Houston Community News >> Yao Ming Calls Timeout for Wedding
6/24/2007 Hong Kong (dpa) -
China's most famous sportsman, basketball star Yao Ming, is to marry his
long-time girlfriend in August, a news report said Saturday.
The 27-year-old Houston Rockets star will wed Ye Li, a member of the Chinese
women's basketball team, who he has been dating for several years, the South
China Morning Post said.
Rockets general manager Daryl Morey let the marriage plans slip when he was
asked about Yao's summer plans and said: "He's working out in China in July,
then getting married in August."
Yao's advisor Lu Hao confirmed the marriage plans to the Hong Kong-based
newspaper, but said the date and venue for the wedding had not yet been decided.
In January, Yao dismissed as "ridiculous" rumours that he was dating an American
actress who is only 1.57 metres tall.
At 1.9 metres, Ye Li, a centre for the Chinese national women's team, is much
closer in height to 2.29-metre Yao.
(Contributed by AP)