The former NBA player attended the opening ceremony of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress of China - Wu Hao/Shutterstock Former basketball player Yao Ming attended the opening ceremony of the second session of the 14th National ...

HONG KONG — In China, she’s being called the “female Yao Ming.” In a video that quickly went viral this week, Zhang Ziyu, a 7-foot-3 basketball player from Shandong province, towers over her competitors on the court during the FIBA Under-18 Women ...

When China men's basketball suffered two straight losses to Korea, an enraged reaction broke out in the Chinese basketball world, calling it an "unbearable humiliation." Chinese outlet Sina Sports on the 2nd, regarding China basketball falling into two ...

TAIPAN, China — It’s game day in this remote village in southwestern China, and the atmosphere is electric. Before thousands of fans on an outdoor court tucked in the rugged hills of Guizhou province — and with millions more watching online — teams ...

Monday’s edition of the People’s Daily included a letter in the sports section that appeared to have been written by American basketball star Lebron James. Multiple news outlets initially reported that James had authored the piece, but closer ...

BEIJING -- Former Houston Rockets star Yao Ming has stepped down as chairman of the board of the Chinese Basketball Association Management Company, which runs the business arm of the CBA. An eight-time NBA All-Star, Yao had been leading efforts to ...

On the outskirts of Beijing, young Chinese entrepreneur Cheng Hao sits on an indoor soccer pitch – but this turf isn’t for humans. It’s where engineers working for his start-up, Booster Robotics, train human-like robots to play soccer using artificial intelligence – dribbling,