NEW YORK (AP) — An Iroquois lacrosse team blocked from traveling to a tournament in England because they refuse to use U.S. or Canadian passports has bowed out of the competition.
Team manager Ansley Jemison says the team no longer has time to make the tournament, which ends next Saturday. The 23 members of the Iroquois Nationals team have already missed their first scheduled game of the World Lacrosse Championships.
The United Kingdom has refused to recognize passports issued by the Iroquois confederacy.
Jemison said the squad is still trying to gain recognition for the passports so they can attend future international games.
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