Chinese officials claim that no decision has been made on whether or not Yao Ming will play in an Olympics' warm-up tournament in July, according to The Associated Press.

"We'll discuss it when Yao Ming gets back to China," Bai Xilin, team manager of China's national team, said Tuesday. "He'll be back before the end of this month."

Newspaper reports on Monday claimed that Yao was cleared to play in the July 17-20 Stankovic Cup at Hangzhou, China.