- ABC News
- July 26, 2023
The FIBA U18 European Championship will resume as scheduled Wednesday after a viral outbreak affected six teams and several dozen players and delegation members, FIBA said in a statement. Members of six participating teams -- Finland, Greece, Lithuania, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey -- staying in the same hotel in Nis, Serbia, had shown symptoms of illness including nausea, fever, abdominal pain and diarrhea since Monday, the cause of which is still unknown. Multiple players spent the night in a hospital, sources told ESPN. The affected teams were given the option to postpone Wednesday's games by FIBA officials but declined, FIBA said. "Some of the teams' personnel continue to be weakened by the illness but the majority of those affected have either recovered or on their way to full recovery," FIBA said in its statement. "The Serbian Basketball Federation are waiting for the official results of the tests conducted by the relevant health authorities investigating the...