BEIJING: China’s volleyball association apologised on Friday for failing to tell its women’s team to remove their face masks for an Asian Cup match in the Philippines.
The team lost the opening set of Thursday’s match against Iran while wearing the masks but went on to win 3-1, finishing top of their group and moving into the quarter-finals.
Some players began to remove their masks just before the end of the first set in Pasig City, an AFP journalist said, and by the second and third sets all were playing without them.
China face Australia on Saturday in the last eight.
Users on Chinese social media expressed concern for the players’ health and…
