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 ...

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 ...

Chinese basketball fans finally have something to cheer for as the NBA attempts a long shot comeback in China: The American basketball league will return to the country after a six-year absence with ...

Chinese basketball in 2025 read like a layered playbook: disappointment on the international stage, cautious optimism from players going abroad, and reforms at home aimed at rebuilding for the long ...

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 ...

LAS VEGAS — There’s nowhere to hide for Yang Hansen, a 7-foot-1 center who last month became the first Chinese player selected in the first round of the NBA draft in nearly 20 years. Not five minutes ...

Rising basketball star Jacob Zhu becomes Curry Brand’s first Chinese NIL athlete, marking a pivotal expansion into the global youth market. In a landmark NIL deal that’s already shaking up the global ...

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 ...

BEIJING – Former Houston Rockets star Yao Ming has stepped down as head of China’s struggling national basketball league. An eight-time NBA All-Star, Yao had been leading efforts to commercialize the ...

Basketball can be a "connecting bridge" between China and the United States, NBA star LeBron James said in an article in the People's Daily on Monday. It is rare for the mouthpiece of China's ruling ...

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 ...

BEIJING — The Chinese Anti-Doping Agency has released the names of two American basketball players who failed in-competition tests in April during the domestic league. In a statement released on ...