The NBA needs a greater focus on developing Chinese basketball talent to elite levels, league commissioner Adam Silver said on Thursday as a new Chinese player prepares to join the NBA. Zhou Qi, a 7-foot-2 (2.18m) center who sparked the Xinjiang Flying Tigers to this year’s Chinese Basketball Association crown, is looking to play next … Read more
China’s Lin Dan, a two-time Olympic champion, on Sunday engineered a brilliantly ruthless strategy against arch-rival Malaysian world number one Lee Chong Wei to win his first ever Malaysia Open badminton title. Showing no sign of fatigue, 33-year-old Lin pushed Lee, one year his senior, from back to front, forcing the recent All England Open … Read more
The Brooklyn Nets, long languishing out of NBA playoff contention, are looking to the future — and a third straight win, 141-118 over the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday, is a step in the right direction. “We are getting better, and I’m just thankful to see that,” said Jeremy Lin, whose 16 points matched the 16 … Read more
Brooklyn guard Jeremy Lin, the NBA’s first American player of Chinese or Taiwan heritage, lasted only seven minutes in Sunday’s 111-104 loss to Dallas before leaving with a sprained right ankle. The 28-year-old Californian, who sparked “Linsanity” during a rags to riches run with the New York Knicks in 2012, limped to the bench during … Read more
Russell Westbrook edged closer to Oscar Robertson’s long-standing triple-double record after leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a comfortable 122-104 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday. Westbrook brought up his remarkable 33rd triple-double of the season with 25 points, 19 assists and 12 rebounds as the Thunder improved to 38-29. The Oklahoma City talisman … Read more