Retired Mutombo honored for humanitarian efforts

NEW YORK: Dikembe Mutombo, who announced his National Basketball Association career is over after suffering a knee injury on Tuesday, was named the NBA Citizenship Award winner on Thursday for humanitarian works.

The Houston Rockets reserve center to Chinese superstar Yao Ming, Mutombo hurt his left knee in a playoff loss on Tuesday to Houston and said his days of playing basketball were over.

Mutombo became the first two-time winner of the award since it debuted in 1975, having already won the honor in 2001 for his charitable work while playing for the Philadelphia 76ers.