Basketball is the largest spectator sport in China. China hosted the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.. The game was introduced to China by American YMCA workers in 1896, just five years after Canadian-American James Naismith invented basketball in 1891 while working for the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts.. Since Yao Ming's 2002 arrival in the NBA, …

Football in China includes the practice of American football, arena football, ... The sport is covered by the media. National competitions are generally televised on CCTV-5 and CCTV-5+. Guangdong Television reserves rights, however, for the …