Teenage Chinese women’s basketball player Zhang Ziyu is becoming quite a phenomenon at 17 as she’s proven unstoppable. Zhang, touted as the tallest female basketball player of all time, stands at 7ft ...

There's a new phenom taking the basketball world by storm. With the Under-18 FIBA Asia Cup in full swing, China's Zhang Ziyu quickly rose to prominence with her dominant scoring and ability to stand ...

11-year-old Zhang Ziyu from eastern China has always stood out from the crowd. Towering over her peers at an incredible height of 6ft 10in (2.1m), the sixth-grader in Jinan, Shangdong aspires to be a ...

A video of 14-year-old Zhang Ziyu playing basketball at a championship game has gone viral in China, earning her comparisons with the country’s basketball legend Yao Ming. Ziyu, who despite her age ...

A Chinese schoolgirl who is nearly 7ft tall aged 11 has been compared to one of her country’s greatest ever sportsmen. Zhang Ziyu towers over her classmates at 6ft 10ins tall and is already a ...

Her name is Zhang Ziyu and she is 2.26 metres tall. That's an extraordinary height for anyone, but even more so if you are only 14 years old. The player, who has already been compared to compatriot ...

A 17-year-old Chinese basketball player has been tipped for the top and drawn comparisons to Yao Ming after using her startling height advantage to dominate an international tournament. Zhang Ziyu ...

17-year-old Chinese player Zhang Ziyu has burst onto the scene at the ongoing FIBA U18 Women’s Asia Cup and is being widely tipped to become the next big dominant force in the game. Watch Live ...

A 14-year-old girl is sending social media wild with footage that needs to be seen to be believed, almost sharing the same height as her hero. For a number of young Chinese basketball players, that ...

The FIBA Under-18 Women’s Asia Cup is underway, and one player from China has gone viral for literally standing out above the rest of her competition. Zhang Ziyu, the 17-year-old center for China, is ...

Imagine the feeling of being a 14-year-old walking onto the basketball court for the tip-off, only to stare up at someone the same age as you standing at 2.26m tall. For a number of young Chinese ...