7ft 5in Chinese basketball giant Yao Ming selected by Houston Rockets in NBA draft

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• Thursday June 27, 2002
• Legendary radio broadcaster Jimmy Young receives a knighthood at Buckingham Palace
• The Three Tenors sing to a packed crowd at the Yokohama Arena in Japan to mark ending of the World Cup
• Daniela Hantuchova the new belle of Wimbledon
• Tony Bair and Vladimir Putin raise their glasses at the G8 Summit in Kananaskis, Canada
• Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire 27 today
• Newly released photos of Japanese Princess Aiko with parents Crown Princess Masako and Crown Prince Naruhito
• Milla Jovovich presents her film Resident Evil in Madrid, Spain
• Nicolas Cage in Tokyo to promote his latest film Windtalkers
• 7ft 5in Chinese basketball giant Yao Ming selected by Houston Rockets in NBA draft
• Wednesday June 26, 2002
• A goal from Ronaldo sends Brazil through to a World Cup Final showdown with Germany
• The Queen leads tributes for the Duke of Norfolk who has died aged 86
• Tony Curtis to star in stage reprisal of Some Like It Hot
• Fashion retailer Mango to open its first store in Australia
• Heavyweight Champion of the World Lennox Lewis enjoys the tennis at Wimbledon
• Burmese soldiers stand guard over confiscated heroin prior to its burning as part of United Nations International Narcotics Day
• A painting of his mistress by Pablo Picasso fetches �15.8 million at auction
• At least 200 people dead and over 900 seriously injured in Tanzanian rail crash
• Tuesday June 25, 2002
• Italian actress Monica Bellucci and French actor husband Vincent Cassel to divorce say reports
• Pop trio Mis-Teeq release new single with live performance at London record store
• A painting of waterlilies by French impressionist Claude Monet sells at London auction for �13.5 million
• Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands addresses the European Council in Strasbourg
• Anna Friel and co-star Michelle Williams at the New York premiere of their film Me Without You
• Seven million take to the streets of South Korea to watch their country take on Germany in the World Cup semi-final
• Anna Kournikova crashes out of Wimbledon in the first round
• Brazilian striker Ronaldo sports new haircut ahead of his country's World Cup semi-final against Turkey
• Monday June 24, 2002
• Miguel, son of The Infanta Cristina of Spain, baptised in the Zarzuela Palace, Madrid
• Will Smith performs at the Rockefeller Plaza, New York
• Action star Arnold Schwarzenegger receives his third honorary doctorate degree
• A giant fireball forces 25,000 people to flee their homes in Arizona
• Scooby-Doo sequel planned following record-breaking June opening in the US
• Sarah Michelle Gellar marries boyfriend Freddie Prinze Jr in private Las Vegas ceremony according to newspaper reports
• Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships get underway
• Friday June 21, 2002
• The Countess of Wessex admires a decorated cow at a celebrity fundraiser in London
• Buckingham Palace fills with children as Prince Charles launches his Art and Kids Foundation
• Mel B to make TV acting debut in new BBC drama

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