YANGON, Myanmar — Mastering control of the rising and falling rattan chinlone ball teaches patience, says a veteran of the traditional Myanmar sport — a quality dearly needed in the long-suffering ...

Khup Dal couldn’t afford cleats when he was younger and often played in bare feet. That’s hard for him to imagine now. Dal moved to the United States 16 years ago as a seventh-grader. The Myanmar ...

Mastering control of the rising and falling rattan chinlone ball teaches patience, says a veteran of the traditional Myanmar sport -- a quality dearly needed in the long-suffering nation. "Once you ...