Sports Stars: 2009

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Yao Ming leads China during the Beijing Olympic's Opening Ceremonies

Yao Ming dunks over JaVale McGee during the Washington Wizards v/s Houston Rockets game on Nov 21, 2008 at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.

Yao and T-Mac

Yao Ming Wedding

Chinese NBA star Yao Ming and his new wife Ye Li, a player on the Chinese Women's Basketball team, are seen in their official wedding photo, taken in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang Province, Tuesday, July 31, 2007, a week before their wedding. Yao Ming married his long-term girlfriend

Yao ming biography

Born September 12, 1980 (age 29) Shanghai, China
Nationality Chinese
Height 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Weight 310 lb (141 kg)

Awards 3-Time FIBA Asian Championship MVP (2001, 2003, 2005)/NBA All-Rookie First Team(2003)/7-Time NBA All-Star (2003–2009)/3-Time All-NBA Third Team(2004, 2006, 2008)/2-Time All-NBA Second Team (2007, 2009)

Yao Ming (Chinese: 姚明; pinyin: Yáo Míng; born September 12, 1980 in Shanghai, China) is a professional basketball player who plays for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently the tallest player in the NBA, at 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in).[1]
Yao, who was born in Shanghai, started playing for the Shanghai Sharks as a teenager, and played on their senior team for five years in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), winning a championship in his final year. He entered the 2002 NBA Draft, and after negotiating with the CBA and the Sharks to secure his release, was selected by the Houston Rockets as the first overall pick of the draft. He has since been selected to start for the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game in all seven of his seasons, and has been named to the All-NBA Team five times. However, the Rockets have advanced past the first round of the playoffs only once since he joined the team, and he has missed significant time due to injury in each of the past four seasons.
Yao is married to Ye Li, a former player for the China women's national basketball team. He is one of China's best-known athletes

from wikipedia

Monday, August 17, 2009

Usain Bolt Runs New 100m World Record: 9.58 sec!

Usain Bolt new world record 9.58 in 2009 berlin final
His reaction: "I was ready. I was feeling good after the semi-finals. I knew it was going to be a great race and I executed it. It's a great time. I did well and I feel good."

n the final, he powered out of the blocks at the first time of asking and took control of the race within the first 30m, the crowd going wild as he streaked across the line.
Bolt's time represents the biggest increase in the record since electronic timing was introduced in 1968.
"I was ready, I was feeling good after the semi-finals," Bolt told BBC Sport.
"I knew it was going to be a great race and I came out and executed it. It's a great time. I did well and I feel good in myself."
Former world record holder Powell paid tribute to his compatriot, saying: "When I saw the time I had to try and catch him, but I couldn't."
Gay, who went into the final as the reigning world champion, has been troubled by a nagging groin pain and had to cut practice on his start.

I expected a great race - Bolt

"I ran the best I could but it was not enough," he said. "I believe I put in a championship performance and I am very pleased with the national record.
"I'm happy he ran 9.5 because I knew he could do it. I'm happy for him."

From BBC Sport