https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/rss/523821/feed The latest news and top stories on the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). An Indiana-based non-profit organisation, the NCAA is dedicated to regulating student sports, ensuring fair, safe and sportsmanlike competition while prioritising college athletes’ well-being and academic success. Its main areas of focus include organising athletic programmes, setting eligibility rules and conducting national championships. en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Rising Chinese basketball star Barry Wang Junjie was tipped to be an NBA prospect after he flourished in only his second game with his new team, the Massachusetts Minutemen, on Sunday. Wang erupted for 31 points on eight-of-12 shooting, including knocking down a pair of three-pointers and converting 12 of his 13 free throws, to go with six rebounds as the University of Massachusetts beat Brown University 88-86 in a tight exhibition game. The Massachusetts Minutemen represent the university in... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/basketball/article/3371387/chinese-basketball-player-barry-wang-tipped-nba-prospect-after-us-university-match?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/basketball/article/3371387/chinese-basketball-player-barry-wang-tipped-nba-prospect-after-us-university-match?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:00:09 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Typhoon Dolphin may have brought a premature end to this week’s Asian University Basketball League tournament in Hangzhou, but players, coaches and officials are already looking forward to an expanded event next year. While the approaching storm forced organisers to postpone Sunday’s third place play-off between Tsinghua University and Waseda University, and the final between defending champions National Chengchi University and surprise package Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the mood remained... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/basketball/article/3363439/typhoon-dolphin-brings-early-end-aubl-bright-future-ahead-ncaa-wannabe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/basketball/article/3363439/typhoon-dolphin-brings-early-end-aubl-bright-future-ahead-ncaa-wannabe?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:38:52 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan If years working for the NBA in the United States and as Yao Ming’s right-hand man in China have taught Jay Li Jintian anything, it is that basketball in Asia is ripe for growth and fans, players, coaches and officials are desperate to make it happen. Growth has been a significant part of Li’s own journey: from interning at the NBA league office in Secaucus, New Jersey, working on the international business development side of the organisation, to helping Yao with special projects and managing... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/basketball/article/3363342/aubl-ceo-aims-make-it-most-recognisable-asian-basketball-property-world?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/basketball/article/3363342/aubl-ceo-aims-make-it-most-recognisable-asian-basketball-property-world?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:00:22 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Chinese men’s basketball has not had the best of times over the past few years, while the lack of a true superstar capable of dominating on the global stage in the mould of NBA Hall of Famer Yao Ming has also seen the team fall behind regionally and internationally. That predicament was probably best reflected in two losses to South Korea in four days last year, and the home defeat to Japan in the World Cup Asian qualifiers was the first in an official Fiba-level match in 88 years. A failure to... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/basketball/article/3363298/future-chinese-basketball-seen-bright-despite-failure-find-another-yao-ming?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/basketball/article/3363298/future-chinese-basketball-seen-bright-despite-failure-find-another-yao-ming?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:11 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Ja’Kobe Tharp clocked 12.75 seconds to smash the 110m hurdles world record during heats at the NCAA collegiate athletics championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Wednesday. Tharp wiped out the long-standing previous record of 12.80 seconds set by fellow American Aries Merritt in Brussels on September 7, 2012. The record also pushed China’s Liu Xiang’s 12.88 seconds in 2006 down to the seventh-fastest of all time. Run with a legal tailwind of one metre per second, the performance also shattered Grant... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/other-sport/article/3356766/jakobe-tharp-breaks-110m-hurdles-world-record-ncaa-athletics-championships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/other-sport/article/3356766/jakobe-tharp-breaks-110m-hurdles-world-record-ncaa-athletics-championships?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:29:37 +0000 Ada Li Ada Li South Korea’s Jun Chae-min anchored his team to a gold in the men’s 4x100 metres relay at the Asian Under-20 Athletics Championships in Kai Tak last weekend, but for the Hong Kong-raised sprinter, the moment felt as much like a homecoming as a breakthrough. The 18-year-old, who moved to Hong Kong at the age of three, clocked 39.75 seconds with his teammates to seal victory on a track he knows well. A recent South Island School graduate, Jun is set to continue his rise in the United States this... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3356044/hong-kong-raised-korean-sprinter-chases-ncaa-division-1-finals-dream-harvard?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3356044/hong-kong-raised-korean-sprinter-chases-ncaa-division-1-finals-dream-harvard?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Jun 2026 02:00:09 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan The woman tipped by the city’s head coach to step up and emerge as a true world-class épéeist is living up to the expectations in time for next month’s National Games. Kaylin Hsieh Sin-yan also said “everything was fresh” for her after ending last season with a career-high No 4 ranking in the world. And with the new fencing season fast approaching, she was looking to replicate her success. “The results for me last season were the best for me ever; the situation was very rare,” she said. “I... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3329903/hong-kong-fencer-kaylin-hsieh-hopes-launch-another-very-rare-season-national-games?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3329903/hong-kong-fencer-kaylin-hsieh-hopes-launch-another-very-rare-season-national-games?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:30:07 +0000 Kylie Knott Kylie Knott At a sports stadium in Hong Kong, basketball players, all dripping with sweat, run across a court to the soundtrack of screeching sneakers. The two-hour training session is intense – but it has to be. The goal for these athletes is to join the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) in the United States, and the players’ backstories make their ambitions even more impressive. The players are part of the Strive Gold Team, a programme that provides Hong Kong’s top female basketball players... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/article/3328224/young-hong-kong-female-athletes-chase-big-basketball-dreams-documentary-tip?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/article/3328224/young-hong-kong-female-athletes-chase-big-basketball-dreams-documentary-tip?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Oct 2025 04:15:07 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan The Asian University Basketball League is aiming to break into the “sportainment” market, the tournament’s chief executive has said. College basketball players in Asia, and even Hong Kong, remain largely unknown to the public, so to widen the product’s audience, Jay Li Jintian said he was attempting to create a family-type product suitable for parents to bring their children. In the United States, college basketball remains a popular event, and Li said he was hoping to create a similar culture... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/basketball/article/3322880/march-madness-asian-college-basketball-looks-copy-us-pizazz-widen-appeal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/basketball/article/3322880/march-madness-asian-college-basketball-looks-copy-us-pizazz-widen-appeal?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:30:08 +0000 Hyewon Lee Hyewon Lee In a fiery display at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships on July 2, Britain’s Oliver Tarvet, the lowest-ranked player in the main draw, put up a commendable fight against world No 2 Carlos Alcaraz. The 21-year-old Brit battled through three rounds of the qualifying competition and made his Centre Court debut with a win against Switzerland’s Leandro Riedi. On what he described as the “most special day of my life”, Tarvet faced Spain’s Alcaraz, a five-time grand slam champion, in a match lasting... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3316969/meet-oliver-tarvet-who-stunned-against-carlos-alcaraz-wimbledon-21-year-old-student-was-lowest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3316969/meet-oliver-tarvet-who-stunned-against-carlos-alcaraz-wimbledon-21-year-old-student-was-lowest?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Jul 2025 10:00:18 +0000