Topic: Shanghai Sharks

Rockets' Yao Ming says buying hometown team does not mean he is preparing for retirementYao Ming says his purchase of his former team, the financially troubled Shanghai Sharks, was motivated by a desire to help the club that jump-started his career rather ...
Chinese NBA star Yao Ming is to buy his former basketball team in Shanghai for an undisclosed sum, state media reported Wednesday.A group representing the 2.26-metre (seven-foot-six-inch) centre for the NBA Houston Rockets signed an agreement to transfer the Shanghai ...