Basketball
Yao Ming confident of reaching quarter finals
Yao Ming is confident China can at least reach the quarter finals in the basketball at the Beijing Olympics. Yao Ming is currently suffering from a knee injury, but he is now able to place 80 per cent of his weight on his leg while running on an Alter-G treadmill.
China is in […]
Australian basketballer Erin Phillips posed nude for men’s magazine - Alpha.
“Any publicity for basketball is good publicity,” said Basketball Australia spokesman Ben Hawes.
“We don’t think they’re too raunchy. There are a lot of other girls in other sports doing similar things.”
Australia has won medals at every Olympics since 1996 in women’s basketball.
She caused a […]
Australia beats US in women’s basketball
Australia beat the United States 74-60 in the women’s basketball Good Luck Beijing tournament.
“Obviously, the result was not what we wanted in terms of a win,” U.S. coach Anne Donovan said. “But I was pleased with several things I saw out there today. No. 1, it’s good to have Lisa Leslie back on the court […]
Chinese basketball ace Yao Ming said he will be ready to play for China in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Yao Ming is recovering from a stress fracture in his foot.
“I don’t think I will miss the Games,” the Houston Rockets centre told reporters in Beijing on Friday after returning to China, according to the […]
This months Olympic events in Beijing
While the weather is still a bit chilly in Beijing, the sporting action is starting to heat up. April is a busy month with the first event scheduled for the National Stadium.
April 10 -21 ISSF World Cup Beijing 2008
To be held at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall and Beijing Shooting Range Clay-Target Field.
Official site: […]
Yao Ming is out for the season due to a stress fracture in his foot - the tarsal navicular bone to be precise.
He - and the rest of China - is still hopeful that he will be able to represent his country at the Beijing Olympics
The injury may take several months to heal.
“If […]
The managing director of team USA Jerry Colangelo is quietly confident of winning gold at the Beijing Olympics.
“I’m not nervous. I’m excited. There is no apprehension at all,” Colangelo told ESPN.com Sunday in an hour-long interview focused on the Beijing Olympics. “If we are in the right frame of mind, if we respect the opposition, […]
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