Yao Foundation returns after 3 years: Jeremy Lin Jr. Assassin leads 19:30 Tencent News Video Live

On September 17, Beijing time, the Yao Foundation Charity Tournament will start tonight, with the Chinese basketball star team against the international basketball star team, and the venue is the Galaxy Arena in Galaxy Macau Integrated Resort City. Tencent News Video will broadcast the event live at 19:30. After 3 years, the Yao Foundation Charity Competition has finally returned. 【Live Broadcast Entrance】

According to previous reports, the special coach of the Chinese basketball star team is Xu Limin, and the players include Fang Shuo, Kelan Baike-Makan, Zhai Xiaochuan, Fan Ziming, Du Bochao, Shi Deshuai, Yi Jinhong, Chen Linjian, Yuan Shuai, Zhang Zhaoxu.

The International Basketball Stars guest coach is Jo Rio, and players include Jeremy Lin, Isaiah Thomas, Javon Lamax Hamlet, Clarence Weems, David James, Joseph Young, Kenny Burton, Thorne Meck and Ty Wynyard.

In addition, sports celebrities such as Zhu Fangyu, Fan Zhiyi, Wang Junxia, So Bingtian, Sun Yue, as well as entertainment stars such as Li Wenhan, Liu Haoyuan and Wong Chi Wei, will parachute into Macao to help cheer for the charity match.

This year's charity competition will also achieve the integration of "piano + basketball" for the first time, and Wu Muye, the only Chinese pianist who has been awarded the "Medal of Honor for Perfect Piano Player" by the French Ministry of Culture, will bring a surprise performance in the midfield.

This tournament consisted of four sessions, in addition to the top competition of Chinese and foreign basketball stars, it also included the traditional "Dream Third Session" of the previous Yao Foundation Charity Tournament. In this section, outstanding young players from villages across the country during the Yao Foundation Hope Primary School basketball season will form teams to compete with top players on the court and realize their dreams.

At the Yao Foundation Charity Dinner the night before, Yao Ming's signed basketball and sneakers were auctioned for 2 million, and Yi Jianlian's signed combat boots for the 06 World Championship were sold for 510,000 yuan, and in the end, the Yao Foundation Charity Dinner raised a total of 5,593,000 yuan.

This is the 11th Yao Foundation Charity Competition. From 2012 to 2023, the scope of the Yao Foundation's charitable support has gradually expanded, from 47 schools per year to 1,500 schools per year. Yao Foundation extensively mobilizes social forces to help the development of rural youth with sports people.