Saturday, November 27, 2010

US President Barack Obama gets 12 stitches after basketball game

President injured in basketball game

US President Barack Obama received 12 stitches in his lip after being struck by an errant elbow during a holiday basketball game with friends and family Friday morning, the White House said in a statement.

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the President received a dozen stitches after getting hit with an errant elbow during a Friday morning basketball game with White House aide Reggie Love and some unidentified family members at the Fort McNair military base in Washington. Obama was playing a 5-on-5 game in the morning at local military base Fort McNair with Reggie Love, an advisor and former university basketball player, and members of his family who flew into Washington for the US Thanksgiving holiday. The White House did not say whose elbow struck the president.

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