SHANGHAI: Basketball star Yao Ming announced his retirement yesterday after a trail–blazing career that made him China’s best–known athlete abroad and helped spur the game’s global growth.
The towering 2.29m star made the announcement, which had been widely expected, during a press conference in his home city of Shanghai after his last two seasons with the Houston Rockets were dogged by injuries.
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