(CNN) -- Basketball hero Yao Ming has been given the honor of carrying the flag of host nation China at Friday's Olympic Games opening ceremony in Beijing. It will be the second successive ...

None, though, have loomed larger than the former basketball star Yao Ming, who dwarfed fellow ... with popularising the sport ...

Watch why the Olympics mean so much for the Chinese ... team led by stars Kobe Bryant and LeBron James faces host China and Yao Ming. Watch an exclusive CNN interview with Yao ...

(ATR) Basketball star Yao Ming says the Beijing 2022 bid is ... Zhang Hong, who secured China’s first ever Olympic gold in speed skating at the Sochi 2014 Games, commented: "Chinese people ...

Former NBA star and Chinese basketball icon Yao Ming helped kick off the torch relay on Wednesday. Chan joined Chinese Olympic medalists on Thursday as the torch headed up the Badaling Great Wall, the ...

And the doors seemed to be getting shorter for me. Yao Ming, right, sees the Rockets like Team China: a team 'with great potential.' Not initially, that my parents wanted me to play very much.

NBA star Yao Ming, architect Yoshio Taniguchi ... In additon to his professional accomplishments, Yao has used his celebrity in China to promote causes beyond basketball. In 2013, he joined other high ...

Shaquille O'Neal meets up with Yao Ming in China "Always good to see my brother": 20 years after historic first matchup, Shaquille O'Neal meets up with Yao Ming in China Is Yao Ming in the Hall of ...