Yao Ming was born in China in 1980. In his last season with the Shanghai basketball team in CBA,
he scored (得分) 32.4 points every game. Now the big man from China is helping the Houston Rockets
in the NBA. He is the son of two great basketball players and learnt how to play basketball when he was
young. Now, as one of the stars in the NBA, he is working hard to make his dream come true and show
the world that Chinese basketball players love this game too!
     Pele was a football player that everyone knew. He was born in Brazil in 1940. He started playing for
Santos when he was only 16 and he didn't retire until 1977. He played for Brazil 111 times and scored
97 international goals. Pele came from a poor family. He started playing football in the street, like many
people around the world do. He was soon picked to play for Santos and quickly became an international
figure (人物).
     Steffi Graf was born in Germany in 1969. She won the tennis semi-final (半决赛) at Wimbledon in
1985 when she was only 16, but she lost the final to another great tennis player, Martina Navratilova.
People were surprised by the strength and power of her game. She soon became a famous tennis player
and she won most of the main matches a few times.