Yao Ming

Teen activist calls on Yao Ming to help her save tuskers

14 Mar 2013

A local teenage activist is planning to rope celebrity basketball star Yao Ming into her campaign to save elephants from poachers. Fourteen-year-old Celia Ho Yen-kei's campaign began with a letter...

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Yao Ming wants to use CPPCC role to promote role of sport

5 Mar 2013

Former basketball star Yao Ming has called for Chinese sports to get back to basics and not be viewed solely as a way of advancing national honour. The 2.26-metre-tall former Houston Rockets...

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Who said it?

5 Mar 2013

My dream is that sports can become more than a way of winning national glory, but a way to cultivate robust bodies and inspiring minds

Basketball ace Yao Ming

His first...

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Who said it?

29 Nov 2012

A mean person and a gentleman view integrity differently, as do a crook and a philanthropist

Lawmaker Lam Tai-fai on questions over Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's integrity

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Yao Ming gets honorary degree from HKU

28 Nov 2012

China's basketball superstar Yao Ming collects an honorary degree at a University of Hong Kong graduation ceremony yesterday. Yao was honoured along with Mr Justice Kemal Bokhary, who received an...

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Talking points

27 Nov 2012

Lamma crash suspects report to police

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Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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Ex-NBA's Tracy McGrady denies money a factor in China move

Two-time NBA scoring champion Tracy McGrady has denied money was a factor in his decision to join the Qingdao Eagles in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).

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Talking points

'Dirk Struan' banker to be sentenced

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Clippers beat Miami in Shanghai

The Los Angeles Clippers used a dominant inside attack to dispatch reigning NBA champion Miami Heat 99-89 in an exhibition match on Sunday in front of a sell-out crowd of 18,000 in Shanghai.

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BASKETBALL

Yao laments stagnation of sports in schools

Former NBA all-star Yao Ming has called for China's school system to invest more in sport at the grass-roots level, claiming much was needed to be done to prevent further stagnation.

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NBA star thanks fans on 'Linsanity' tour of Beijing

In his first trip to Beijing this week, American-born NBA star Jeremy Lin gave his fans a heartfelt thanks and devoured several helpings of a signature Beijing dish.

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Basketball superstar Yao is a natural champion

Carving out legendary status as China's first NBA superstar meant Yao Ming sacrificed many things, not least indulging his boyhood love of nature, due to an all-consuming training regime. But a...

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