China's Ding Yanyuhang signs with the Dallas Mavericks on July 24, 2018. Last summer, he played with the Mavericks summer league team and impressed the team with his all-around game. Ding (C) of the Dallas Mavericks looks to shoot against the Phoenix Suns during the 2017 Summer League at the Thomas and Mack Center on July 9, 2017, in Las Vegas. /VCG Photo

Geraint Thomas (C) of Great Britain celebrates with his wife after winning Tour de France 2018, on July 29 in Paris. /VCG Photo

An employee puts up a poster showing Turkish-German football player Mesut Ozil (L) who plays for Arsenal presenting a jersey to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd L) in Ozil's hometown Devrek district of Zonguldak, Turkey after Mesut Ozil quit Germany National team over 'racism' and draw mixed reactions on July 24, 2018. /VCG Photo

Chinese badminton player Lin Dan trains before the 2018 BWF World Championships in Nanjing on July 29, 2018. /VCG Photo

Cecilia Berder of France (R) celebrates with her team after winning the women's sabre team competition at the 2018 World Fencing Championships in Wuxi, China on July 27, 2018. /VCG Photo

Yao Ming attends the opening ceremony of the 2018 CBA draft at the Hi-Park Basketball Park in Beijing on July 26, 2018. /VCG Photo

Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates with the trophy after winning the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring circuit in Mogyorod on July 29, 2018. /VCG Photo

Cyclists compete in the Tour of Qinghai Lake in northwest China's Qinghai province on July 26, 2018. /VCG Photo

Leader of Pakistan Movement for Justice Imran Khan, who was a batsman in the 90's, addressed the nation after the general elections results were announced in Islamabad, Pakistan on July 26, 2018. /VCG Photo

The Brazilian player Paulinho scored his first goal since returning to Guangzhou Evergrande, making the team defeated Chongqing Lifan 5-0 in CSL round 14 on July 29, 2018. /VCG Photo