UCLA basketball players 'arrested in China for shoplifting'

LiAngelo Ball (second from right) with brothers LA Lakers player Lonzo Ball (left), LaMelo Ball (second from left) and LaVar Ball (right)
LiAngelo Ball (second from right) is part of a famous basketball family which includes LA Lakers players Lonzo Ball (left) and celebrity father LaVar Ball (right)

 Three US school ball players have been captured in China for shoplifting, as per US media.

The players of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) were discovered shoplifting at a Louis Vuitton store, as per ESPN.

The UCLA group is in China to play their season opener against another US group, Georgia Tech.

The three were captured on Tuesday, one day before US President Donald Trump's initially visit to China.

The players being held in the city of Hangzhou are Cody Riley, LiAngelo Ball and Jalen Hill, as indicated by the Los Angeles Times and ESPN refering to anonymous sources.

"We know about a circumstance including UCLA understudy competitors in Hangzhou, China," UCLA Athletics representative Shana Wilson said in an announcement to a few US media.

"The college is co-working completely with neighborhood experts on this issue, and we have no further remark right now."

LiAngelo Ball's dad, previous b-ball player LaVar Ball, issued an announcement to ESPN saying: "It is an extremely sad circumstance that the Ball Family, and UCLA needs to manage at this specific time. We will remark in the blink of an eye."

Three Georgia Tech understudies have likewise been addressed however were not captured, the college said in an announcement to US media.

The two groups are in China as a component of their class' Pac-12 Global activity, planning to support worldwide acknowledgment and the individual experience of players.

The season opener amusement on Friday in Shanghai is being supported by web based business mammoth Alibaba.

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