings of China's rubber-stamp parliament and a separate political advisory body.

Yao, still only 44, played in the NBA from 2002-11, making eight All-Star teams and five All-NBA teams before having to retire due to foot and ankle injuries.

Kevin Garnett: So listen, though—we had a bounty out on Yao Ming. First cat to dunk on Yao? A million dollars. So everybody ...