NBA behemoth Kevin Durant set a world record in India on Friday but admitted it will take a lot more for basketball to overtake cricket in the country. Durant said that India will have to be patient and find its own Yao Ming to become a world basketball force as it is in cricket. On … Read more
Former NBA star Yao Ming has scotched rumours he was interested in buying his old team the Houston Rockets, saying he was too busy to consider the possibility. Yao, who played for the Rockets from 2002 to 2011 before retiring, told the official Xinhua news agency on Friday he was dedicated to his role as … Read more
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
American actress and model, Margaret Denise Quigley, professionally known as Maggie Q, is currently in Kenya to raise awareness for elephant conservation. Maggie Q, who currently stars in ABC’s political drama Designated Survivor, is known for starring in the action films Mission: Impossible III and Live Free or Die Hard and also played the title … Read more
Empty talk, self-censorship, brain-dead conformity — that’s outspoken delegate Cui Yongyuan’s assessment of China’s national parliament, celebrated by the Communist Party as empowering the people but which he calls a big waste of time. Around 5,000 delegates from across the country are in Beijing for the annual Communist-choreographed session, the world’s largest parliamentary gathering. The … Read more
Thousands of politicians from across China have converged on Beijing for the country’s annual legislative meetings known as the “lianghui” or “two sessions”. The gathering provides a glimpse into the country’s politics and priorities, and this year’s event is being monitored particularly closely for hints about the ambitions of President Xi Jinping. Observers are also … Read more
China’s rubber-stamp legislature opens its annual session on Sunday with Premier Li Keqiang due to announce the government’s 2017 growth target for the world’s second largest economy and major policy priorities. The National People’s Congress (NPC) brings together thousands of politicians from across China, touted by the ruling Communist Party as proof that it answers … Read more
China’s rubber-stamp legislature convenes this weekend with the script focused on containing worrisome economic risks while President Xi Jinping consolidates power ahead of a pivotal Communist Party meeting later this year. The gathering of 3,000 National People’s Congress (NPC) delegates at Beijing’s cavernous Great Hall of the People is staged annually by the all-powerful party … Read more
NBA Hall of Famer Yao Ming called for “urgent” reform and said he was facing a multitude of problems as he was elected president of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) on Thursday. The giant former Houston Rockets centre, 36, arrives at the post as China searches for new superstars and more glory days for its … Read more
Two-time NBA scoring champion Tracy McGrady, two-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year Sidney Moncrief and five-time All-Star Chris Webber were among 14 Basketball Hall of Fame finalists named Saturday. Finalists need 18 of 24 votes from the Hall’s honors committee for election into the Hall of Fame. Inductees will be named on April 3 … Read more