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Star player misses World Cup after passport disappears

From Svenska Dagbladet · () Swedish

Translated from Swedish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News From a news agency Outcome reported
  • China’s Yueru Li will miss the basketball World Cup in Berlin after her passport disappeared during shipment in the United States.
  • Li, 27, plays for the Dallas team and was China’s leading scorer at the Paris Olympics two years ago.
  • China will open its World Cup campaign against the United States on Friday.

China basketball star Yueru Li will miss the World Cup in Berlin for an unexpectedly mundane reason: her passport disappeared in the mail while being sent in the United States.

The 27-year-old, who plays for Dallas, said on Chinese social media that it was “very unfortunate that I can’t be with my sisters this time.”

The 2.01-meter center was China’s leading scorer at the Paris Olympics two years ago. China is scheduled to begin its World Cup campaign against the United States on Friday.

It is very unfortunate that I can’t be with my sisters this time

· Yueru LiLi explained on Chinese social media why she would miss the World Cup.
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Originally published by Svenska Dagbladet in Swedish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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