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Yao Ming doesn't buy Sharks

Metro
2009-11-4

BASKETBALL superstar Yao Ming has not been guaranteed ownership of his former club. He may have to pay more than he expected or share ownership with other bidders. But Yao's management team, Team Yao, has...

Yao link to no-wages restaurant ruled out

Metro
2009-10-21

AN employee of a city restaurant - an outlet that used basketball star Yao Ming's fame, and name, to advertise - is demanding that the eatery coughs up 100,000 yuan (US$14,648) in unpaid wages to 30 staff members...

Give up smoking, say Yao and Peng

National
2009-10-13

BASKETBALL superstar Yao Ming and famed soprano Peng Liyuan yesterday became the new faces of China's anti-smoking campaign, which health officials said is still a tough task in the world's largest tobacco market....

Yao says recovery on track

Sports | Basketball
2009-9-26

ENCOURAGED by progress in his recovery from major foot surgery, Yao Ming says he will return to action -- just not next season. "The (X-ray) picture looks good. The bones heal well," he said in an interview with...

India retaliates after Pakistan fires rockets near international border

World
2009-9-12

PAKISTAN has fired three rockets that fell on the Indian territory near the international border at Wagah in the northern state of Punjab late last night, prompting an immediate retaliatory fire from India's border...

Rockets: Yao's return next season not ruled out

Sports | Basketball
2009-9-3

CHINESE center Yao Ming is progressing well after foot surgery and while a return to court for the Houston Rockets next season remains unlikely, it has not been ruled out, the National Basketball Association team's...

Andersen roped in to fill in for Yao

Sports | Basketball
2009-8-14

THE Houston Rockets signed Australian center David Andersen to a multiyear contract on Wednesday to make up for the loss of Yao Ming. The Rockets acquired the rights to the 2.11-meter Andersen in a trade with the...

7 rockets rattle Afghan capital wound 2

World
2009-8-4

SEVEN rockets fired by militants hit Afghan capital Kabul early this morning, wounding at least two civilians, a private television channel reported. "The rockets fired from Deh Sabz area landed at several places...

Three-pointer: Yao operation proves success

Sports | Basketball
2009-7-23

CHINESE basketball star Yao Ming has undergone successful surgery on his broken left foot in Texas, according to the official Website of National Basketball Association of the United States. The operation was performed...

Yao Ming undergoes foot surgery

Sports | Basketball
2009-7-22

HOUSTON Rockets center Yao Ming of China has had surgery to repair a broken bone in his left foot. The NBA team announced the surgery was performed yesterday morning at Memorial Hermann Hospital by Dr. Tom Clanton,...